Hows Tricks chords

Jack Bruce

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  			Intro 
Am E  Am  Am E  Am 
Am E  Am  Am E  Am                                  

verse 1 
   Am                 Fmaj7    E                                                 
The white hand in the darkened house 
Dm                C6                          Am             E  Am 
Rings a bell that makes the guests drop their cases in fright 
  Am                    Fmaj7 E 
A face that seems to laugh alone 
Dm                      C6              Am                 E  Am 
Sits in the flames that warm the frozen stretches of night 

Bridge 1 
    C                         Dm                                                 
The skeleton that smokes, his head half guillotined 
   E                            F 
Sits there telling jokes, about places he has cleaned 

 
      C             G                                                            
How's tricks? How's tricks? 
     Bb        F            Am    E  Am  Am E  Am 
What kicks! It sticks! Loud ticks 

verse 2 
   Am               Fmaj7   E                                                    
The bow tie and the question mark 
   Dm                C6                         Am          E  Am 
Set sail to beat the cards that rain around the Chorus girls 
    Am                 Fmaj7 E 
The bullets from the golden gun 
  Dm          C6                               Am    E  Am 
Appear to penetrate the flesh below the golden curls 

Bridge 2 
  C                                Dm                                            
Inside the clear white box, lies a nervous bathing belle 
    E                                 F 
She hope's he'll find the locks, that free her from the world 

 
      C             G                                                            
How's tricks? How's tricks? 
     Bb        F            Am   E  Am  Am E  Am 
What kicks! It sticks! Loud ticks 

verse 3 
   Am               Fmaj7  E                                                     
The rabbit with the faded smile 
  Dm                 C6                   Am           E  Am 
Is listening to the artist playing in the mirrored room 
   Am            Fmaj7  E 
The albums of forgotten songs 
     Dm           C6                                    Am    E  Am 
Grow dusty in the floodlit shelves somewhere below the moon 

Bridge 3 
C                           D                                                    
Owls sit on the letters, of his last name in lights 
E                             F 
 Demons and pacesetters, they laugh into the night 

 
      C             G                                                            
How's tricks? How's tricks? 
     Bb        F 
What kicks! It sticks! 
      C             G 
How's tricks? How's tricks? 
     Bb        F 
What kicks! It sticks! 
      C             G 
How's tricks? How's tricks? 
     Bb        F 
What kicks! It sticks! 
      C             G 
How's tricks? How's tricks? 
     Bb        F 
What kicks! It sticks! 

Instrumental 
C G Bb F C G Bb F  
C G Bb F C G Bb F 
C G Bb F C G Bb F                       

Outro 
Am E  Am  Am E  Am 
Am E  Am  Am E  Am