Townes Van Zandt – Mr Mudd And Mr Gold (Guitar)

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Well, the wicked King of Clubs awoke

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And it was to his Queen he turned

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His lips were laughing as they spoke

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His eyes like bullets burned

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The sun's upon a gambling day

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His Queen smiled low and blissfully

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Let's make some wretched fool to pay

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Plain it was she did agree

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He sent his Deuce down into Diamond

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His Four to Heart and his Trey to Spade

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Three Kings with their legions come

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Preparations soon were made

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They voted Club the day's commander

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Gave him an army, face and number

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All but the outlaw Jack of Diamonds

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And the Aces in the sky

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Well, he gave his Sevens first instructions

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Spirit me a game of stud

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Stakes unscarred by limitation

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Between a man named Gold and a man named Mudd

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Club filled Gold with greedy vapours

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Till his long green eyes did glow

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And Mudd was left with sighs and trembles

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Watching his hard earned money go

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Flushes fell on Gold like water

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Tens they paired and paired again

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But the Aces only flew through heaven

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And the Diamond Jack called no man friend

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Now the Diamond Queen saw Mudd's ordeal

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Began to think of her long lost son

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Fell to her knees with a mother's mercy

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And prayed to the angels every one

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Now the Diamond Queen she prayed and prayed

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And the Diamond Angel filled Mudd's hole

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The wicked King of Clubs himself

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Fell face down in front of Gold

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Now three Kings come to Club's command

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But the angels in the sky did ride

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Three Kings up on the streets of Gold

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Three fireballs on the Muddy side

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The Club Queen heard her husband's call

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But Lord, that Queen of Diamond's joy

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When the outlaw in the heavenly hall

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Turned out to be a wandering boy

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Now Mudd he checked and Gold bet all

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And Mudd he raised and Gold did call

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And the smile just melted off his face

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When Mudd turned over that Diamond Ace

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Now here's what the story's told

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If you feel like Mudd you'll end up Gold

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If you feel like lost you'll end up found

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So amigo, lay them raises down