C D/F# Em There's a man in a cutaway C D/F# G Buying drinks for the room C D/F# Em All the cheer raining down on the day C D/F# Em Comes to nothing and leaves by the broom [Verse 2] C D/F# Em On the streets named for presidents C D/F# G Where the kingfishers blew C D/F# Em All the cornflowers sewn in the fence C D/F# G Keep the memory from tearing in two [Chorus] C But if I should lose G I'd wake up feeling lucky D If I should take a fall C Or throw it all away A G I wouldn't mind lying beside you F Em The rest of my days [Verse 3] C D/F# Em The storms came down out of Mackinaw C D/F# G As the weigh stations closed C D/F# Em There was a terrible darkness I saw C D/F# G Pulling up on the side of the road [Chorus] C But if I should lose G I'd wake up feeling lucky D If I should take a fall C Or throw it all away A G I wouldn't mind lying beside you Em The rest of my days [Verse 4] C D/F# Em So I'll drink to the wealthy man C D/F# G And I'll pray for the poor C D/F# Em And I'll hold onto you while I can C D/F# G In the darkness just to be sure [Chorus] C That if I should lose G I'll wake up feeling lucky D If I should take a fall C Or throw it all away A G I wouldn't mind lying beside you F Em The rest of my days