Cm7     F    Bb
I left so much behind
    G7      Baug    C7
My patience and my family
   Cm7       F     Bb
My masterpiece unsigned

[Verse 2]

 G7          Baug   C7
I thought I'd be rewarded
     Cm7    F        Bb
For such a lonely choice
     G7     Baug      C7
And surely she would answer
    Cm7         F        Bb      D#
To such a very hopeless voice

[Bridge]

  G#            G
I practiced on my sainthood
  G#              G
I gave to one and all
         D#     Bb     Cm
But the rumours of my virtue
       G#     Bb       D#
They moved her not at all

   G#                 G
I changed my style to silver
     G#                   G
I changed my clothes to black
      D#      Bb      Cm
And where I would surrender
    G#   Bb      D#
Ah now I would attack

[Verse 3]

    G7        Baug   C7
I stormed the old casino
          Cm7    F     Bb
For the money and the flesh
   G7  Baug       C7
And I myself decided
           Cm7       F         Bb
What was rotten and what was fresh

[Bridge]

    G#             G
And men to do my bidding
      G#             G
And broken bones to teach
     D#    Bb     Cm
The value of my pardon
    G#     Bb    D#
The shadow of my reach

  G#                      G
But no, I could not touch her
      G#          G
With such a heavy hand
     D#    Bb       Cm
Her star beyond my order
      G#   Bb      D#
Her nakedness unmanned

[Outro]

   G7      Baug      C7
I came so far for beauty
  Cm7      F    Bb
I left so much behind
    G7       Baug    C7
My patience and my family
    Cm7    F      Bb
My masterpiece unsigned