• Song:

    Ponchos Lament

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

Noticed that no-one had posted this great old Waits tune, so here ya'll go

With some basic fill in bass string runs from the G chord up to the B7
and again from the G down to the E chord this sounds pretty passable

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                             PONCHO'S LAMENT
                               Tom Waits


         G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)  The stairs sound so lonely without you
B7 (x21202@1)                         C (x32010@1)           C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)  E (022100@1)  I ain't made my bed in a week, Coffee stains on the paper I'm writing
            A7 (x02020@1)                    D (xx0232@1)  And I'm too choked up inside to speak
                G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)       
   Well yes  I know    that our differences   pulled us apart
 B7 (x21202@1)                            C (x32010@1)         C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) E (022100@1)  Never spoke a word heart to heart,   I'm glad that you're gone
          A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  But I wish to the Lord you'd come home 


         G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1) B7 (x21202@1)                   CYes (x32010@1)I'm gla--ad that you're gone,  Got the feeling so strong
      C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) E (022100@1)      A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1) DI'm (xx0232@1)glad that you're gone,  But I wish to the Lord that you'd come home

 
             G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)  Well my guitar still plays your favorite song
B7 (x21202@1)                                                 C (x32010@1)  Though the strings have been outta tune for some time
          C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)             E (022100@1)  Every time I play a chord,   I pray out to the Lord
                A7 (x02020@1)             D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  That you'll quit your honkey-tonk and sing my song


         G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1) B7 (x21202@1)                   CYes (x32010@1)I'm gla--ad that you're gone,  Got the feeling so strong
      C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) E (022100@1)      A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1) DI'm (xx0232@1)glad that you're gone,  But I wish to the Lord that you'd come home


 G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  So I'll Throw another log onto the fire, 
 B7 (x21202@1)                               C (x32010@1)  And, I'll admit I'm a lousy liar
           C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)               E (022100@1)  As the coals die down and flicker, I hear that guitar picker
             A7 (x02020@1)            D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  Play the song we used to sing so long ago 


         G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1) B7 (x21202@1)                   CYes (x32010@1)I'm gla--ad glad that you're gone,  Got the feeling so strong
      C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) E (022100@1)       A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)             GI'm (320003@1)glad that you're gone,  But I wish to the Lord you'd come home

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