[Intro]
Am Am Am Am G Am Am G Am Am Am Am
F C Am Am G Am Am
[Verse]
C F Am
Box office lady is calling me out
F C G
Yeah and I won't know what to do with my mouth
Am F
Every salty kiss, you brave in the streetlight
C G C
Oh and Mercury's against me, she's winning tonight
Am G D/F# x2
C F Am
Now they're combing for pennies in the old cobblestones
F C G
Those carnival kids, man they never go home
Am F
They're tossing and turning and dodging the stones
C G C
Oh and Mercury's missing me just by a throw
[Chorus]
Am F C G
Yeah and alright, okay, now I know
Am F C G
Here in the hems the hand that rolls the bones
Am G C E
Oh and the fortune lady's the only one who knows
Am G D/F# x2
Am G F C Am G F
[Verse]
C F Am
Well out there on the wire there's something to save
F C G
And hope is a word man it never could be
Am F
Oh we're fumbling for fiction or something to take
C G C
Yeah and Mercury's smiling, but I know she's a fake
[Chorus]
Am F C G
Yeah and alright, okay, now I see
Am F C G
Here in the hems of the hand that built each
Am F C G
Oh and the fortune lady's the only one
Am G C E
Yeah the fortune lady's the only one who sees
[Verse]
C F Am
And old madam haggard is cleaning the clutch
F C G
While the paperboy's combing his nickels for rocks
Am F
Coyote's in the car with the motor running loud
C G C
Yeah the stars were all hiding when Mercury's out