Standard (EADGBE)
(Tempo Adante 2/4)
Intro
(Slide Guitar)
Verse 1
You can shine your shoes and wear a suit,
You can comb your hair and look a quite cute.
You can hide your face behind a smile.
One thing you can't hide,
Is when you're crippled inside.
Verse 2
You can wear a mask and paint your face,
You can call yourself the human race.
You can wear a collar and a tie.
One thing you can't hide,
Is when you're crippled inside.
Chorus
Well now you know,
That your cat has nine lives, babe.
Nine lives to itself,
You only got one,
And a dog's life ain't fun.
Mamma take a look outside.
Verse 3
You can go to church and sing a hymn,
Judge me by the colour of my skin.
You can live a lie until you die.
One thing you can't hide,
Is when you're crippled inside.
Instrumental
Take it Billy!
(Honky-Tonk Piano Solo)
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Verse 1)
['You can shine your shoes and wear...' inadvertently omitted]
Outro
One thing you can't hide,
Is when you're crippled inside.
(Slow 2/2 Tempo)
One thing you can't hide,
Is when you're crippled inside.