Crown Of Smoke

E
She’s married to the ladies at the bar
                                    E7
She’s married to the bar and to the ladies who say
           A
“Are you alright here, hon?
                Am
Is everything alright here, hon?”
              E
Like it’s Her drink they’re asking after
            B7
And not the man who’s talking at her
       A
As she warms the whiskey
                          E
In her mouth and writes a letter
            B7
And wants a cigarette


[Verse]
E
She gave up on love somewhere along the way
                            E7
Along the way somewhere she gave up on love
               A
She gave up on other things
            Am
Babies and wedding rings
            E
And now she crosses the room like the dancer she was
    B7
And drifts through the cocktail crowd
                        A
Playing grownups with a dollar in her hand
                             E
For the internet jukebox she hates
          B7
And plays every time
                  E   E7  A  Am
She plays “Desperado”


[Verse]
E
Sometime around closing she steps outside
                                  E7
She steps outside sometime around closing
                A
Looks up at the city sky
                         Am
The strange light as the clouds push by
           E
And in the stillness

She wears a pale crown of smoke
  B7
Alone on the street In a thrift store coat
         A
With the words to the song still running
            E
Through her mind
                B7
Her feet aren’t cold and it’s wintertime

E
She’s married to the ladies at the bar
                                    E7
She’s married to the bar and to the ladies who say
           A
“Are you alright here, hon?
                Am                  E
Is everything alright here, hon?”