Old 55 - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
I heard this song first with Ian Matthews, from his -74 album "Some Days You Eat the Bear", then discovered Tom Waits. It appeared to be the first track of Waits' debut album "Closing Time" from the year before. A friend of mine imported LP's directly from USA, and suddenly my huge pile of sheet music grew higher ... that guy told me things I HAD to redistribute.These days, Tom Waits won't accept this song as a major composition on his CV. He has moved from his old stage to be a complete composer and lyricist. But back in the seventies, we *all* played his songs from his first two albums on Asylum. Mainly in G major, of course. As the years have gone by, I've brought it down half an octave, to E major. And still watches the sun rise, lickety spittely, remembering all the early mornings I had to leave at dawn.
E Emaj7 well the time went so quickly I went lickety spittely A B7 E ...B7 out to my old fiftyfive E Emaj7 G#m as I pulled away slowly feeling so holy A B7 god knows I was feeling alive E B11 A9 ... B7 and the sun is coming up E B11 A9 ... B7 I'm riding with lady luck E B11 A9 freeways cars and trucks B7 E B7 E stars beginning to fade and I lead the parade B7 Cm ... F# just wishing I had stayed a little longer B7 ... [back to coda] lord knows the feeling's getting stronger
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Emaj7
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A9
F#
B7
B11
G#m
Cm
