Starving In Ther Belly Of A Whale Chords by Tom Waits Capo on 1st fret (sounding key C minor) Chords: Bm: 224432 (alternate between 5th and 6th bass strings) D: x00232 (alternate between 4th and 5th) F#7: 242322 (alternate between 5th and 6th) Em: 022000 (alternate between 5th and 6th) Bm Life is whittled life's a riddle D F#7 Man's a fiddle that life plays on Bm When the day breaks and the earth quakes D F#7 Life's a mystery all day long Bm Em You tell me who gives a good God damn Bm F#7 You'll never get out alive Bm Em Don't go dreaming don't go scheming Bm Em F#7 Bm A man must test his metal in a crooked old world Bm Starvin' in the belly, starvin' in the belly Em Starvin' in the belly of a whale Bm Oh you're starvin' in the belly, starvin in the belly F#7 Bm Starvin' in the belly of a whale