...VIRGINIA AVENUE... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Fm)


Intro:

Em  A7 (x6)

Verse 1:

          Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)          Em (022000@1) A7Well, (x02020@1)I'm walking on down Virginia Aven-ue,
Em (022000@1)                A7 (x02020@1)            Em7      A7 (x02020@1)Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to.
A7 (x02020@1)              D7 (xx0212@1)                    A7 (x02020@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)Harold's club is closing and everybody's going on home;
G7 (320001@1)                  B7 (x21202@1)What's a poor boy to do?

Verse 2:

                 Em (022000@1)         A7 (x02020@1)           Em (022000@1)        A7I'll (x02020@1)just get on back into my short; make it back to the fort,
Em (022000@1)               A7 (x02020@1)          Em (022000@1)         A7 (x02020@1)Sleep off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain.
A7 (x02020@1)               D7 (xx0212@1)               A7 (x02020@1)        D7 (xx0212@1)There's got to be some place, that's better than this,
     G7 (320001@1)                             B7This (x21202@1)life I'm leading's driving me in-sane.
                         Em (022000@1)      A7And (x02020@1)let me tell you, I'm dreaming...

Solo:

Em  A7 (x3)
A7  D7 (x2)
G7, B7

(B7)
 Let me tell you that...

Verse 3:

    Em (022000@1)            A7 (x02020@1)           Em (022000@1)            A7I'm (x02020@1)dreaming to the twilight; this town has got me down.
Em (022000@1)               A7 (x02020@1)                  Em (022000@1)          A7 (x02020@1)I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all a-round.
A7 (x02020@1)            D7 (xx0212@1)       A7 (x02020@1)             D7 (xx0212@1)I won't make a fuss; I'll take a Greyhound bus,
G7 (320001@1)                      B7 (x21202@1)Carry me away from here; tell me; what have I got to lose?

Verse 4:

         Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)          Em (022000@1) A7'Cos (x02020@1)I'm walking on down Columbus Aven-ue,
    Em (022000@1)         A7 (x02020@1)               Em (022000@1)       A7The (x02020@1)bars are all closing, 'cos it's quarter to two.
A7 (x02020@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)             A7 (x02020@1)           D7 (xx0212@1)Every town I go to, is like a lock without a key,
G7 (320001@1)                                   B7 (x21202@1)The blues I leave behind are catching up on me. Let me tell you;

Coda:

                    Em (022000@1)  A7They're (x02020@1)catching up on me,
                       Em (022000@1)A7They're (x02020@1)catching up on me.
               Em (022000@1)A7Catching (x02020@1)up on me,
               Em (022000@1)A7Catching (x02020@1)up on me,
                B7 (x21202@1)A7 (x02020@1)G, EmCatching (022000@1)up on...


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em (022000@1)    A7 (x02020@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)    G7 (320001@1)    B7 (x21202@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022000  x02223  xx0212  323000  021200


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