Chords for The Clash - The Card Cheat (Official Audio)

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It's not a living man crying [Dm] like a [C] whole man.
It's only because he's got [Dm] the [C] lonely energy to keep him by his side.
If he's lonely, he won't be alive for long. _
[F] He only has time to think of all of the [C] things he's planned. _ _
[G] With the card of his dreams, what would he achieve?
It [F] means nothing.
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[C] From the opium den, and the bottle-run gin, and the Belmont chair played by a mint.
The gambler's face strikes it to a grin as he lays down the king of spades.
But [F] the dealer should stand, there's nothing wrong [C] here, he thinks. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] [G] The gambler escapes, the fostering knees [F] have shot.
[Em] _ _ [Dm] [G] They've been [C] used. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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He [F] only wants him alive, _ _ away [C] from the darkest _ storm. _
[G] But his luck is gaping as the stormlight crept [F] in and he's [C] ready.
[D] A good [G] blower, [C] from the hundred-year-old watchman.
A firebearer with the lamps and the mucket and the low [Dm]-money [C] spear.
To all of the men who have stood with no fear in the stormy calm.
A king. _
_ [F] Before you make your way, before you [C] do not _ forsake. _ _
[G] Your lover _ _ may not [F] be [Em] around _ [D] anymore.
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[C] And the sun is every man's home.
Home is only because he's lonely energy [G] to keep him by his side.
[C] So lonely, he won't be alive for long. _
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