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


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Eb)


Intro:

D (xx0232@1)G(x3), (320003@1)E (022100@1)A7, D, A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)Verse 1:

          D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)        GWell, (320003@1)I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)            E (022100@1)      A7 (x02020@1)Nobody's up, except the moon and me.
      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)      GAnd (320003@1)a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,
D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)           E (022100@1)A7D  G, D (xx0232@1)All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 1:

D (xx0232@1) D/F#G       D (xx0232@1) GD
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D (xx0232@1) D/F#G        DG   D (xx0232@1)Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D (xx0232@1) D/F#G, (200232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Rosie...

Interlude:

D (xx0232@1)G, E (022100@1)A7, D (xx0232@1)Verse 2:

    D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)      GThe (320003@1)moon's all up, full and big,
D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)        E (022100@1)    A7 (x02020@1)Apricot tips in an indigo sky.
       D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)       GI (320003@1)been lovin' you Rosie, since the day I was born,
     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)              E (022100@1) A7D   G, DI'll (xx0232@1)love ya Rosie, 'till the day I  die.

Chorus 2:

D (xx0232@1) D/F#G       D (xx0232@1) GD
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D (xx0232@1) D/F#G        DG   D (xx0232@1)Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D (xx0232@1) D/F#G, (200232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Rosie...

Interlude:

D  G (x3), E  A7
D (xx0232@1)G(x3), (320003@1)E (022100@1)A7, D, G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Chorus 3:

D (xx0232@1) D/F#G       D (xx0232@1) GD
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D (xx0232@1) D/F#G        DG   D (xx0232@1)Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D (xx0232@1) D/F#G, (200232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Rosie...

Verse 2:

          D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)        GWell, (320003@1)I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)            E (022100@1)      A7 (x02020@1)Nobody's up, except the moon and me.
      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)      GAnd (320003@1)a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,
D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)           E (022100@1)A7D  G, D (xx0232@1)All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 4:

D (xx0232@1) D/F#G       D (xx0232@1) GD
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D (xx0232@1) D/F#G        DG   D (xx0232@1)Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D (xx0232@1) D/F#G, (200232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Rosie...

Outro:

D (xx0232@1)D/F# (200232@1)G, D (xx0232@1)G, D (xx0232@1)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     E (022100@1)     A7 (x02020@1)    A (x02220@1)    D/F# (200232@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  022100  x02223  x02220  2x0230


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