Cal Smith - It's Time to Pay the Fiddler

      
 
 Well it's time to pay the fiddler
                                          C   
 And it's sad to know we've danced it all away
         D7                       
 But the warm night's disappearing
                                            G  
 Leaving nothing but the cold hard light of day
 
 And it's time to start erasing
                                            C    
 All the rainbows we've been chasing in our minds
    D7                           
 We know there's no way of making
                                G   
 Other ties on us unravel and unwind
 
 Yes it's time to pay the fiddler
                                             C  
 And today's the day the first installment's due
         D7                                 
 For the rest of all my days I'll wonder why
                             G  
 The maker mismatched me and you
 
 But there's so much to consider like my wife and little children
                                          C 
 Will need and want my love just like you do
          D7                                                   
 Now it's time to pay the fiddler but before we pay the fiddler
                                             G   
 Let's ask him to please play one last final tune
 
 Well it's time to pay the fiddler
                                             C   
 And there's naked sorrow dripping from your eyes
     D7                                       
 Unrestrained and unashamed we love each other
                           G  
 Now we've got to leave it lie
 
 But I can feel my hands trembling
                                       C   
 As I search to find the handle on the door
          D7                                
 So let's let the fiddler pull his magic bow
                                    G   
 Across our heart strings just once more
 Repeat # 3 & 4