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From: HENSCHJ5753@uni.edu
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:09:40 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Tom Waits_On the Nickel
On the Nickle--Tom Waits
>From "Heartattack and Vine
Starts in the key of F# major:
Intro:
B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1) B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1) B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1)D#m (xx4342@1)
e-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|
b-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|
G-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|
D-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|
A---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|
E-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|
G#m (133111@4)C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1)
e----------|-----||
b----------|-----||
G----------|-----||
D-8------6-|-----||
A---9--9---|9----||
E----------|-----||
Verse 1:
B (x2444x@1) F#Stick (244322@1)and Stones will Break my Bones,
B (x2444x@1) F#But (244322@1)I always will be true,
B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1) D#m (xx4342@1)
And when your mama is dead and gone,
G#m (133111@4) C#(sus4)--C#
I'll Sing this Lulabye just for you,
B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1)And what becomes of all the little boys,
B (x2444x@1) F#Who (244322@1)never comb their hair
B (x2444x@1) G#(major) F# (244322@1) D#mWell (xx4342@1)they're lined up all around the block
G#m (133111@4) C# (x43121@1) F#On (244322@1)the Nickel over there.
Verse 2:
B (x2444x@1) F#So (244322@1)you better bring a bucket,
B (x2444x@1) F#There (244322@1)is a hole in the pail,
B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1) D#mAnd (xx4342@1)if you don't get my letter,
G#m (133111@4) C#(sus4)--C#
Then you'll know that I'm in jail
B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1)And what becomes of all the little boys,
B (x2444x@1) F#Who (244322@1)never say their prayers,
B (x2444x@1) G#(major) F# (244322@1)D#mWell (xx4342@1)they're sleepin' like a baby,
G#m (133111@4) C# (x43121@1) F#On (244322@1)the Nickel over there.
Key change to Ab:
B (x2444x@1) G (320003@1) Db (x43121@1) Ab (xx1114@1)
e------|--------|------------|--------|-----||
b------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||
G------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||
D------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||
A--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||
E------|--------|------------|--------|-----||
Verse 3:
Db (x43121@1) AbAnd (xx1114@1)if you chew tobacco,
Db (x43121@1) AbAnd (xx1114@1)wish upon a star,
Db (x43121@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Fm (133111@1)Well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
Bbm (x13321@1) Eb (x43121@3)Just like puchlines between the cars,
Db (x43121@1) AbAnd (xx1114@1)I know a place where a royal flush,
Db (x43121@1) Ab (xx1114@1)Can never beat a pair,
Db (x43121@1)Bb/D (x1033x@1) Ab/Eb FmAnd (133111@1)even Thomas Jefferson,
Bbm (x13321@1) Eb (x43121@3) AbIs (xx1114@1)on the Nickel over There.
Verse 4:
Db (x43121@1) AbSo (xx1114@1)ring around the rosie,
Db (x43121@1) Ab (xx1114@1)You're sleepin in the rain,
Db (x43121@1) Ab (xx1114@1) FmAnd (133111@1)you're always late for supper,
Bb (x1333x@1) Eb (x43121@3)And man you let me down, let me down again,
Db (x43121@1) Ab (xx1114@1)I thought I heard a mocking bird,
Db (x43121@1) AbRoosevelt (xx1114@1)knows where,
Db (x43121@1) Bb/D (x1033x@1) Ab/Eb FmYou (133111@1)can skip the light with Grady Tuck,
Bbm (x13321@1) Eb (x43121@3) AbOn (xx1114@1)the Nickel over There.
Key change to Bb:
Db (x43121@1) A (x02220@1) Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)
e--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||
b--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||
G--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||
D--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||
A--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||
E--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||
Verse 5:
Eb (x43121@3) BbSo (x1333x@1)what becomes of all the little boys,
Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)Who run away from home,
Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1) Gm (355333@1)
Well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
Cm (x3101x@1) FOnce (133211@1)you get out on your own,
Eb (x43121@3) BbSo (x1333x@1)here's to all the little boys,
Eb (x43121@3) BbThe (x1333x@1)sandman takes you where,
Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1) GmYour (355333@1)sleepin' with the pillow of man,
Cm (x3101x@1) F (133211@1) BbOn (x1333x@1)the Nickel over There.
Verse 6:
Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)So climb up thru that buttonhole,
Eb (x43121@3) BbAnd (x1333x@1)fall right up the stairs,
Eb (x43121@3) C/E (x3111x@5) Bb/F (102220@1) Gm (355333@1)
I'll show you where the short(?) dogs grow,
Cm (x3101x@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)
On the Nickel...over There.
Ending:
Eb (x43121@3) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
e--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
b--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
G--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||
D--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||
A--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||
E--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
Notes:
The tabs are not exactly guitar parts, but are string parts on the
song. I'm not a guitarist, so I don't know what are the best
fingerings, but these are the right notes.
Jeff Henscheid
henschj5753@cobra.uni.edu
