Intro
[C#m7]
Verse 1
[C#m7]
Well, I lost you at the border when you crossed it
[C#m7]
Had your number, baby, but I lost it
[F#] [C#m7]
I know your love was just a flim flam
[G#7] [B] [F#] [C#m7]
No, you can't pull the wool over me, 'cause I'm a confidence man
Verse 2
[C#m7]
I can talk old ladies out of all of their money
[C#m7]
I can talk young girls into calling me honey
[F#] [C#m7]
You can talk all you want, babe, but I got fast hands,
[G#7] [B] [F#] [C#m7]
You're a real soft touch, but I'm a confidence man
Bridge
[F#]
I know your mother taught you how to bake a cherry pie and read a book
[C#m7]
Your daddy taught you how to tell a lie and not get shook
[F#]
Let me tell you something, baby, you better learn
[G#7]
If you're gonna con the con man, you're liable to get burned
Verse 3
[C#m7]
Now, now, now, we were stretched out on the floor, baby, it's all elastic
[C#m7]
But you stretched it too tight and it snapped like plastic
[F#] [C#m7]
And the pieces went flying across the badlands
[G#7] [B] [F#] [C#m7]
No discouraging word could be heard, 'cause I'm a confidence man
Verse 4
[C#m7]
Now, maybe Chicago is where you're bound
[C#m7]
But love is a cheap perfume, it hangs around
[F#] [C#m7]
And you roll the dice, now let the bet stand
[G#7] [B] [F#] [C#m7]
No, you can't pull the wool over me, 'cause I'm a confidence man
[G#7] [B] [F#] [C#m7]
No, you can't pull the wool over me, 'cause I'm a confidence man
[G#7] [B] [F#] [C#m7]
Said, you can't pull the wool over me, 'cause I'm a confidence man
