tom waits
From Waits' 1977 album "Foreign Affairs". Guitar tabs for Waits' songs can usually be made quite simple, like this. But the man composes for piano. A good way to interprete his songs with guitar, is to use the thumb for the bass, playing the tune or parts of it with the rest of your fingers 1-3 strings at a time. Takes a bit training though, but gives a much better result than just strumming the guitar - if you are playing solo.
And a piano is hard to carry with you around ...
hey sight for sore eyes • it's long time no see
working hard • hardly working • hey man you know me
water under the bridge • didye see my new car
well it's bought and it's payed for • parked outside of the bar ...
no the old gang ain't around • everyone has left town
'cept for Thumm and Giardina • said the just might be down
oh half drunk all the time and I'm all drunk the rest
yea monk's still the champion but I am the best ...
I guess you heard about Nash • he was killed in a crash
hell that must have been two or three years ago now
yeah he spun out and he rolled • hit a telephone pole
and he died with his radio on ...
no she's married and with a kid • finally split up with Sid
he's up north for a nickle's worth for armed robbery
hey I'll play you some pin ball • hell you ain't got a chance
well then go on over and ask her to dance ...
... hey barkeep • what's keeping you keep pouring drinks
for all these palookas • hey you know what I think
that we toast to the old days and Dimagio too
and old Drysdale and Mantle • Whitey Ford and to you
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
G G7 C G hey sight for sore eyes it's long time no see Em Bm Am7 D7 working hard hardly working hey man you know me G G7 C G water under the bridge didye see my new car Em Bm Am7 D7 well it's bought and it's payed for parked outside of the bar
