Kris Kristofferson – The Fighter (Guitar)

E
I seen an old fighter, tired and in trouble,

                          B
who just couldn't take anymore.

Bm        B
Somethin' inside him kept fighting to finish,

                          E
with only his feet on the floor, yeah.

E
Lord, I know that it's worth any price you 

                                    B  A
could pay, to see truth in whatever disguise.

    B
But I'd have paid double for one look of pleasure,

                         E
a piece of relief in his eyes.

           A                    E      A
Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy, ain't his 

B              E
eyes empty and deep?

         A               E              B
Don't he sound, sad as a baby, when she cries out 

       E
in her sleep.

E
We measured the space between Waylon and Willie,

                          B
and Willie and Waylon and me.

B
But there wasn't nothin' like Billy Jo Shaver,

              Dbm           E
what Billy Jo Shaver should be, no.

E
When he showed up sick, later, all bit by a spider,

             Gbm         A
and crazy to look in the eye.

   B
He put on a show that was sad as it should have been,

                     E
and nobody even knew why.

           A                    E      A
Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy, ain't his 

B              E
eyes empty and deep?

         A               E          Gb  B
Don't he sound, sad as a baby, when she cries out 

       E
in her sleep.