Aces and Eights

Verse 1

Dust

On the felt

Cigarette ash is all he left

Behind

Empty chair

Gold watch ticking on the table

Five cards face down

Busted luck

Blood on the wood

Bad news

Chorus

Dead man's hand

Aces and eights

Dead man's hand

Locked behind the gates

Dead man's hand

He didn't stand a chance

No he didn't stand a chance

Verse 2

Black

Pitch black

Jack of diamonds looking back

Hard stare

Spilled lead

Iron heavy in his chest

He never saw the shadow

The trigger

The end

Quick

Chorus

Dead man's hand

Aces and eights

Dead man's hand

Locked behind the gates

Dead man's hand

He didn't stand a chance

No he didn't stand a chance

Bridge

Winner takes the pot

Winner takes the soul

Winner takes the lot

Down in the hole

Down in the hole

Down in the hole

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

Run

Get gone

Leave the money on the floor

High tail

Don't look

Close the cover on the book

One man down

One man running

One man dead

Dead

Chorus

Dead man's hand

Aces and eights

Dead man's hand

Locked behind the gates

Dead man's hand

He didn't stand a chance

No he didn't stand a chance

Outro

Five cards

Aces and eights

Aces and eights

Just a hand

Just a hand

Black cards

Cold heart