Chords for Steve Miller Band - The Joker (Solo Acoustic) - Durham NC - November 2009

I'm the top dog king. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ With my people.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] Some people [Cm] call me space.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] Some call me [C] extra.
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ Some people call [Cm] me more [Bb] race.
[F] As I speak, [Bb] I'm a [F] populist [C] of love.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] People talk [C] about me.
[Bb] _ [F] Yeah.
[Bb] Say I'm [C] doing it wrong.
[Bb] Yeah.
And I don't care who you [F] call.
[Bb] I church you up [C] a little more.
A little [Bb] more.
[F] Cause I'm right here, [Bb] right here, right here
[C] right here at home.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] I'm a winner.
[F] I'm a lover.
[C] I'm a [Bb] [F] sailor.
[Bb] Believe me, it's my [C] _
[Bb] time.
[F] I'm adoger.
[Bb] I'm a schmo.
[F] I'm a no-gen.
[Bb] I told [F] you..
_ [Bb] I'm [C] a lover, I'm a lover, I'm a lover
[F] I _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] don't want anybody else to [C] be my lover
[Bb] _ _ [F]
Y [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
[Bb]'all are gonna stay in [C] heaven and [Bbm] see
[F]
In this [Bb] hell of a place you [C] know I can't take your [Bb] dream
[F]
I [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] should've showed you a better [Bb] time
[F] Cause I'm a picker, [Bb] I'm a bringer
I'm [F] a lover, [Bb] I'm a [F] sinner
[Bb] But I ain't gonna lose [C] any [Bb] time
[F] And I'm a joker, [Bb] I'm a smoker
[F] I'll be any night [Bb] joker
[F] I'm [Dm] _ [C] a lover, I'm _ [F] a lover
[Cm] I _ don't want [Bb] everybody down here on the main [F] floor
_ _ [Bbm] [F] Everybody up there in [Bb] that sitting back [C] room
_ [Bb] Everybody up there, [F] I'm a-losing my mind
[Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] People talk [C] about me, [Bb] yeah, [F] yeah
They [Bb] say I'm [Cm] doing wrong, [Bb] [F] doing wrong
[Bb] Don't you worry [C] about [Bb] your [F] words
I'm fighting [Bb] right here, right [C] here, right [Bb] now
[F] I'm [Bb] a lover, I'm a sinner, [C]
I'm a lover
I don't [Bb] want anybody else to be my [F] lover
I really [Bb] love you, I'm [C] gonna shake your [Bb] _ _ [F] dream
[Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ [F] I'm _ [Bb] _ [C] gonna show you [Bb] a better time
[F] Cause I'm a picker, [Bb] I'm a bringer
I'm a [F] lover, [Bb] I'm a sinner
[F] But [Bb] I ain't gonna lose any [C]
time
[Bb] _ [F] And I'm a joker, [Bb] I'm a smoker
[F] I'll be any [Bb] night _ [F] [Dm] joker
I feel my love and [Cm] all of the [Bb] love
[F] I'm sober, I'm a printer, I'm a lover, [Bb] I'm a sinner
[F] Blame me easy [C] as that
[Bb] And [F] I'm a joker, [Bb] I'm a [F] smoker, I'm a midnight [Bb] dog
[F] I'm sure I don't want to do it now
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight dog
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