Tom Waits

Little Drop Of Poison

Tom Waits


Tom: C#m

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Intro:
Am            E   
D - - d u D - D _ 
Am              E7
D - - d u D - - D  (six times)

Am        Am  E7 Am                   Dm      A
I like my town   with a little drop of  poison
Dm    E                                     Am   E7
   No-body knows they're lining up to go in-sane
Am         E7   Am E7 Am                   Dm
   I'm all alone,       I smoke my friends down to the filter
E                                       Am E7
   But I feel much cleaner after it rains

Am         Am
   And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
E7  Am                             Dm     E E (riff)
She always had that little drop of poison

Am         Am                             Dm
   Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping
E                                 Am
   You'll never get a wish from a bone
Am                                     Dm
   Another wrong goodbye and a hunderd    sailors
E                           Am
   That deep blue sky is my home

Am         Am
   And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
E7  Am                             Dm     E E (riff)
She always had that little drop of poison

-- a short break follows, and the song goes up half a step --

A#m          A#m                               D#m6
       And a rat always knows when he's in with   weasels
E#7                              A#m
    Here you lose a little every day
A#m                                    D#m
    Well, I remember when a million was   a million
E#                                 A#m
    They all have ways to make you pay

A#m         A#m
    And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
                                   D#m      E# E# (no riff)
She always had that little drop of poison

A#m         A#m
    And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
                                   D#m      E# E#
She always had that little drop of poison

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