Tom: Am
Am D9 G Gb7 F7 E7
E|---5------5------3------2------1------0-------------------------------|
B|---5------5------3------2------1------0-------------------------------|
G|---5------5------4------3------2------1-------------------------------|
D|---5------4------5------2------1------0-------------------------------|
A|---6------5------5------4------3------2-------------------------------|
E|---5------x------3------2------1------0-------------------------------|
Now Tom Waits never does anything straight forward. There is a lot of
bass between these notes and it makes up the turn around between the E7
and back to the Am. Think of it as a little 1-4 blues tune with the G
to run down to E7 break with the E7 turn around. The bass in these tracks
is fretless and slides a lot to get a kind of crying bass sound.
Put the chords over the lyrics like so:
1st Verse
Am D9
Well you hate those diesels rollin'
Am D9
And those Friday nights out bowlin'
G Gb7 F7 E7
When he's off for a twelve hour lay over night.
