Tablature christmas card from a hooker - Tom Waits

          



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  From: andersam@imv.aau.dk (Anders Mikkelsen)

  Subject: CRD Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis/Tom Waits

  

  Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

  From Blue Valentines1977

  

  

  

  Bb9: EADGHe: X10111

  Bb/C: EADGHe: X3X331

  Fadd9/A: EADGHe: X03213

  C11: EADGHe: 033333

  

  

  

  Intro: Gm Am7 Bb Bb/C

  

  F    A7       

  hey Charlie I'm pregnant

  Bb9

  and living on the 9th street

             F    A7  

  right above a dirty bookstore

  Bb9

  of euclid avenue

  F    A7  

  and I stopped takin dope

  Bb9

  and I quit drinkin whiskey

        Gm7         F/A

  and my old man plays the trombone

         Bb9            Bb/C     F   C11  F 

  and works out at the track

   F    A7  

  and he says that he loves me

  Bb9

  even though its not his baby

  F    A7  

  and he says that he'll raise him up

    Bb9

  like he would his own son

  F    A7  

  and he gave me a ring

     Dm7        F/Eb

  that was worn by his mother

     Bb9                 Bb/C 

  and he takes me out dancin

      Bb9   C11       F     C11   F  C11  

  every saturday night.

  F    A7  

  and hey Charlie I think about you

     Bb9

  everytime I pass a fillin station

  F    A7  

  on account of all the grease

  Bb9

  you used to wear in your hair

  F    A7  

  and I still have that record

  Dm7      F/Eb

  of little anthony & the Imperials

  Bb9

  but someone stole my record player

    C11                             F    C11       F  A7

  now how do you like that?

  Dm7   F/C 

  hey Charlie I almost went crazy

  Gm7     Fadd9/A

  after mario got busted

  Bb9         Bb/C       C7

  so I  went back to omaha to

  F    A7  

  live with my folks

  Dm7      F/C

  but everyone I used to know

        Bb9

  was either dead or in prison

  

  Gm7         Fadd9/A

  so I  came back to Minneapolis

  Bb9         Bb/C   C7

  this time I think i'm gonna stay.

  

  F    A7 

  hey Charlie I think I'm happy

    Bb9

  for the first time since my accident

  F    A7 

  and I wish I had all the money

       Bb9

  that we used to spend on dope

  F    A7 

  i'd buy me a used car lot

    Dm7  F/Eb

  and I wouldn't sell any of em

        Bb9

  i'd just drive a different car

  C11         Bb9             C11

  every day, dependin on how I feel

     F    C11         F   C11 

  

  F    A7 

  hey Charlie for chrissakes

  Bb9

  do you want to know the truth of it?

  F    A7 

  i don't have a husband

  Bb9

  he don't play the trombone

  F    A7 

  and I need to borrow money

  Dm7  

  to pay this lawyer

    F/Eb

  Charlie, hey

  Bb9

  i'll be eligible for parole

     C11     F

  come valentines day

  

  -- 

  Anders Mikkelsen Fåborggade 1,4  8000 Århus C

  email: andersam@imv.aau.dk

  

  "Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat,

   never drive a car when you're dead"    -Tom Waits

  

   


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 Christmas card from a hooker, de Tom waits 

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