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Dvar - x54x3x
[Intro]
Em-Dvar-C (x3)
Em
[Verse]
EmI was born in CaGrolina 
CRaised with a heavy hDand 
EmMy mother was a-puGshing up daisies 
CMy father was a drinking mDan 
EmThe one night my beatiGng never came 
CI learned why when I found him in the haDll 
EmAll five years of his Geducation 
CSplattered on the waDll
EmSo I packed my bags and I moGved to the city
CNo way to make ends Dmeet 
EmI found a bag of gGrass in a gutter 
CAnd I sold it on the sDtreet 
EmTo a man who said, “You reGmind me of myself 
When I started deaClin’, why don’t you come with Dme” 
EmAnd before I’d even tGouched the surface 
CI knew I was in too dDeep 
[Chorus]
EmNow everyone I knGow C  D  
EmEveryone I know iGs goCne D  
EmEverything I done G  C  D  
EmEverything I done Gis CwronCg D  
GSome people call me Dthe Sinful CHealer D  
EmI’m the dealer 
[Bridge]
Em-Dvar-C (x3)
Em
[Verse]
EmThe work got easier when the dGrugs got harder 
CI should have known it wouldn’t lDast 
EmThe golden opportunity to qGuit came shining 
CBut I watched it turn to Dbrass 
EmI earned my keep from the pGeople who would die 
To kCill their invincible pDain 
EmAs long as all the bag brides and pGimps and junkies 
CHad nothing to lose there’d be something to gDain 
EmThen all it took was one tGaste of my poison 
CAnd that was Dit 
EmAnd I wound up like some bGloodthirsty spider 
CTangled up in its own wDeb 
EmOh, temptation never fGails 
CBut it only lets you Ddown 
EmAnd addiction has you Gdecomposing 
CLong before you’re in the gDround 
[Chorus]
EmNow everyone I knGow C  D  
EmEveryone I know iGs goCne D  
EmEverything I done G  C  D  
EmEverything I done Gis CwronCg D  
GSome people call me Dthe Sinful CHealer D  
             EmDvar C  
I’m the dealer 
[Bridge]
Em-Dvar-C (x2)
Em
[Verse 5]
EmTonight the smokestacks in CGarolina 
CAre monuments to our glorious Ddecay 
EmI shiver and I shudder in the Galley and I wonder 
CHow it all turned out this Dway 
EmI guess I don’t blame no one, GI guess that I could change 
CBut a crooked gun don’t shoot sDtraight 
EmHenpecking curbs for coins, GI bridge the vein and pay the boy 
CAnd as he turns to leave I hear him Dsay, 
[Chorus]
EmNow everyone I knGow C  D  
EmEveryone I know iGs goCne D  
EmEverything I done G  C  D  
EmEverything I done Gis CwronCg D  
GSome people call me Dthe Sinful CHealer D  
GAh, but mine will be the face that he Dsees when he looks in the Cmirror D  
             EmDvar C  
I’m the dealer 
[Outro]
Em-D-var-C (x3)
Em

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The Dealer

by Ben Rogers

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Dvar - x54x3x

[Intro]

Em-Dvar-C (x3)

[Verse]

Em G

I was born in Carolina

C D

Raised with a heavy hand

Em G

My mother was a-pushing up daisies

C D

My father was a drinking man

Em G

The one night my beating never came

C D

I learned why when I found him in the hall

Em G

All five years of his education

C D

Splattered on the wall

Em G

So I packed my bags and I moved to the city

C D

No way to make ends meet

Em G

I found a bag of grass in a gutter

C D

And I sold it on the street

Em G

To a man who said, “You remind me of myself

C D

When I started dealin’, why don’t you come with me”

Em G

And before I’d even touched the surface

C D

I knew I was in too deep

[Chorus]

Em G C D

Now everyone I know

Em G C D

Everyone I know is gone

Em G C D

Everything I done

Em G C C D

Everything I done is wrong

G D C D

Some people call me the Sinful Healer

I’m the dealer

[Bridge]

Em-Dvar-C (x3)

[Verse]

Em G

The work got easier when the drugs got harder

C D

I should have known it wouldn’t last

Em G

The golden opportunity to quit came shining

C D

But I watched it turn to brass

Em G

I earned my keep from the people who would die

C D

To kill their invincible pain

Em G

As long as all the bag brides and pimps and junkies

C D

Had nothing to lose there’d be something to gain

Em G

Then all it took was one taste of my poison

C D

And that was it

Em G

And I wound up like some bloodthirsty spider

C D

Tangled up in its own web

Em G

Oh, temptation never fails

C D

But it only lets you down

Em G

And addiction has you decomposing

C D

Long before you’re in the ground

[Chorus]

Em G C D

Now everyone I know

Em G C D

Everyone I know is gone

Em G C D

Everything I done

Em G C C D

Everything I done is wrong

G D C D

Some people call me the Sinful Healer

Em C

Dvar

I’m the dealer

[Bridge]

Em-Dvar-C (x2)

[Verse 5]

Em G

Tonight the smokestacks in Carolina

C D

Are monuments to our glorious decay

Em G

I shiver and I shudder in the alley and I wonder

C D

How it all turned out this way

Em G

I guess I don’t blame no one, I guess that I could change

C D

But a crooked gun don’t shoot straight

Em G

Henpecking curbs for coins, I bridge the vein and pay the boy

C D

And as he turns to leave I hear him say,

[Chorus]

Em G C D

Now everyone I know

Em G C D

Everyone I know is gone

Em G C D

Everything I done

Em G C C D

Everything I done is wrong

G D C D

Some people call me the Sinful Healer

G D C D

Ah, but mine will be the face that he sees when he looks in the mirror

Em C

Dvar

I’m the dealer

[Outro]

Em-D-var-C (x3)

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