Tom Waits

Whistling Past The Graveyard

Tom Waits

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Whistling Past The Graveyard

Written by Tom Waits

	  		
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(Guitar) Verse Bm B|----------3--| G|----------4--| D|----------4--| (Repeat this pattern 7 times one for each lyric line) A|--------2-2--| E|2-4-2-4------| (and on the 8th time it goes up to the Chorus like so) e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------2-2---| A|--------2-2-4-4-4-5-5-------| E|2-4-2-4---------------------| G7 F#7 G7 F#7 e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------2-----------------1-----------------2----------------| A|-----2-2-5--5-5-2------1-1-4--4-4-1------2-2-5--5-5-2------1-1-4--| E|-3-3---------------2-2---------------3-3---------------2-2--------| (And back to the Bm verse pattern shown above) (All this fits beautifully with this bass pattern) Verse G|-----4--4-----------| D|----------4--4------| A|-2-------------5--5-| E|--------------------| Chorus G7 F#7 G|---------------------|---------------------| D|-5--5----------------|---------------------| A|------5--5-2--2------|-----------1--1------| E|----------------3--3-|-2--2-4--4------2--2-| G7 F#7 Bm (back to pattern) G|------------------?---|----------------------------| D|----------------5-23--|-4--4-----------------------| A|------2--2-5--5-------|------4--4--------0---0---2-| E|-3--3-----------------|-----------2----2---2-------|
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verse 1 Bm Bm Well I come in on a night train With an arm full of box cars Bm Bm On the wings of a magpie Cross a hooligan night Bm Bm And I busted up a chifforobe Way out by the cocomo Bm Bm Cooked up a mess a mulligan And got into a fight
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G7 F#7 Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack G7 F#7 I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
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verse 2 Bm Bm You've probably seen me sleepin Out by the railroad tracks Bm Bm Go on and ask the prince of darkness What about all that smoke come from the stack Bm Bm Sometimes I kill myself a jacket suck out all the blood Bm Bm Steal myself a station wagon Drive it through the mud
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G7 F#7 Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack G7 F#7 I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
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verse 3 Bm Bm I know you seen my headlights And the honkin' of my horn Bm Bm I'm callin' out my bloodhounds Chase the devil through the corn Bm Bm Last night I chugged the Mississippi Now that sucker's dry as a bone Bm Bm Born in a taxi cab I'm never comin' home
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G7 F#7 Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack G7 F#7 I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
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verse 4 Bm Bm My eyes have seen the glory Of the draining of the ditch Bm Bm I only come to baton rouge To find myself a witch Bm Bm I'm-ona snatch me up a couple of 'em every time it rains Bm Bm You see a locomotive prob'ly thinkin' it's a train
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G7 F#7 Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack G7 F#7 I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
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Verse 5 Bm Bm What you think is the sunshine Is just a twinkle in my eye Bm Bm That ring around my fingers it's just the 4th of July Bm Bm When I get a little bit lonesome And a tear falls from my cheek Bm Bm There's gonna be an ocean in the mid - dle of the week
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G7 F#7 Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack G7 F#7 I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
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Verse 6 Bm Bm I rode into town on a night train with an arm full of box cars Bm Bm On the wings of a magpie cross a hooligan night Bm Bm I'ma tear me off a rainbow and wear it for a tie Bm Bm I never told the truth so I can never tell a lie
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G7 F#7 Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack G7 F#7 I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
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