...WALKING SPANISH... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*


*CAPO 2nd FRET*

(Original Key: F#m)


Verse 1:

(n.c)                        Em (022000@1)    A7 (x02020@1)He's got himself a homemade special,
Em (022000@1)          A7 (x02020@1)             Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)You know his glass is full of sand.
Em (022000@1)    A7 (x02020@1)              Em (022000@1)    A7 (x02020@1)And it feels just like a jaybird,
Em (022000@1)        A7 (x02020@1)          B7 (x21202@1)The way it fits into his hand.
                            Em (022000@1)        A7He (x02020@1)rolled a blade up in his trick towel,
Em (022000@1)             A7 (x02020@1)              Em (022000@1)  A7 (x02020@1)They slap their hands against the wall.
Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)            Em (022000@1)    A7 (x02020@1)You never trip, you never stumble;
B7 (x21202@1)          A7 (x02020@1)              Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)Em (022000@1)He's walking Spanish, down the hall.

Verse 2:

A7 (x02020@1)                       Em (022000@1)  A7 (x02020@1)Slip him a picture of our Jesus,
Em (022000@1)           A7 (x02020@1)           Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)Or give him a spoon to dig a hole.
Em (022000@1)         A7 (x02020@1)                 Em (022000@1)     A7 (x02020@1)What all he done, ain't no one's business,
Em (022000@1)            A7 (x02020@1)             B7 (x21202@1)But he'll need blankets for the cold.
                            Em (022000@1)     A7They (x02020@1)dim the lights over on Broadway,
Em (022000@1)      A7 (x02020@1)               Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)Even the king has bowed his head.
Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)                   Em (022000@1)   A7 (x02020@1)And every face looks right up at Mason;
     B7 (x21202@1)         A7 (x02020@1)             Em (022000@1) B7Man, (x21202@1)he's walking Spanish down the hall.

Verse 3:

(n.c)                       Em (022000@1)      A7 (x02020@1)Litella's screeching for a blind pig,
Em (022000@1)          A7 (x02020@1)             Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)Punk Sanders carved it out of wood.
Em (022000@1)      A7 (x02020@1)             Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)He never sang when he got hoodwinked,
Em (022000@1)           A7 (x02020@1)              B7 (x21202@1)They tried it all, but he never would.
                              Em (022000@1)    A7Tomorrow (x02020@1)morning, there'll be laundry,
Em (022000@1)          A7 (x02020@1)                        Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)But he'll be somewhere else, to hear the call,
Em (022000@1)            A7 (x02020@1)                   Em (022000@1)  A7 (x02020@1)Don't say good-bye; he's just leaving early,
B7 (x21202@1)          A7 (x02020@1)             Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)Em (022000@1)He's walking Spanish down the hall.

Solo:

Em  A7 (x6), B7
Em  A7 (x5), B7  A7, Em  B7

Verse 4:

(n.c)                          Em (022000@1)      A7 (x02020@1)All St. Bartholemew said, was whispered,
Em (022000@1)      A7 (x02020@1)              Em (022000@1)  A7 (x02020@1)Into the ear of Blind Jack Dawes.
Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)        Em (022000@1)  A7 (x02020@1)All Baker told the ma-chine,
Em (022000@1)         A7 (x02020@1)            B7 (x21202@1)Was that he never broke the law.
                                 Em (022000@1)   A7Go (x02020@1)on and tip your hat up to the Pilate,
Em (022000@1)           A7 (x02020@1)                  Em (022000@1)A7 (x02020@1)Take off your watch, your rings and all.
Em (022000@1)        A7 (x02020@1)          Em (022000@1)             A7 (x02020@1)Even Jesus wanted just a little more time,
B7 (x21202@1)                 A7 (x02020@1)             Em (022000@1)When he was walking Spanish down the hall.

Outro:

Em  A7  Em

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em (022000@1)     A7 (x02020@1)   B7 (x21202@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022000  x02223  021200


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)