[Intro]
B C#m D#m C#m (x2)
[Verse 1]
B C#m D#m
He'd been dealt a bad hand nearly fifty years old
E
Cleanin' glasses, at night in a bar
D#m
Only one good hand for to play him his tunes
C#m F#
On a piano all tired out and marred
[Chorus]
E B
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
C#m E F#
Looked out blind, all the nights long.
B C#m D#m C#m
But when the one-armed man played to an empty saloon,
B A B
She looked down and smiled as he played her his songs.
[Instrumental]
C#m D#m C#m B C#m D#m C#m
[Verse 2]
B C#m D#m
Duke, the white Shepherd who guarded the room
E
Never leavin' the back of the bar
D#m
Would climb up on the stage and curl up around his feet
C#m F#
As to guard him and his music from harm.
[Chorus]
E B
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
C#m E F#
Looked out blind, all the nights long.
B C#m D#m C#m
But when the one-armed man played to an empty saloon,
B A B
She looked down and smiled as he played her his songs.
[Instrumental]
C#m D#m C#m B C#m D#m C#m
[Verse 3]
B C#m D#
I heard him one night,when he thought to be alone.
E
And I lied and I did him a wrong.
D#m
I can't give back the pleasure his music gave to me,
C#m F#
I can only give him this song.
[Verse 4]
B C#m D#m
He played better with one hand than most men with two.
E
Yet made posters for all of the stars.
D#m
And I wish to my heart he could play for you,
C#m F#
So you'd know just how happy you are.
[Final Chorus]
E B
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
C#m E F#
And me and the big white dog.
B C#m D# C#
All stopped once to listen,to the one-armed man play
B A E
To their smiles in an empty saloon.
[Outro]
E D#m6 C#m7 B