Chords for Master of Disaster: John Hiatt, Joe Ely and Lyle Lovett

_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] Close _ one there, _ [A] choking in clean [Bm] underwear. _ _
[G] _ [D] Bleeding tongue, _ [A] 8-ball pounding [Bm] in my [D] lungs.
[G] _
Ship too short, _ _ [A] can't see the coastline [Bm] anymore.
[G] I _
[D] shouldn't be here.
[A] I thought I made that [Bm] loud and clear.
[D] But [G] the master of _ [D] disaster _ [A] gets tangled in [Bm] his telecaster.
[G] He can't play [D] it any faster [A] _ when he plays [Bm] the blues.
_ [G] When he had the [D] heart to ask her,
_ [A] _ every note [Bm] just shook the plaster.
[G] Now he's [D] just a mean old bastard [A] when he plays [Bm] the blues.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ Chinatown, [A] we were chasing that old [Bm] dragon down.
[G] _ _
Madame [D] Wong, _ [A] that's where we played the blues
[Bm] with the curtains drawn.
[G] _ _
[D] Sidewalks of white _ [A] where the early sun [Bm] beat off the night
[G] and _ [D] pounding brain [A] was my last transmission [F#] down [Bm] the drain.
[G] And the master of [D] _ disaster _ _ [A] gets tangled in [Bm] his _ telecaster.
[G] He can't play [D] it any [A] faster when he plays [Bm] the blues.
When [G] he had the [D] heart to ask her,
_ [A] _ every note [Bm] just shook the plaster.
[G] Now he's just [D] a mean old [A] bastard when he [D] plays the blues.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ There's [G] a debt _ [D] I owe.
_ _ [A] I'll never pay [Bm] before I go.
[G] So I [D] sing the blues [A] _ and make down my [Bm] _ shoes.
[D] _ [G] _
You're in [D] my heart, _ [A] though we may be [Bm] miles [D] apart.
_ [G] _
There's my point.
_ _ [A] I'll see you in [Bm] another [E] joint.
When [G] the master [D] of disaster _ _ [A] gets tangled in [Bm] his _ [E] telecaster,
he [G] can't play it [D] any faster [A] _
when he plays the [F#m] blues.
When he [G] had the heart [D] to ask _ [A] her,
_ every note [F#m] just shook the plaster.
[G] Now he's just a [D] mean old bastard [A] when he plays the [Bm] blues. _
Oh, now he's just [D] a mean old bastard [A] _ when he plays the [F#m] blues. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
When he [G] plays the blues.
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ When he [A] plays the blues. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _