Tom Waits

Altar Boy

Tom Waits


Tom: Ab

Eb         Ab
   He's an ol' altar boy
  Bbm           Eb7
   Lying out there in the street
Ab             F7          Bbm7
   He's an ol' altar boy
Eb          Db7                    Gb7
   Bound up in leather and chains
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   That's why I'm feeling so blue
   Eb7              Ab
   I'm an old altar boy
  F7             Bb
   What about you?


[Verse 2]
 Eb7                Ab
   Now, I can order in Latin
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   Make 'em au gratin, Joe
   Ab
   I'm an old altar boy
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   That's why I'm so depressed
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   I never got the rest of the dream
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   Just the ritual
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   Now I'm habitual
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   Majoring in crimes that are unspeakable
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   Cause I'm an old altar boy
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   That's what happened to me


[Verse 3]
Eb7       Ab             F7
   I'm an old altar boy
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   He's hoping he can meet      a woman dressed like a nun
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   He knows there's got to be some around here
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   Drinking across from the church
     Ab               F
   A little Father Cribari wine
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   On a Sunday morn' time


[Verse 4]
Db            Gb
   I'm an old altar boy
Cm     F7            Bb7
   Why is he winking at this time in his life?
 Eb7                Ab                 F7
   He never took a wife, cause he's an old altar boy
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   Oh, yeah...
              Ab
   What about you?