D  C  G  D

[Verse 1]
  A            G                     D
I met you on a midway at a fair last year
        A                G                     D
And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear
         C              G
You were playing on the horses
         D                     C
You were playing on the guitar strings
         G                            D
You were playing like a devil wearing wings


[Chorus]
        C
Wearing wings, you looked so grand
        G   D
Wearing wings___
       C                 G                 D
Do you tape them to your shoulders just to sing?
        C
Can you fly?

I heard you can
        G  D
Can you fly___?
        C                 G                D    C  G  D
Like an eagle, doing your hunting from the sky


[Verse 2]
  A                 G                    D
I followed with the sideshows to another town
      A              G                      D
And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds
         C               G
You were betting on some lover
         D              C
You were shaking up the dice
      G                                  D
And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice


[Chorus]
        C
Once or twice
                         G   D
I heard your bid once or twice___
         C                  G                D
Were you wondering, was the gamble worth the price
        C
Pack it in

I heard you did
        G  D
Pack it in___
       C              G                   D     C  G  D
Was it hard to fold a hand you knew could win?


[Verse 3]
   A                  G                               D
So lately you've been hiding, it was somewhere in the news
    A                  G                                 D
And I'm still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues
      C                   G
And a voice calls out the numbers
       D                  C
And it sometimes mentions mine
      G                               D
And I feel like I've been working overtime


[Chorus]
    C
Overtime
                      G  D
I've lost my fire overtime___
       C                G                 D
Always playing one more hand for one more dime
        C
Slowing down

I'm getting tired
        G  D
Slowing down___
      C            G                  D
And I envy you the valley that you've found
           C
'Cause I'm midway down the midway
        D     C     G   D
Slowing down, down, down____