Deadman Dust

Deadman Dust by Dave Robinson, 14 January 2024 verse 1 there’s a D man on a mission at the government house … tried to C bring a petition to the speaker of the house … he was G treated with derision when suspicion was aroused further D action was forbidden, now he’s quiet as a mouse he say Am ‘don’t explain and C don’t complain’, just G know when it’s all said and done .. we’re Em all just dead-man dust … fill: Am … C … G … Am … verse 2 he was D drawn to a woman and accused of making a fuss … she didn’t C differentiate between true love and simple lust … he left her G waiting at the altar, she may well be there still in D life sometime it feel like a bitter pill … he say Am ‘don’t explain and C don’t complain’, just G know when it’s all said and done .. we’re Em all just dead-man dust … fill: Am … C … G … Am … verse 3 there’s a D man at the bar who say he travelled from afar maybe C wrongly navigated the twinkling lonestar if you’re G keen to do a deal he’d like to know who you are D he would trade a camel for your battery-powered car he say Am ‘don’t explain and C don’t complain’, just G know when it’s all said and done .. we’re Em all just dead-man dust … fill: Am … C … G … Am … verse 4 D I went to the wedding of jack and jill … the C bride told the priest .. that she was feeling ill he G said ‘you know economies can always boom or bust but D only precious metals, and diamonds, never rust’ he say Am ‘don’t explain and C don’t complain’, just G know when it’s all said and done .. we’re Em all just dead-man dust … fill: Am … C … G … Am … verse 5 D some may tell you to stop, and some will let you ‘go’ … C who can you trust, when you’re not in the know? don’t be G swingin’ to and fro like an ape in a forest you can D only be yourself when you have learned to be honest I say Am ‘don’t explain and C don’t complain’, just G know when it’s all said and done .. we’re Em all just dead-man dust … end: Am … C … G … Am … copyright: David A Robinson, 2024