B           C#m         D#m
He'd been dealt a bad hand nearly fifty years old
         E
Cleanin' glasses, at night in a bar
                          D#m
Only one good hand for to play him his tunes
     C#m                  F#
On a piano all tired out and marred

[Chorus]
         E                    B
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
           C#m    E              F#
Looked out blind, all the nights long.
             B             C#m          D#m        C#m
But when the one-armed man played to an empty saloon,
    B               A                          B
She looked down and smiled as he played her his songs.

[Instrumental]
C#m D#m C#m B C#m D#m C#m

[Verse 2]
B                C#m         D#m
Duke, the white Shepherd who guarded the room
      E
Never leavin' the back of the bar
                                     D#m
Would climb up on the stage and curl up around his feet
      C#m                          F#
As to guard him and his music from harm.

[Chorus]
         E                    B
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
           C#m    E              F#
Looked out blind, all the nights long.
             B             C#m          D#m        C#m
But when the one-armed man played to an empty saloon,
    B               A                          B
She looked down and smiled as he played her his songs.

[Instrumental]
C#m D#m C#m B C#m D#m C#m

[Verse 3]
  B             C#m           D#
I heard him one night,when he thought to be alone.
       E
And I lied and I did him a wrong.
                                   D#m
I can't give back the pleasure his music gave to me,
      C#m                F#
I can only give him this song.

[Verse 4]
          B               C#m       D#m
He played better with one hand than most men with two.
         E
Yet made posters for all of the stars.
                                D#m
And I wish to my heart he could play for you,
         C#m                     F#
So you'd know just how happy you are.

[Final Chorus]
         E                    B
And the stone angel hung on the wall up above
    C#m        E         F#
And me and the big white dog.
    B               C#m           D#            C#
All stopped once to listen,to the one-armed man play
         B            A     E
To their smiles in an empty saloon.