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                    MR MUDD AND MR GOLD
              	     Townes Van Zandt
             Copyright © 1972 Silver Dollar Music
                  Performing rights w/ASCAP
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#This file is an interpretation of Townes' work, and does not  #
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#the song, and is not intended to be used for any purpose other#
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      Corrections submitted by F. Schwarz
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Hm
The wicked king of clubs awoke
     D
And It was to his queen he turned
     Em
His Lps were laughing as he spoke
F#7
His eyes like bullets burned
Hm
the sun's upon a gambling day
      D
his queen smiled low and blissfully
      Em
let's make some wretched fool to play
F#7
plain it was she did agree


I think he plays it with Capo II, so the chords are:


Am
The wicked king of clubs awoke
     C
And It was to his queen he turned
     Dm
His Lps were laughing as he spoke
E7
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 play
E7
plain it was she did agree

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      Original version submitted by Nathanael
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Sometimes the chords change just before the new line, but for those
that change in the midst of the line, I've used caps to stress the
syllable where the change occurs. . . .

Basically, the same chords repeat through the song (Em - G - Am - B7 - Em):

Em
The wicked king of clubs awoke
     G
And IT was to his queen he turned
     Am
His LIPS were laughing as he spoke
B7
His eyes like bullets burned
Em
the sun's upon a gambling day
      G
his queen smiled low and blissfully
      Am
let's make some wretched fool to play
B7
plain it was she did agree

(Just follow this progression throughout the song. . . .)

He send his deuce down into diamond
his four to hart, and his trey to spade
three kings with their legions come
preparations soon where made
they voted club the days commander
gave him an army face and number
all but the outlaw jack of diamonds
and the aces in the sky

He give his sevens first instructions
spirit me a game of stud
stakes unscarred by limitation
'tween a man named Gold and man named Mud
Club filled Gold with greedy vapors
'til his long, green eyes did glow
Mud was left with the sighs and trembles
watching his hard earned money go

Flushes fell on Gold like water
tens they paired and paired again
but the aces only flew through heaven
and the diamond jack called no man friend
The diamond queen saw Muds ordeal
began to think of her long lost son
fell to her knees with a mother's mercy
prayed to the angels every one

The diamond queen, she prayed and prayed
and the diamond angel filled Muds hole
the wicked king of clubs himself
fell in face down in front of Gold
now three kings come to Clubs command
but the angels from the sky did ride
three kings up on the streets of Gold
three fireballs on the muddy side

The club queen heard her husband's call
but Lord that queen of diamond's joy
when the outlaw in the heavenly hall
turned out to be a wandering boy
Now Mud he checked and Gold bet all
and Mud he raised and Gold did call
and the smile just melted off his face
when Mud turned over that diamond ace

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

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