Townes van Zandt - Mr mudd and mr gold

Well the ^Amwicked king of clubs awoke And ^Cit was to his queen he turned His ^Dmlips were laughing as they spoke ^EHis eyes like bullets burned The ^Amsuns upon a gambling day His ^Cqueen smiled low and blissfully Lets ^Dmmake some wretched fool to play ^EPlain it was she did agree

He ^Amsent his Duce down into diamond His ^Cfour to heart and his tray to spade ^DmThree kings with their legions come ^EPreparations soon were made They ^Amvoted club the days commander ^CGave him an army, face and number All ^Dmbut the outlaw jack of diamonds ^EAnd the aces in the sky

Well he ^Amgave his sevens first instructions ^CSpirit me a game of stud ^DmStakes unscarred by limitation Between a ^Eman named Gold and a man named Mud ^AmClub filled gold with greedy vapours ^CTill his long green eyes did glow And ^Dmmud was left with sighs and trembles ^EWatching his hard earned money go

^AmFlushes fell on Gold like water ^CTens they paired and paired again But the ^Dmaces only flew through heaven And the ^Ediamond jack called no man friend Now the ^Amdiamond queen saw Muds ordeal ^CBegan to think of her long lost son ^DmFell to her knees with a mothers mercy And ^Eprayed to the angels every one

Now the ^Amdiamond queen she prayed and prayed And the ^Cdiamond angel filled Muds hole ^DmThe wicked king of clubs himself ^EFell face down in front of Gold Now ^Amthree kings come to clubs command But the ^Cangels in the sky did ride ^DmThree kings up on the streets of Gold ^EThree fireballs on the Muddy side

The ^Amclub queen heard her husbands call Bu ^Clord that queen of diamonds joy When the ^Dmoutlaw in the heavenly hall ^ETurned out to be a wandering boy Now ^AmMud he checked and Gold bet all And ^CMud he raised and Gold did call And the ^Dmsmile just melted off his face When ^EMud turned over that diamond ace

^AmNow here's what the story's told If you ^Cfeel like Mud you'll end up Gold If you ^Dmfeel like lost you'll end up found So ^Eamigo lay them raises down