This is a very simple chord progression, and if you've played a lot of Tom Waits then
will probably seem familiar. Doesn't make it any less fantastic.

You may want to change from Am to A7 just before you go into a Dm, and occasionally lead 
to the E7 with an Ebdim7 to make it a bit more interesting.

AmDot (x02210@1)King was whittled from the bone of Cain
Am (x02210@1)                                E7with (020130@1)a little drop of poison in the red, red blood
Am (x02210@1)                              DmShe (xx0231@1)need a way to turn around the bend
AmShe (x02210@1)said I want to walk away and start over again.

AmThere (x02210@1)are things I've done I can't erase
Am (x02210@1)                              E7I (020130@1)want to look in the mirror, see another face
Am (x02210@1)                        DmI (xx0231@1)said never would I do it again
AmI (x02210@1)want to walk away, start over again.


Dm (xx0231@1)    AmNo (x02210@1)more rain
E7 (020130@1)    AmNo (x02210@1)more roses
Dm (xx0231@1)  Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)                  E7On (020130@1)my way, shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond.


There is a widower in every place

There is a heart that's beating in every page

The beginning of it starts at the end

When it's time to walk away and start over again.


Weather is murder at a hundred and three

William Ray shot Corabell Lee

A yellow dog knows when he has sinned

You want to walk away and start over again.


Dm (xx0231@1)    AmNo (x02210@1)more rain
E7 (020130@1)    AmNo (x02210@1)more roses
Dm (xx0231@1)  Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)                  E7On (020130@1)my way, shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond.

Cooper told Maui the whole block is gone

They're dying for jewelry, money, and clothes

I always get out of the trouble I'm in

I want to walk away, start over again.

I left my bible by the side of the road

Carve my initials in an old dead tree

I'm going away but I'm going to be back when

It's time to walk away and start over again.