The Altar Boy and the Thief by Joan Baez Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for The Altar Boy and the Thief guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play The Altar Boy and the Thief by Joan Baez using guitar or guitar.
This song by Joan Baez can also be played by that instruments.
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The Altar Boy and the Thief guitar chords has rhythm and included in Blowin’ Away (1977) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

The Altar Boy and the Thief by Joan Baez Guitar Chords


At night in the saf
Dm7
ety of shadows and numbe
G7
rs
Dm7
Seeking some turf on which
G7
nothing encumbers
The
Dm7
buying and selling of
G7
casual looks
Dm7
Stuff that gets printed in
G7
x-rated books
Your
Am
mother might have tried to under
G
stand
When you were
Am
hardly your daddy’s little
G
man
And you
Fmaj7
gave up saluting the
G
chief
To f
!
ind yourself some
C
relief[Dm/C]
C

Dm7
Finely plucked eyebrows and
G7
skin of satin
Dm7
Smiling seductive and
G7
endlessly Latin
Ol
Dm7
ympic body on
G7
dancing feet
Am
Perfume thickening the
G
air like heat
A
Am
transient star of gay bar
G
fame
You
Am
quit your job and changed your
G
name
And you’re
Fmaj7
nearly beyond be
G
lief
As y
!
ou hunt down a lit
C
tle rel[Dm/C]ief
C

The

Dm7
seven foot black with the
G7
emerald ring
Dm7
Broke up a fight without
G7
saying a thing
As the
Dm7
cops cruised by wanting
G7
one more chance
To
Am
send Jimmy Baldwin back
G
over to France
And a
Am
trucker with kids and a
G
wife
Pre
Am
fers to spend half of his l
G
ife
In
Fmaj7
early Bohemian mo
G
tif
Playing
!
pool and getting rel
C
ief[Dm/C]
C

My

Dm7
favorite couple was
G7
looking so fine
Dm7
Dancing in rhythm and
G7
laughing in rhyme
In the
Dm7
light of the jukebox all
G7
yellow and blue
Am
Holding each other as
G
young lovers do
To
Am
me they will always re
G
main
Uns
Am
hamed, untamed, and un
G
blamed
The
Fmaj7
altar boy and the
G
thief
!
Grabbing themselves some
C
relief[Dm/C]
C

The

Am
altar boy and the
G
thief
!
Catching a little re
C
lief
G7
C

If you want to learn Joan Baez The Altar Boy and the Thief guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play The Altar Boy and the Thief. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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