Capo 7th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

The Bone Daddy lifts his skull

 from the piano lid to play—

lemme get a whiskey

 and peach tea—

pistol on the table,

 revolver in the holster,

—you ain’t gunna shoot me,

 I’ve paid my drink fee.

  Bodie Currency—

  (Brown paper’s dead tree)

  The deeds you’ve done for me,

  or the ax to my family tree.

The rag time girl gets groovin’

to the keys played by bony

phelanges. Whiskey down,

the cards are

 hint of

free and the game is

cheap. But Jimmy always

carrys on, ya see? Losin’

gals’ he pulls his gun on me—

  Bodie Currency—

  (Red paper's blood money)

  The deeds you’ve done for me,

  or the ax to my family tree.

  Bodie Currency—

  (Red paper’s blood money)

  The deeds you’ve done for me,

  or the ax to my family tree.

Bridge

(Clark Kent Bridge:

Hey boy I see you sittin' there

drink your whiskey down

But Bodie Currency ain't of value in my town

So I better see you get on up and go grab your things

Don't you return until the tumbleweed sings...)

(JoJo Bridge:

Hey boy I know you been heckled here and there


but Bodie Currency ain't of value everywhere


When cows go dry


and the Sherrif gets his lonely blues


you might wanna move along 
just like the tumbleweed does)

(Write your own character into the bridge of Bodie's ghost town!)

Tumbleweed

 you’re smoking buddy.

 The goods I’ve grown—I’ve paid

 my fee. Bodie don’t

 Remember no Bodie don’t remember

 democracy,

 the folk here

 exchange

  Bodie Currency—

  (No Paper. No Tree.)

  The deeds you’ve done for me,

  or the ax to my family.

  Bodie Currency—

  (No Paper. No Tree.)

  The deeds you’ve done for me,

  or the ax to my family.