• Song:

    Filipino Box Spring Hog

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

  • Album:

    1996-08-11: Raven Theat...

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         The timings on this song are all over the place, and it
         really helps if you have a mate with a bass drum.

              If you like it ---------> RATE IT !
                                                  - flatwound -


                        FILIPINO BOX SPRING HOG

Em (022000@1)                                                   DI (xx0232@1)hung on to Mary's stump,  I danced with a soldier's glee
Em (022000@1)                                                            DWith (xx0232@1)a rum soaked crook, And a big fat laugh, I spent my last dollar on thee
   Em (022000@1)                                                 DI (xx0232@1)saw Bill Bones, I gave him a yell,  Kehoe spiked the nog
        Em (022000@1)                                     D (xx0232@1)                EmWith (022000@1)a chain link fence, And a scrap iron jaw, Cookin up a Filipino Box 
Spring hog
  D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)                EmCookin (022000@1)up a Filipino Box Spring hog, Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring hog

 Em (022000@1)                                                      DSpider (xx0232@1)rolled in from Hollister Burn on a one-eyed stolen mare
 Em (022000@1)                                                         DDonned (xx0232@1)himself with chicken fat,  Sawin on a jawbone violin there
    Em (022000@1)                                               
Kathleen was sittin down in little red recovery room in her criminal 
          D (xx0232@1)           Emunderwear (022000@1)bra,   I was naked to the waist with my fierce black hound 
          D (xx0232@1)                EmAnd (022000@1)I'm cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog
  D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)                EmCookin (022000@1)up a Filipino Box Spring Hog, Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog

 Em (022000@1)                                                        DDig (xx0232@1)a big pit in a dirt alley road fill it with madrone and bay
  Em (022000@1)                                                                    DStinks (xx0232@1)like hell and the neighbors complain, Don't give a hoot what they say
                Em (022000@1)                                                                 DYa (xx0232@1)gotta slap that hog, Roll 'em over twice, Gotta baste it with a sweeping broom 
          Em (022000@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)                EmYou (022000@1)gotta swat them flies, And chain up the dogs, Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog
  D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)                EmCookin (022000@1)up a Filipino Box Spring Hog, Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring hog

  Em (022000@1)                                                              DRattle (xx0232@1)snake piccata with grapes and figs, Old brown Betty with a yellow wig
  Em (022000@1)                                                             D (xx0232@1) 
Tain't the mince meat filagree,      And it ain't the turkey neck stew
       Em (022000@1)                                                              DAnd (xx0232@1)it ain't them bruleed okra seeds, Though she made them especial for you
   EmWorse (022000@1)won a prize for her bottom black pie the beans got to thrown to the 
 Ddogs (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)                                                D (xx0232@1)        
Jaheseus Christ I can always make room, When they're cookin up a Filipino 
EmBox (022000@1)Spring Hog
  D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)                EmCookin (022000@1)up a Filipino Box Spring Hog, Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog
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