...GRAPEFRUIT MOON... by Tom Waits
---------------------.............

*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*


Intro:

C  Dm7, F  C, F  Em7  Dm7  G,
C, Dm7  Em7, F, C  Em  F, G

Verse 1:

C           Dm7  F         C        F   Em   D7      G
 Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shi-ning down on me.
C           Dm7  F            C       F  Em   D7        G
 Heard that tune, and now I'm pining, ho-ney, can't you see?

Chorus 1:

Am          Em     F         C             Am        Em        F
 'Cos every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks in-side.
C                   Dm7  F         C        F     Em   Dm7  G    C
 And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back, the tide.

Interlude:

C  Dm7, Em7  F, C, C  Em, F

Verse 2:

C      Dm7     F     C       F     Em  D7    G
 Never had, no desti-nation, could not get a-cross.
C       Dm7  F         C       F   Em  D7     G
 You be-came, my inspi-ration, oh, but what a cost.

Chorus 2:

Am          Em     F         C             Am        Em        F
 'Cos every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks in-side.
C                   Dm7  F         C        F  Em        Dm7  G    C
 And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is more than I,    can hide.

Interlude:

C  Dm7, Em7  F, C, C  Em, F

Instrumental:

C  Dm7, F  C, F  Em  D7  G (x2)

Am  Em, F  C, Am  Em  F
C  Dm7, F  C, F  Em  Dm7  G, C

Interlude:

C  Dm7, Em7  F, C, C  Em, F

Verse 3:

C        Dm7     F     C              F      Em  D7   G
 Now I'm smoking, ciga-rettes, and I, strive for puri-ty.
C      Dm7  F              C         F  Em D7    G
 And I slip, just like the stars, in-to ob-scuri-ty.

Chorus 3:

Am          Em     F         C             Am        Em        F
 'Cos every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks in-side.
C                   Dm7  F         C           F   Em   Dm7  G    C
 And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is all that I,    can see..

Outro:

C  Dm7, Em7  F, C, C  Em, F, C


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       Dm7     F       Em7     G       Em      D7      Am

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  xx0211  133211  022030  320003  022200  xx0212  x02210


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)