[Intro] | G | Em | Bm | D |
| G | Em | Bm | C |
[Verse 1] GEmBmC Sweet Sunday afternoon, September's golden brown
GEmBmC Summer always fades too soon like the laughter of a clown
GEmBmC Shadows fill the room where sorrows come to drown
GEmBmC Your heart’s a late bloom as you sink another one down
[Pre-Chorus 1] AmD I know it knows the way you feel
AmD Blurs what is right and what is real
AmEmD There's no love left you could steal
[Chorus] CGFor the joker, love is so long
EmAAs the jesters outsmarts it
CEmDAnd the gambler tries to win back what he's lost
CGAnd the sad mind sings a song
EmAFor the drunk and broken-hearted
CDAnd the fool, he never knows how much it cost
[Riff] | G | Em | Bm | D |
| G | Em | Bm | C |
[Verse 2] GEmBmC The sweet Sunday afternoon and all that candy heart
GEmBmC Is an old, familiar tune for you’ve forgotten half the words
GEmBmC The sunlight floods the room like a silent flock of birds
GEmBmC And hopes a red bloom, disappearing through the clouds
[Pre-Chorus 2] AmD I know it knows the way you feel
AmD Blurs what is right and what is real
AmEmD There's no one here to make a deal with
[Chorus] CGFor the joker, love is so long
EmAAs the jesters outsmarts it
CEmDAnd the gambler tries to win back what he's lost
CGAnd the sad mind sings a song
EmAFor the drunk and broken-hearted
CDAnd the fool, he never knows how much it cost
[Instrumental Bridge] | G | Em | G | Em | G | Em | D |
| C | G | C | G | C | Am | D |
[Chorus] CGYeah, well, the joker, he loves the long
EmAAs the jesters outsmarts it
EmDAnd the gambler tries to win back what he's lost
CGOh, and the sad mind, he, sings a song
EmAFor the drunk and broken-hearted
CDOh, and the fool, he never knows how much it cost
CDGWell, the fool, he never knows how much it cost