Chords for Threes: Take 3

_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Deeply into [F] bankruptcy, at last [Bb] it can be told
[Db] A witch and [Bb] an assassin [Db] hatch a plan to [F] get some gold
[Bbm] They hire several guardsmen, but [Ab] it all [Db] goes [Bbm] as they planned
They'll never [F] have to pay them, they'll be [Bb] slaughtered to a man
[Db] Three holes [Bb] in their contract, [Db] termination [F] for no [Bb] cause
No [Db] workman's compensation [Bbm] and no life insurance clause _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] Disguised [Bb] as honest women, then they [Ab] haggle [Bb] and cajole
[Db] A payment [Bb] from a [Db] businessman whose first and [F] foremost [Bb] goal
Is [Cm] vengeance for a daughter [Bbm] lost in one of the attacks
He [F] figures ill-deducted when [Db] the king collects [Bb] his tax
[Db] Three aren't [Bb] what they seem, the [Db] guard who guards [F] a secret plot
[Cm] The lady [Db] who's no lady [Bbm] and the maiden [Eb] who is not
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One [Bb] among the [F] guardsmen trips [Ab] with gems of [Bb] costly size
[Db] The witch [Bb] perceives he also wears [Fm] a magical [Bbm] disguise
[Eb] You might [Db] think this alone would be a [Fm] giveaway [Bbm] right there
But they're too [Fm] busy plotting out their [Bb] strategy to [C] care
[Db] Three things are [Bb] no fun, the [Db] answer right before [F] your eyes
A [C] poker [Bbm] hand that's folded and a fight [Bb] where no one [Ab] died
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
From ambush as expected, bandits [Ab] swarm to claim [Bb] their prize
[Db] The maiden [Bb] has a mercenary [Db] gleam in [Fm] her cold eyes
The [C] lady does [Fm] her nails while all her guardsmen's blood [Bb] is [Bbm] spilled
They cannot [F] prove their innocence except by [Bb] being killed
[Db] Three [Bb] things are most [Db] perilous, a [Bb] victim with [F] a grin
[Bb] A secret [Db] you're not in on and a test you cannot [Ab] win _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ [C] The [Ab] maiden watches [F] helplessly throughout the [Bb] whole attack
[Db] Then hacks [Bb] up half the [Db] hoodlums with one [Eb] hand behind [G] her back
[Bb] The lady [Fm] makes a gesture [Db] and the other half are [C] fried
[Bb] The [F] guardsmen jest her back as they [Db] lie [Bb] dying on the [C] side
Three [Fm] things [Bb] never count on [Db] when your life is [F] on the line
A sword with rust, a bow [Db] with cracks, [Fm] and a woman's sense [Bb] of time _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] The witch decides what shape the [Ab] traitor's [Bb] punishment will [Db] be
Her [Fm] positive self [Db]-image is revealed for [F] all to see
[Bbm] The worst thing she can think of's not [Fm] a noob [Bbm] or bat or toad
She turns him [Fm] to a woman and then [Db] sets him [Bb] on the road
[Db] Three [Bb] things that you'll never [Db] find, a hen's [F] tooth on a goose
A woman's sense of humor [Bbm] and chameleons you turn loose _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Bb] Three easy steps to justice, her to [Ab] grab the [Bb] guards in doubt
[Db] Then butcher [Bb] the whole bunch and [Db] let the goddess [F] sort them [C] out
They spare a few sad glances [Fm] at the loyal men cut [Bbm] down
And then they [F] count their booty and ride [Db] laughing [Bb] back to town
[Db] Three survive unscathed, the mage whose sword knows [F] every trick
The [Cm] fighter [Db] who's a cleric and the guard who [Bb] called in sick
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