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Intro    C,  C Dm  C, C, C Dm  C,. X2
         F, F, Dm C, C, G, G, F C/E, G/D, G 

        C                       Dm   C
There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me"
                         Dm    C
It's only because he's a-lonely
                              Dm C
If the keeper of time runs slowly
                           Dm  C
He won't be alive for long!

      F                                          C         Dm C         
If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned
       G                                                             
With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve?
         F       C/E  G/D  G
It means nothing!

       C                        Dm   C
To the opium dens and the barroom gin
                              Dm  C
In the Belmont chair playing violins
                               Dm   C
The gambler's face cracks into a grin
                                Dm  C
As he lays down the king of spades

        F     
But the dealer just stares
                                     C  Dm  C
There's something wrong here, he thinks
    G
The gambler is seized and forced to his knees
    F   C/E      G/D G
And shot.......... Dead

Link  C,  C Dm  C,   C,   C Dm  C X2

        F       
He only wanted more time
               C           Dm  C
Away from the darkest door
        G                        
But his luck it gave in, as the dawn light crept in
       F   C/E    G/D G
And he lay on the floor

C                                Dm   C
From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea
                                Dm    C
With a lance and a musket and a roman spear 
                                      Dm   C
To all of the men who have stood with no fear
                          Dm  C
In the service of the King

  F                                   
Before you met your fate be sure you
        C       Dm  C
Did not forsake
     G                 F      C/E G/D  G
Your lover, may not be around anymore

Link  C,   C Dm  C,   C,   C Dm  C x2
      F,   F,   Dm  C,   C
      G,   G,   F  C/E,   G/D  G

          C                     Dm   C
There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me"
                            Dm  C
It's only because he's a-lonely
                              Dm  C
If the keeper of time runs slowly
                          Dm  C
He won't be alive for long!

Outro    F,   F,   C,   Dm  C
         G,   G,   F  C/E,   G/D,  G
         C,   C Dm  C,   C,   C Dm  C x2
         F,   F,   Dm  C,   C
         C,   C,   C,   C
         C,   C,   C,   C



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