• Song:

    Tombigbee

  • Artist:

    Tori Amos

  • Album:

    Scarlet's Hidden Treasu...

This is my first stab at the chords - hope they're close enough to help!
The middle bit I can't quite nail down - I should correct later.
Have a great day!


A5    =  x022xx
A5/G  =  3x22xx
A5/F# =  2x22xx

All other chords are MAJOR.

A5 A5/G A5/F# A5/G (2x)

A5                  A5/G
To you it's another day
A5/F#        A5/G
to me it's a grim reaping
C                     D
just another shooting star
C                  A
strung out on your wire

A5 A5/G A5/F# A5/G

A5          A5/G
prick my finger
A5/F#     A5/G
on his virgin silver
C          D
he took me raw, Ginger -
C         A
it caramelized me

C  G  A

   A5         A5/G
Tombigbee, Tombigbee
        A5/F#      A5/G
help me hang these bones
      C          D            C  G  A
gotta hang these bones out to dry
   A5           A5/G        A5/F#     A5/G 
he loved me, he loved me, ravishingly low
      C          D            C  G  A
gonna hang these bones out to dry
C  D
dry
F  C B
dry
A  D
dry
C  G  A
         oh, you do it, man

A5 A5/G A5/F# A5/G

A5               A5/G
Got a blackberry stain
A5/F#                A5/G
and they're not even in season
          C         D
if you're not yet a woman
        C           A
you got no business playing at this

C  G  A

   A5         A5/G
Tombigbee, Tombigbee
        A5/F#      A5/G
help me hang these bones
      C          D            C  G  A
gotta hang these bones out to dry
   A5           A5/G        A5/F#     A5/G 
he loved me, he loved me, ravishingly low
      C          D            C  G  A
gonna hang these bones out to dry
C  D
dry
F  C B
dry
A  D
dry
C  G  A
         oh, you do it, man

A5 A5/G A5/F# A5/G

           A    F
so you get done
             C
then you get some
                                   D
sure enough, it won't hold you for long
              A    F
then you say "right.
            C
this is all mine"
                             D
but hasn't your donor card expired?
     C
from Blueridge to Cattail
D
on the prairie
     C
from flyover country
     D
back through Mississippi
       C           D
I said go, man you go
         C
well you raise me twenty
    D
I'm raising you five
C                D
hundred treaties signed by your father's lies
     C           D
just go man, you go
          C          
cause I'm trailing her tears
    D
the ones you won't hold
    C
you roll me a carpet
D
roll me a carpet, boy
C                     D           A5 A5/G  A5/F# A5/G
roll me a carpet from here to Oklaho  -  ma

   A5         A5/G
Tombigbee, Tombigbee
        A5/F#      A5/G
help me hang these bones
      C          D            C  G  A
gotta hang these bones out to dry
   A5           A5/G        A5/F#     A5/G 
he loved me, he loved me, ravishingly low
      C          D            C  G  A
gonna hang these bones out to dry
C  D
dry
F  C B
dry
A  D
dry
C  G  A
          I'll do again

C  D
dry
F  C B Bb
dry
A  D
dry
C  G  A
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