INTRO: E


#1.
E
I seen an old fighter, tired and in trouble,
                          B
who just couldn't take anymore.
Bm        B
Somethin' inside him kept fighting to finish,
                          E
with only his feet on the floor, yeah.


#2.
E
Lord, I know that it's worth any price you 
                                    B  A
could pay, to see truth in whatever disguise.
    B
But I'd have paid double for one look of pleasure,
                         E
a piece of relief in his eyes.



CHORUS:
           A                    E      A
Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy, ain't his 
B              E
eyes empty and deep?
         A               E              B
Don't he sound, sad as a baby, when she cries out 
       E
in her sleep.



#3.
E
We measured the space between Waylon and Willie,
                          B
and Willie and Waylon and me.
B
But there wasn't nothin' like Billy Jo Shaver,
              Dbm           E
what Billy Jo Shaver should be, no.


#4.
E
When he showed up sick, later, all bit by a spider,
             Gbm         A
and crazy to look in the eye.
   B
He put on a show that was sad as it should have been,
                     E
and nobody even knew why.



CHORUS:
           A                    E      A
Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy, ain't his 
B              E
eyes empty and deep?
         A               E          Gb  B
Don't he sound, sad as a baby, when she cries out 
       E
in her sleep.