Mr Mudd and Mr Gold

{title: Mr Mudd and Mr Gold}
{subtitle: Townes Van Zandt}
{key: Am}

{ci: Verse 1}
[Am]The wicked king of clubs awoke
[C]And it was to his queen he turned
[Dm]His lips were laughing as he spoke
[E]His eyes like bullets burned
[Am]The sun's upon a gambling day
[C]His queen smiled low and blissfully
[Dm]Let's make some wretched fool to pay
[E]Plain it was she did agree

{ci: Verse 2}
[Am]He sent his deuce down into diamond
[C]His four to heart and his trey to spade
[Dm]Three kings with their legions come
[E]Preparations soon were made
[Am]They voted club the day's commander
[C]Gave him an army face and number
[Dm]All but the outlaw jack of diamonds
[E]And the aces in the sky

{ci: Verse 3}
[Am]He give his sevens first instructions
[C]Spirit me a game of stud
[Dm]Stakes unscarred by limitation
[E]'Tween a man named Gold and man named Mud
[Am]Club filled Gold with greedy vapors
[C]'Til his long green eyes did glow
[Dm]Mud was left with the sighs and trembles
[E]Watching his hard earned money go

{ci: Verse 4}
[Am]Flushes fell on Gold like water
[C]Tens they paired and paired again
[Dm]But the aces only flew through heaven
[E]And the diamond jack called no man friend
[Am]The diamond queen saw Mud's ordeal
[C]Began to think of her long lost son
[Dm]Fell to her knees with a mother's mercy
[E]Prayed to the angels every one

{ci: Verse 5}
[Am]The diamond queen she prayed and prayed
[C]And the diamond angel filled Mud's hole
[Dm]The wicked king of clubs himself
[E]Fell in face down in front of Gold
[Am]Now three kings come to Club's command
[C]But the angels from the sky did ride
[Dm]Three kings up on the streets of Gold
[E]Three fireballs on the muddy side

{ci: Verse 6}
[Am]The club queen heard her husband's call
[C]But Lord that queen of diamond's joy
[Dm]When the outlaw in the heavenly hall
[E]Turned out to be a wandering boy
[Am]Now Mud he checked and Gold bet all
[C]And Mud he raised and Gold did call
[Dm]And the smile just melted off his face
[E]When Mud turned over that diamond ace

{ci: Outro - Spoken}
Now here's what this story's told
If you feel like Mud you'll end up Gold
If you feel like lost you'll end up found
So amigo, lay them raises down