• Song:

    Poor Edward

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

  • Album:

    Alice

Poor Edward by Tom Waits
Transcribed by Johan Jeppsson

Standard tuning
Capo on 1st fret

Tom sings this ridicously low. If you want to transpose it, you could use this table:
Em -> Am
B7 -> E7
Am -> Dm
E  -> A

Em (022000@1)                B7Did (x21202@1)you hear the news about Edward?

Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1) 
On the back of his head 
B7 (x21202@1)   Emhe (022000@1)had another face
E (022100@1)      AmWas (x02210@1)it a woman's face 
           B7or (x21202@1)a young girl?

Em (022000@1)            AmThey (x02210@1)said to remove it would kill him
                   B7So (x21202@1)poor Edward was doomed

Em (022000@1)     AmThat (x02210@1)face could laugh and cry
B7 (x21202@1)       EmIt (022000@1)was his devil twin
E (022100@1)          AmAt (x02210@1)night she spoke to him
                     B7Things (x21202@1)heard only in hell

Em (022000@1)          AmThey (x02210@1)were impossible to separate
                     B7Chained (x21202@1)together for life

Em (022000@1)            Am (x02210@1) 
Finally the bell tolled his doom
B7 (x21202@1)      EmHe (022000@1)took a suite of rooms
E (022100@1)      AmAnd (x02210@1)hung himself and her 
                 B7from (x21202@1)the balcony irons

Em (022000@1)           AmSome (x02210@1)still believe he was freed from her
                   B7But (x21202@1)I knew her too well
          Em (022000@1)         AmI (x02210@1)say she drove him to suicide
                        B7And (x21202@1)took poor Edward to hell

(It's nice to disolve the dominant (B7) with the tonic (Em) here at the end)
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