How to Play "Simon Keeper" Guitar chords

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INTRO: Dm

Dm                            
Jesus was a carpenter he died nailed to a wooden cross.
         Am         Bb            Dm
Irony oh irony upon me it's never lost.


Dm
Gather 'round now people, I'm here to tell a tale
                                Am
About a man who walks among you, a man you each know well.
   Dm
My name is Simon Keeper I had a wife and three grown kids,
                    Am                        Bb                     Dm     
A job in the towers cooking the books for the shills that grease the skids.

CHORUS:
Dm                        Am
Irony oh irony, you are a bitter fruit to eat.
Bb                   C           Dm
Stripped of all your beauty your flesh is none too sweet.

VERSE:

Dm Now I ain't the most honest man that ever worked a skim. Am I was caught with my hand in the cookie jar and brother that was it. Dm Fifty-four and a big black mark upon my resume, Am Bb Dm I found selling off what you don't own might earn you the time of day. Dm Next it was a letter from my darling one, "what's yours is mine, what's mine is mine", Am Sealed with a hug and kiss. Dm One by one my children closed their lives to me. Am Lesson learned on Daddy's knee, Bb Dm "give no quarter to the weak". CHORUS: Dm Am Irony oh irony, you are the polar seed of truth, Bb C Dm You grow upon the open plain the faithful you uproot. VERSE: Dm Kicked around 'bout a year living hand to mouth, Am Then one day tryin' to bum a light I felt my will give out. Dm Sat right down on the corner, started prayin' a little too loud. Am Left my troubles far behind Bb Dm When I saw them emptying their pockets out. CHORUS: Dm Am Irony oh irony, you are a treacherous son of a b**ch, Bb C Dm Pretending not to care about the heights you'll never reach. VERSE: Dm Now I won't start in preaching 'bout reaping what you sow, Am This is the story of a half-hearted man, half honest as they go. Dm But sit on down and rest a spell I've got another tale to tell. Am Bb Dm About a lost young man in a far away land whose life is just too easy to sell CHORUS: Dm Am Jesus was a carpenter he died nailed to a wooden cross. Bb C Dm Irony oh irony upon me it is never lost. Dm Jesus was a carpenter he died nailed to a wooden cross. Am Bb C Dm Irony oh irony upon me......it's never lost.


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