Good Intent Chords

CAPO 1
 
     Dm
You heard the crickets of the early eve
      A
They lurk around the opening in twos and threes
 Dm
Clementine told you not to move with the breeze
       A                                Dm
It'll take you down to places where we dare not speak
 
 
    Dm                        G
The red light in the doorway says she's armed
     A                              Dm
But, boy, go try your luck and you might get past
               Dm             G
Step into the dwelling of the liger's mouth
 A                         Dm
Peer into the panic for a kick and swell
                       Dm                G
You know you shouldn't be there but it's way past bed
         A                              Dm
There's comfort in the fingers of your good intent
                       Dm                 G
You know you shouldn't be there but your money's all spent
       A                             Dm   G
You've got your reputation and your good intent
      A     Dm
Your good intent
 
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Oooooooooooh
 
 
Dm
Out to feed that habit when you've sowed that seed
A                                Dm
Nothing made you feel out of the ordinary
        Dm
But the air turns sombre and the night took heed
 A                       Dm
Took you on a waltz of hypocrisy
     Dm
She broke your bones, now you're lying in the dirt
     A                   Dm
The shadow of a hunter under your torture
     Dm
It's not enough to say, it's not what's in your heart
        A                         Dm
You've tainted every moment till death do we part
 
   Dm                               G
I know you didn't mean it, boy you meant so well
     A                              Dm
The pennies are cascading down your wishing well
                  Dm                G
I know you didn't mean it when you counted to ten
        A                                    Dm
You're slipping through the fingers of your good intent
                  Dm                   G
I know you didn't mean it, though you meant so well
     A                              Dm
The pennies are cascading down your wishing well
                  Dm                G
I know you didn't mean it when you counted to ten
       A                             Dm   G
You've got your reputation and your good intent
   A       Dm
Such a good intent
 
 
     Dm                          G
It's not enough to hope for the best
     A                         Dm
It's not enough to lie there on a breast
                    Dm               G
The liger's on the prowl now you've pulled its strings
Dm                                                      G    A
One false move and soon you're playing dice for a-
 
[Instrumental:] 
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