• Song:

    Grapefruit Moon

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

  • Album:

    The Early Years, Volume...

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

*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*


Intro:

C (x32010@1)Dm7, F (133211@1)CF (x32010@1) Em7  Dm7  G, C,
Dm7  Em7, F, C  Em  F, G

Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)         Dm7  F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)Grapefruit moon, one star shining,
F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1) D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)Shi-ning down on me.
C (x32010@1)         Dm7  F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)Heard that tune, and now I'm pining,
F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1)Ho-ney, can't you see?

Chorus 1:

Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)'Cos every time I hear that melody,
      Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)      FWell, (133211@1)something breaks in-side.
C (x32010@1)                 Dm7  F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)And the grapefruit moon, one star shining,
F (133211@1)    Em (022000@1) Dm7  G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)Can't turn back, the tide.

Interlude:

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

Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)    Dm7     F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)Never had, no desti-nation,
F (133211@1)    Em (022000@1)D7 (xx0212@1)  G (320003@1)Could not get a-cross.
C (x32010@1)     Dm7  F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)You be-came, my inspi-ration,
F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)D7 (xx0212@1)   G (320003@1)Oh, but what a cost.

Chorus 2:

Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)'Cos every time I hear that melody,
      Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)      FWell, (133211@1)something breaks in-side.
C (x32010@1)                 Dm7  F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)And the grapefruit moon, one star shining,
F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)      Dm7  G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)Is more than I,    can hide.

Interlude:

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

Instrumental:

C (x32010@1)Dm7, F (133211@1)C, F (133211@1)Em (022000@1)D7 (xx0212@1)G(x2) (320003@1)
Am (x02210@1)Em, F (133211@1)C, Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  Dm7, F (133211@1)C, F (133211@1)Em (022000@1)Dm7  G, C (x32010@1)Interlude:

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

Verse 3:

C (x32010@1)      Dm7     F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)Now I'm smoking, ciga-rettes, and I,
F (133211@1)     Em (022000@1)D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)Strive for puri-ty.
C (x32010@1)    Dm7  F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)And I slip, just like the stars,
   F (133211@1)Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0212@1">D7    GIn-to (320003@1)ob-scuri-ty.

Chorus 3:

Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)'Cos every time I hear that melody,
      Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)      FWell, (133211@1)something breaks in-side.
C (x32010@1)                 Dm7  F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)And the grapefruit moon, one star shining,
   F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) Dm7  G (320003@1)  CIs (x32010@1)all that I,    can see.

Outro:

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


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   C (x32010@1)     Dm7     F (133211@1)     Em7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  xx0211  133211  022030

   G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)    Am (x02210@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  022200  xx0212  x02210


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

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