• Song:

    Dead Lovely

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

This song has a capo on the third fret. In order to keep things easy, I will name the
as if the capo is the nut of the neck. ex)what is considered c minor will now be called 
minor.

There are a few things to remember for playing this song.

First)There is an alternating bass line between the root of a chord and the string above
ex)for a c chord alternate the lowest c note with a g.

Second)There is a walkdown at the end of the intro and chorus that starts with a c add
and walks the c note down to a b then the chord changes to an a minor. The catch is the
c add nine isn't played the usual way. You don't add your fourth finger to any string 
instead take off the finger you have on the d string. Making the walkdown look like this

e-0--0--0----------------------|
b-1--1--1----------------------|
g-0--0--2----------------------|
d-0--0--2----------------------|
a-3--2--0----------------------|
e------------------------------|


Am9 Cadd9 (walkdown) Am9

Am9
She was a middle class girl

She was in over her head
Dm9
She thought she would
                Am9
Stand up in the deep end

He had a bullet proof smile

He had money to burn
Dm9
She thought she had the moon
Am9
In her pocket
                   F
But now she's dead
         Am9  F
She's so dead
                 Cadd9(walkdown) Am9
Forever dead and lovely now
Dm9 B             Dm9
I've always been told to
         B
Remember this...
Am9       F           B7sus4
Don't let a fool kiss you
                E
Never marry for love
                 Am9
He was hard to impress
                           Dm9
He knew everyone's secrets
                       Am9
He wore her on his arm

Just like jewelry

He never gave but he got
                       Dm9
He kept her on a leash

He's not the kind of wheel
    Am9
You fall asleep at
                   F
But now she's dead
        Am9 F
Forever dead
       Am9      Cadd9(Walkdown) Am9
Forever dead and lovely now
Dm9       B          Dm9
Come closer, look deeper
              B
You've fallen fast
Am9                  F
Just like a plane on a
B7sus4 E
Stormy sea
                       Am9
She made up someone to be
                                 Dm9
She made up somewhere to be from

This is one business in the
                   Am9
World where that's no

Problem at all

Everything that is left
                          Dm9
They will only plow under

Soon every one you know
        Am9
Will be gone
                   F
And now she's dead
        Am9
Forever dead
                 Cadd9(walkdown)
Forever dead and lovely now

Am9 Dm9 Am9 Dm9

               F
Now she's dead
        Am9
Forever dead
                 Cadd9(walkdown)Am9
Forever dead and lovely now
Dm9 B             Dm9
I've always been told to
         B
Remember this...
Dm9       F           B7sus4
Don't let a kiss fool you
                E
Never marry for love
                   Am9
Everything has its price
                         Dm9
Everything has its place

What's more romantic
                      Am9
Then dying in the moonlight?

Now they're all watching the sea
                               Dm9
What's lost can never be broken

Her roots were sweet
                  Am9
But they were so shallow
                  F
And now she's dead
        Am9
Forever dead
                 Cadd9(walkdown) Am9
Forever dead and lovely now
                   F
And now she's dead
        Am9
Forever dead
                      Cadd9(Walkdown) Am9
And she's so dead and lovely now


*B7sus4 e----------|
        b----------|
        g---2------|
        d---2------|
        a---2------|
        e---2------|
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