Tom: Eb Bb7/6 Eb9 Am7 D7 E|-3----| e|-1----| e|-0----| e|-2----| B|-3----| B|-2----| B|-1----| B|-1----| G|-1----| G|-0----| G|-0----| G|-2----| D|-3----| D|-1----| D|-2----| D|-0----| A|-1----| A|------| A|-0----| A|------| E|------| E|------| E|------| E|------| Bb7/6 Eb9 A cab combs the snake, Bb7/6 Eb9 Tryin' to rake in that last night's fare, Bb7/6 And a solitary sailor Am7 D7 Who spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers... Bb7/6 Eb9 Paws his inside P-coat pocket for a welcome twenty-five cents, Bb7/6 Eb9 And the last bent butt from a package of Kents, Bb7/6 As he dreams of a waitress with Maxwell House eyes Am7 D7 And marmalade thighs with scrambled yellow hair. Bb7/6 Eb9 Her rhinestone-studded moniker says, "Irene" Bb7/6 Eb9 Bb7/6 As she wipes the wisps of dishwater blonde from her eyes Am7 D7 Bb7/6 Eb9 And the Texaco beacon burns on, Bb7/6 Eb9 Bb7 The steel-belted attendant with a 'Ring and Valve Special'... Am7 Cryin' "Fill'er up and check that oil" D7 "You know it could be a distributor and it could be a coil." Bb7/6 Eb9 The early mornin' final edition's on the stands, Bb7/6 Eb9 And that town cryer's cryin' there with nickels in his hands. Bb7/6 Am7 D7 Pigs in a blanket sixty-nine cents, Bb7/6 Eb9 Eggs - roll 'em over and a package of Kents, Bb7/6 Eb9 Bb7/6 Adam and Eve on a log, you can sink 'em damn straight, Am7 D7 Hash browns, hash browns, you know I can't be late. Bb7/6 Eb9 And the early dawn cracks out a carpet of diamond Bb7/6 Eb9 Across a cash crop car lot filled with twilight Coupe Devilles, Am7 Leaving the town in a-keeping D7 Of the one who is sweeping Bb7/6 Eb9 Up the ghost of Saturday night