Intro: G  C G  C G  C G 

                           C                  G 
Dodging the blues, but the blues were gaining fast 
                         Em                D 
Riding the news, knowing news just doesn't last 
C            G               Am             D 
Heaven, come seven, with the rolling of the bones 
        C             D                G 
Ah, but winning never feels like going home 


                         C            G 
He's thick at the bottom, thin at the top 
                             Em                 D 
Like a bottle shaken, with a cork that wouldn't pop 
   C             G        Am             D 
Pretending and descending to the land of woe 
    C                   D                    G    D G 
Oh, life's not what you think, it's what you know 


Chorus: 
N.C.       C   D      G     G* G 
So take it downtown tonight 
D                             C 
When nobody's looking, you can slip it out of sight 
                               D               G 
Since you're devil bound, it's hell downtown tonight 


Instrumental:   C  G    Em D  C  G  Am  D  C  D  G  


                                  C              G 
He's beard, bone and gristle, the rest is mostly mule 
                                     Em           D 
He's running from the whistles, he's running as a rule 
   C             G        Am             D 
Pretending and descending to the land of woe 
             C                 D                   G 
Oh, when you give your hand to fate, she don't let go 



Chorus: 
N.C.       C   D      G     G* G 
So take it downtown tonight 
D                             C 
When nobody's looking, you can slip it out of sight 
                               D               G 
Since you're devil bound, it's hell downtown tonight 


                           C                  G 
Dodging the blues, but the blues were gaining fast 
                         Em                D 
Riding the news, knowing news just doesn't last 
C            G               Am             D 
Heaven, come seven, with the rolling of the bones 
        C                   D                    G 
Ah, but life's not what you think, it's what you know 
             C                 D                   G     C  D  G 
And when you give your hand to fate, she don't let go