INTRO: Dm
Dm
Jesus was a carpenter he died nailed to a wooden cross.
Am Bb Dm
Irony oh irony upon me it's never lost.
Dm
Gather 'round now people, I'm here to tell a tale
Am
About a man who walks among you, a man you each know well.
Dm
My name is Simon Keeper I had a wife and three grown kids,
Am Bb Dm
A job in the towers cooking the books for the shills that grease the skids.
CHORUS:
Dm Am
Irony oh irony, you are a bitter fruit to eat.
Bb C Dm
Stripped of all your beauty your flesh is none too sweet.
VERSE:
Dm
Now I ain't the most honest man that ever worked a skim.
Am
I was caught with my hand in the cookie jar and brother that was it.
Dm
Fifty-four and a big black mark upon my resume,
Am Bb Dm
I found selling off what you don't own might earn you the time of day.
Dm
Next it was a letter from my darling one,
"what's yours is mine, what's mine is mine",
Am
Sealed with a hug and kiss.
Dm
One by one my children closed their lives to me.
Am
Lesson learned on Daddy's knee,
Bb Dm
"give no quarter to the weak".
CHORUS:
Dm Am
Irony oh irony, you are the polar seed of truth,
Bb C Dm
You grow upon the open plain the faithful you uproot.
VERSE:
Dm
Kicked around 'bout a year living hand to mouth,
Am
Then one day tryin' to bum a light I felt my will give out.
Dm
Sat right down on the corner, started prayin' a little too loud.
Am
Left my troubles far behind
Bb Dm
When I saw them emptying their pockets out.
CHORUS:
Dm Am
Irony oh irony, you are a treacherous son of a b**ch,
Bb C Dm
Pretending not to care about the heights you'll never reach.
VERSE:
Dm
Now I won't start in preaching 'bout reaping what you sow,
Am
This is the story of a half-hearted man, half honest as they go.
Dm
But sit on down and rest a spell I've got another tale to tell.
Am Bb Dm
About a lost young man in a far away land whose life is just too easy to sell
CHORUS:
Dm Am
Jesus was a carpenter he died nailed to a wooden cross.
Bb C Dm
Irony oh irony upon me it is never lost.
Dm
Jesus was a carpenter he died nailed to a wooden cross.
Am Bb C Dm
Irony oh irony upon me......it's never lost.
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