Lily Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts chords

[INTRO]
[C]

[VERSE 1]
[C]The festival was over, and
The [F]boys were all plannin' for a [C]fall
[C]The cabaret was quiet
Ex[F]cept for the drillin' in the [C]wall
The [F]curfew had been [C]lifted and
The [G]gamblin' wheel shut[C] down
[F]Anyone with any [C]sense
Had [G]already left town
He was [C]standin' in the doorway
[F]Lookin' like the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 2]
[C]He moved across the mirrored room
"[F]Set 'em up for everyone," he [C]said
[C]Then everyone commenced to do
What [F]they'd been doin'
Before he moved their [C]heads
Then he [F]walked up to a [C]stranger, and
He [G]asked him with a [C]grin
"Could you [F]kindly tell me, [C]mister
What [G]time the show begins?"
He [C]moved into the corner,
[F]Face down like the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 3]
[C]Backstage the girls were playin'
[F]Five-card stud by the [C]stairs
[C]Lily had two queens
She was [F]hopin' for a th[C]ird,
To [F]match her [C]pair.
Out[F]side the streets were [C]fillin' up, and
A [G]window was open [C]wide,
A g[F]entle breeze was [C]blowin',
You could [G]feel it from inside.
Lily [C]called another bet, and
[F]Drew up the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 4]
[C]Big Jim was no one's fool
He [F]owned the town's only diamond [C]mine
[C]He made his usual entrance
Lookin' [F]all so dandy and so [C]fine
With his [F]bodyguards and [C]silver cane, and
[G]Every hair in [C]place
He [F]took whatever he wanted [C]to, and
He [G]laid it all to waste
But his [C]bodyguards and his silver cane
[F]They were no match for the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 5]
[C]Rosemary combed her hair, and
Took the [F]carriage into [C]town
[C]She slipped into the side door
[F]Lookin' like a queen without a[C] crown
She [F]fluttered her false [C]eyelashes and
[G]Whispered in his [C]ear
"I'm [F]sorry, darlin', that I'm [C]late"
But he [G]didn't seem to hear
He was [C]starin' into space
[F]Over at the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 6]
"[C]Well I know I've seen that face somewhere"
Big [F]Jim was thinkin' to him[C]self
"[C]Maybe down in Mexico or
A [F]picture upon somebody's [C]shelf"
But then the [F]crowd began to [C]stamp their feet, and
The [G]house lights did [C]dim, and
In the [F]darkness of the [C]room
There was [G]only Jim and him
[C]Starin' at the butterfly
[F]Who just drew up the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 7]
[C]Lily was a princess
She [F]was fair-skinned and precious [C]as a child
[C]She had that certain something
Was a [F]kind of a flash
Every time she [C]smiled
She'd [F]come away from a broken [C]home
Had [G]lots of strange af[C]fairs
With [F]men in every walk of [C]life
Who [G]took her everywhere
But she'd [C]never met anyone
[F]Quite like the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 8]
The hangin' judge came in un[F]noticed, and
Was being wined and [C]dined
[C]The drillin' in the wall kept up
But [F]no one seemed to pay it any [C]mind
It was [F]known all ar[C]ound
That [G]Lily had Jim's ring[C] , and
No[F]thing would eve[C]r come
Between [G]Lily and the king
No, [C]nothin' ever could
[F]Except maybe the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 9]
[C]Rosemary started drinkin' hard and
[F]Seein' her reflection in the [C]knife
[C]She was tired of the attention
Tired of [F]playin' the role of Big Jim's [C]wife
She had [F]done a lot of [C]bad things
Even [G]once tried sui[C]cide
Was [F]lookin' to do just one good[C] deed
Before she [G]died
She was [C]gazin' to the future
[F]Riding on the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 10]
[C]Lily took her dress off
[F]Buried it a[C]way
"[C]Has your luck run out?" she laughed at him
"I [F]guess you must have known it would some[C]day
Be [F]careful not to touch the [C]wall
There’s a [G]brand-new coat of [C]paint
I'm [F]glad to see you're still [C]alive, and
You're [G]lookin' like a saint"
Down the [C]hallway footsteps
Were [F]comin' for the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 11]
[C]The Backstage manager was pacin'
[F]All around by his [C]chair
"[C]There's somethin' funny going on
I [F]know, I can just feel it in the [C]air"
He [F]went to get the [C]hangin' judge
But the [G]hangin' judge was [C]drunk, and
The [F]leading actor [C]hurried by
In the [G]costume of a monk
But there was no [C]actor anywhere
[F]Better than the[G] Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 12]
[C]Lily had her arms around the man
She [F]dearly loved to [C]touch
[C]She forgot all about the man
She [F]hated who hounded her so [C]much
"I [F]missed you so" she [C]said to him, and
He [G]thought she was sin[C]cere
But [G]in the hallway he [D]found
[G]Jealousy and fear
Just another [C]night in the
[F]Life of the[G] Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 13]
[C]No one knew the circumstance
But [F]they say that it happened pretty [C]quick
[C]The door to the dressing room burst open and
A [F]cold revolver [C]clicked, and
Big [F]Jim was standin' [C]there
You [G]couldn't say sur[C]prised
Rose[F]mary right be[C]side him
[G]Steady in her eyes
She was [C]with Big Jim
[F]But she was l[G]eanin' to the Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 14]
[C]Two doors down and the boys
Finally [F]made it through the [C]wall, and
[C]They cleaned out the bank safe
Said they [F]got off with quite a [C]haul, and
In the [F]darkness of the [C]riverbed
They [G]waited on the [C]ground
For [F]one more [C]member
Who [G]had business back in town
But they [C]couldn't go no further
[F]Without the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 15]
[C]Well the next day was hangin' day
The [F]sky was overcast and [C]black
[C]Big Jim lay covered up
Killed [F]by a penknife in the [C]back, and
Rose[F]mary on the [C]gallows
Lord, she [G]didn't even [C]blink
The [F]hangin' judge was [C]sober
Lord, he [G]hadn't had a drink and
The [C]only person on the scene
[F]Missing was the [G]Jack of [C]Hearts

[VERSE 16]
[C]Well, the cabaret was quiet now, and
A [F]sign said, "Closed for re[C]pair"
[C]Lily had already taken all of the dye
[F]Out of her [C]hair
She was [F]thinkin' about her [C]father
Who she [G]very rarely [C]saw
[F]Thinkin' about [C]Rosemary, and
[G]Thinkin' about the law
But, [C]most of all she was [G]thinkin'
About the Jack of [C]Hearts