Closing Time

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  [D]
  [G]     [D]

Ah[G], we're drinking and we're dancing

and the band is really happening

an[Em]d the Johnny Walker wisdom running high,

An[Bm]d my very sweet companion,

she's the Angel of Compassion

an[Em]d she's rubbing half the world against her thigh.

An[C]d every drinker, every dancer

lifts a happy face to thank her

an[G]d the fiddler fidd[B7]les something so s[Em]ublime

al[D]l the women tear their blouses off

the men they dance on the polka dots

an[C]d it's partner found and it's partner lost

and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops

it[G]'s CLOSING TIME

Ye[C]ah, the women tear their blouses off

the men they dance on the polka dots

an[G]d it's partner found and [B7]it's partner lost

an[Em]d it's hell to pay when[C] the fiddler stops

it[G]'s CLOSING TIME  [D]

We[G]'re lonely, we're romantic

and the cider's laced with acid

an[Em]d the Holy Spirit's crying, "Where's the beef?"

An[Bm]d the moon is swimming naked

and the summer night is fragrant

wi[Em]th a mighty expectation of relief

So[C] we struggle and we stagger

down the snakes and up the ladder

to[G] the tower where t[B7]he blessed hours[Em] chime

an[D]d I swear it happened just like this:

a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss

th[C]e Gates of Love they budged an inch

I can't say much has happened since

bu[G]t CLOSING TIME

I [C]swear it happned just like this:

a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss

th[G]e Gates of Love they [B7]budged an inch

I [Em]can't say much has ha[C]ppened since

  (can't say much has happned since, can't say much has happened since)

bu[G]t CLOSING TIME, [D]CLOSING TIME

I [Em]loved you for your beauty

but that doesn't make a fool of me

yo[Bm]u were in it for your beauty too

an[Em]d I loved you for your body

there's a voice that sounds like God to me

de[A]claring (declaring) declaring (decl[A7]aring)

de[D]claring that you're body's really you (really really really really)

I [C]loved you when our love was blessed

I love you now there's nothing left

bu[G]t sorrow and a [B7]sense of overti[Em]me

an[D]d I miss you since the place got wrecked

but I just don't care what happens next

lo[C]oks like freedom but it feels like death

it's something in between, I guess

it[G]'s CLOSING TIME

Ye[C]ah. I miss you since the place got wrecked

by the winds of change and the weeds of sex

lo[G]oks like freedom but it feel[B7]s like death

it[Em]'s something in b[C]etween, I guess

it[G]'s CLOSING TIME  [D]

Ye[G]ah, we're drinking and we're dancing

but there's nothing really happening

Th[Em]e place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night

An[Bm]d my very close companion

gets me fumbing gets me laughing

sh[Em]e's a hundred but she's wearing something tight

An[C]d I lift my glass to the Awful Truth

which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth

ex[G]cept to say it is[B7]n't worth a dime[Em]

An[D]d the whole damn place goes crazy twice

and it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ

bu[C]t the Boss don't like these dizzy heights

we're busted in the blinding lights

of[G] CLOSING TIME

Th[C]e whole damn place goes crazy twice

and it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ

bu[G]t the Boss don't like th[B7]ese dizzy heights

we[Em]'re busted in th[C]e blinding lights

(busted in the blinding lights)

busted in the blinding lights

of[G] CLOSING TIME, C[D]LOSING TIME

Oh[G], the women tear their blouses off

an[D]d the men they dance on the polka dots, it's CLOSING TIME

An[G]d it's partner found, and it's partner lost

and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops

it[D]'s CLOSING TIME

I [G]swear it happned just like this:

A [D]sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss, it's CLOSING TIME

Th[G]e gates of love they budged an inch

I [D]can't say much has happned since but CLOSING TIME

I [G]loved you when our love was blessed

I [D]love you now, there's nothing left but CLOSING TIME

An[G]d I missed you since our place gor wrecked

by[D] the winds of change and the weeds of sex, it's CLOSING TIME