Joan Baez – The Altar Boy And The Thief (Guitar)
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Dm7 G7 At night in the safety of shadows and numbers Dm7 G7 Seeking some turf on which nothing encumbers Dm7 G7 The buying and selling of casual looks Dm7 G7 Stuff that gets printed in x-rated books Am G Your mother might have tried to understand Am G When you were hardly your daddy's little man Fmaj7 G And you gave up saluting the chief G7sus4 C Dm/C C To find yourself some relief Dm7 G7 Finely plucked eyebrows and skin of satin Dm7 G7 Smiling seductive and endlessly Latin Dm7 G7 Olympic body on dancing feet Am G Perfume thickening the air like heat Am G A transient star of gay bar fame Am G You quit your job and changed your name Fmaj7 G And you're nearly beyond belief G7sus4 C Dm/C C As you hunt down a little relief Dm7 G7 The seven foot black with the emerald ring Dm7 G7 Broke up a fight without saying a thing Dm7 G7 As the cops cruised by wanting one more chance Am G To send Jimmy Baldwin back over to France Am G And a trucker with kids and a wife Am G Prefers to spend half of his life Fmaj7 G In early Bohemian motif G7sus4 C Dm/C C Playing pool and getting relief Dm7 G7 My favorite couple was looking so fine Dm7 G7 Dancing in rhythm and laughing in rhyme Dm7 G7 In the light of the jukebox all yellow and blue Am G Holding each other as young lovers do Am G To me they will always remain Am G Unshamed, untamed, and unblamed Fmaj7 G The altar boy and the thief G7sus4 C Dm/C C Grabbing themselves some relief Am G The altar boy and the thief G7sus4 C G7 C Catching a little relief