• Song:

    Coney Island Baby

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

  • Album:

    Hello Dalai (Live w/ Kr...

>>Tom Waits
>>"Coney Island Baby"

Gosh all the chords online suck for this song.

Okay so there's a key change, the first part of the song is in Eb major, the second in F major.

These are the chords you need to know:
First part:
Eb|-6---- (x43121@3)|---8--
|---8--
|---8--
|-6----
|X-----

Bb7|-6--- (x13131@1)|-6---
|--7--
|-6---
|---8-
|-6---

Ab|-4--- (xx1114@1)|-4---
|--5--
|---6-
|---6-
|-4---

Second part:
F|-8----| (133211@1)|---10-|
|---10-|
|---10-|
|-8----|
|X

C7|-8--- (x32310@1)|-8---
|--9--
|-8---
|---10-
|-8---

Bb|-6--- (x1333x@1)|-6---
|--7--
|---8-
|---8-
|-6---

((I learned to play this song on the ukulele, I chose these chord positions based on how
I also choose to play the ukulele. I've also tried out the song on the guitar in these
chord positions, and it sounds dandy! It makes the key change visually apparent, and 
allows for quick, fluid movement along the fret board. If you feel like changing the chord
positions, feel free! These made the most sense to me.))

It's in 3/4 timing, a waltz.

Bb7 Eb Bb7 Eb

Eb (x43121@3)          Bb7Every (x13131@1)night she comes
                  EbTo (x43121@3)take me out to dreamland
        Bb7 (x13131@1)                                EbWhen (x43121@3)I'm with her I'm the richest man in the town
                      Bb7She's (x13131@1)a rose, She's a pearl
                     EbShe's (x43121@3)the spin on my world
        Bb7 (x13131@1)                         EbAll (x43121@3)the stars make their wishes on her eyes

AbShe's (xx1114@1)my Coney Island baby
         Eb (x43121@3)  Bb7 (x13131@1)  EbShe's (x43121@3)my Coney Island girl

Bb7 (x13131@1)          EbShe's (x43121@3)a princess, in a red dress
          Ab (xx1114@1)                EbShe's (x43121@3)the moon in the mist to me
                      AbShe's (xx1114@1)my Coney Island baby
         Eb (x43121@3)  Bb7 (x13131@1)  EbShe's (x43121@3)my Coney Island girl

[[KEY CHANGE TO F]]
In this in between part: strum, pick, do your thing, w.e.
Play along with the same pacing as you would as if the words were being sung up until
after the first "Coney Island Girl", then go back to the beginning and play it from the
top in the new key:

F (133211@1)          C7Every (x32310@1)night she comes
                  FTo (133211@1)take me out to dreamland
         C7 (x32310@1)                                FWhen (133211@1)I'm with her I'm the richest man in the town
                      C7She's (x32310@1)a rose, She's a pearl
                     FShe's (133211@1)the spin on my world
        C7 (x32310@1)                           FAll (133211@1)the stars make their wishes on her eyes

BbShe's (x1333x@1)my Coney Island baby
         F (133211@1)   C7 (x32310@1)   FShe's (133211@1)my Coney Island girl

C7 (x32310@1)          FShe's (133211@1)a princess, in a red dress
          Bb (x1333x@1)                FShe's (133211@1)the moon in the mist to me
                      BbShe's (x1333x@1)my Coney Island baby
         F (133211@1)   C7 (x32310@1)   FShe's (133211@1)my Coney Island girl
                      BbShe's (x1333x@1)my Coney Island baby
         F (133211@1)   C7 (x32310@1)   FShe's (133211@1)my Coney Island girl
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