Invitation to the Blues
Tom Waits
 	   Dm (xx0231@1)                     BbmWell (x13321@1)she's up against the register with an apron and a spatula,
 	F (133211@1)                    BdimWith (1201xx@1)yesterday's deliveries and the tickets for the bachelors
 	Gm7	                  A7sus4 (002033@1)  A7She's (x02020@1)a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes,
 	  Dm (xx0231@1)      GmA7   DmBut (xx0231@1)it's just an invitation to the blues

 	Gm (355333@1)                   C7And (x32310@1)you feel just like Cagney, she looks like Rita Hayworth
 	FAt (133211@1)the counter of the Schwab's drugstore
 	   Gm (355333@1)                             C7You (x32310@1)wonder if she might be single, she's a loner and likes to mingle
 F (133211@1)                    AA7 DmA7
Got to be patient, try and pick up aclue (x02210@1)   	 

 	   Dm (xx0231@1)                       BbmShe (x13321@1)said "How you gonna like 'em, over medium or scrambled?",
 	    F (133211@1)                      GYou (320003@1)say "Anyway's the only way", be careful not to gamble
     Gm7	               A7sus4 (002033@1)     A7On (x02020@1)a guy with a suitcase and a ticket getting out of here
       Dm (xx0231@1)              BbmIn (x13321@1)a tired bus station in an old pair of shoes
 	    A7sus4 (002033@1)      A7 (x02020@1)    DmThis (xx0231@1)ain't nothing but an invitation to the blues
 	       Gm (355333@1)                  C7But (x32310@1)you can't take your eyes off her, get another cup of java,
 	  FAnd (133211@1)it's just the way she pours it for you, joking with the customers
 	Gm (355333@1)                     C7Mercy (x32310@1)mercy, Mr. Percy, there ain't nothing back in Jersey
 	F (133211@1)              A (x02220@1)  A7But (x02020@1)a broken-down jalopy of a man I left behind
 	DmAnd (xx0231@1)a dream that I was chasing,
   Bbma (x13321@1)battle with booze
       A7sus4A7	      DmAnd (xx0231@1)an open invitation to the blues

 	         Gm (355333@1)                 C7But (x32310@1)she used to have a sugar daddy and a candy-apple Caddy,
 	F (133211@1)                   FAnd (133211@1)a bank account and everything, accustomed to the finer things
 	      Gm (355333@1)                             C7He (x32310@1)probably left her for a socialite, and he didn't love her 'cept at night,
      F (133211@1)                            AAnd (x02220@1)then he's drunk and never even told her that he cared
 	DmSo (xx0231@1)they took the registration,
 	   BbmAnd (x13321@1)the	 car-keys and her shoes
    A7sus4 (002033@1)     A7 (x02020@1)      DmAnd (xx0231@1)left her with an invitation to the blues(...solo sax)

 	          Gm (355333@1)                       C7'Cause (x32310@1)there's a Continental Trailways leaving local bus tonight, good evening
 F (133211@1)                          FYou (133211@1)can have my seat, I'm sticking round here for a while
 	 Gm (355333@1)                C7Get (x32310@1)me a room at the Squire, the filling station's hiring,
    F (133211@1)                                 AAnd (x02220@1)I can eat here every night, what the hell have I got to lose?
 	DmGot (xx0231@1)a crazy sensation,
 	BbmGo (x13321@1)or stay? now I gotta choose,
 	 A7sus4 (002033@1)        A7 (x02020@1)      DmAnd (xx0231@1)I'll accept your invitation to the blues