verse 1 
    D 
I’m what you’d call a bettin’ man 
      C 
And I live from pay to pay 
      G                 C 
I’m a high card stud of mongrel blood 
      D 
And a zero on the day 
     D 
Well I’m no sage nor soothsayer 
    C 
nor arbiter of truth 
    G                C 
I’m high on risk and low on temper 
    D 
And long in the tooth 



[Refrão]

    C     Em          Bm             D 
I’m wide awake on the losing end of it 
       G                  D              C 
Better check my pride and take it on the chin 
       G       D     E 
With a Whistle and a Grin 
       C       D     G 
With a Whistle and a Grin 


Interlude 1 
D D C Em  
D D Am G   
D D C Em  
D D C D D 


verse 2 
  D 
A buxom belle with a surefire tell 
    C 
Was barking up my tree 
  G                 C 
I couldn’t take her money 
        D 
She was making eyes at me 
D 
Oh so fine with a low neck line 
C 
Reckless fast and loose 
    G              C 
She giggled as she drew me in 
    D 
And tightened up the noose, 
         D 
yeah she tightened up the noose 


[Refrão]
 
    C     Em          Bm             D 
I’m wide awake on the losing end of it 
       G                  D              C 
Better check my pride and take it on the chin 
       G       D     E 
With a Whistle and a Grin 
       C       D     G 
With a Whistle and a Grin 


Interlude 2 
A A G Bm - 
A A Em D   
A A Em Bm  
A A G A A  
D D 
(This is essentially the same as Interlude 1, only with key changed to A and 
 in the end going back to D.) 


verse 3 
  D 
I used the brain between my legs 
      C 
Threw in the kitchen sink 
     G             C 
That painted up bamboozler 
        D 
left me staring in my drink 
   D 
To plumb the depths inside my head 
    C 
but I can't seem to find 
    G             C 
The morale of the story 
     D 
or a little piece of mind 
       D 
Just a little piece of mind 


[Refrão]
 
    C     Em          Bm             D 
I’m wide awake on the losing end of it 
       G                  D              C 
Better check my pride and take it on the chin 
       G       D     E 
With a Whistle and a Grin 
       C       D     G 
With a Whistle and a Grin 
       G       D     E 
With a Whistle and a Grin 
       C       D     G 
With a Whistle and a Grin 


Outro 
D D C Em  
D D Am G   
D D C Em  
D D C D 
(same as Interlude 1, except the ending)