FANNIN STREET  (Tom Waits)   [tab by: AL #13]

capo on 3rd fret
(A*->A4->F#m is a variation (1 finger) on E string: E:-5-4-2- )

intro: A

          D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)               AThere's (x02220@1)a crooked street in Houston town
       D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)                AIt's (x02220@1)a well long path I've traveled down
            D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)            A*        (A4)     F#mNow (244222@1)there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train
  D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)              AI (x02220@1)wished I'd listened to the words you said

         ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         D (xx0232@1)              ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         D (xx0232@1)              A*    (A4)  F#mDon't (244222@1)go down...to Fannin Street...oh yeah
          A (x02220@1)            DYou'll (xx0232@1)be lost and never found
        A (x02220@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)can never turn around
         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)          ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street

       D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)         AOnce (x02220@1)I held you in my arms, I was sure
      D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)                      AAnd (x02220@1)I took that silent step through the gilded door
      D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)           A*      (A4)    F#mThe (244222@1)desire to have much more, all the glitter and the roar
      D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)                ANow (x02220@1)I know just where the sidewalk ends

         ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         D (xx0232@1)              ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         D (xx0232@1)              A*    (A4)  F#mDon't (244222@1)go down...to Fannin Street...oh yeah
          A (x02220@1)            DYou'll (xx0232@1)be lost and never found
        A (x02220@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)can never turn around
         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)          ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street

           D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)                  AWhen (x02220@1)I was young I thought only of getting out
           D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)              AI (x02220@1)said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house
           D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)            A*   (A4)       F#mGive (244222@1)a man gin, give a man cards, give an inch he takes a yard
      D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)                 AAnd (x02220@1)I rue the day that I stepped off this train

         ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         D (xx0232@1)              ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         D (xx0232@1)              A*    (A4)  F#mDon't (244222@1)go down...to Fannin Street...oh yeah
          A (x02220@1)            DYou'll (xx0232@1)be lost and never found
        A (x02220@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)can never turn around
         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)          ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         D (xx0232@1)              ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         D (xx0232@1)              A*    (A4)  F#mDon't (244222@1)go down...to Fannin Street...oh yeah
                A (x02220@1)            DCause (xx0232@1)you'll be lost and never found
        A (x02220@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)can never turn around
         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)          ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)          ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street
         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)          ADon't (x02220@1)go down...to Fannin Street.