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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:09:40 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Tom Waits_On the Nickel
>From "Heartattack and Vine
Starts in the key of F# major:
e-------|B--------|F#---------|B--------|F#---------|B-------|F#----D#m------|
b-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|
G-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|
D-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|
A---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|
E-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|
e-G#m-----C#----|F#-----||
BStick and Stones will F#Break my Bones,
BBut I always will be F#true,
BAnd when your mama is F#dead and D#mgone,
I'll Sing this Lulabye just for you,
BAnd what becomes of all the F#little boys,
BWho never comb their F#hair
Well they're lined up all around the block
On the G#mNickel C#over F#there.
BSo you better bring a F#bucket,
BThere is a hole in the F#pail,
BAnd if you don't get my F#letteD#mr,
Then you'll know that I'm in jail
BAnd what becomes of all the little F#boys,
BWho never say their F#prayers,
Well they're sleepin' like a baby,
On the G#mNickel C#over F#there.
e------|-B-------|G------------|C#--------|-G#----||
b------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||
G------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||
D------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||
A--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||
E------|--------|------------|--------|-----||
C#And if you chew G#tobacco,
C#And wish upon a G#star,
C#Well you'll find out where the G#scarecrows Fmsit,
Just like A#mpuchlines between the D#cars,
C#And I know a place where a G#royal flush,
C#Can never beat a G#pair,
C#And A#/Deven Thomas G#/D#JeffersoFmn,
Is on the A#mNickel D#over G#There.
C#So ring around the G#rosie,
C#You're sleepin in the G#rain,
C#And you're always late for G#supper,Fm
And man you A#let me down, let me down D#again,
C#I thought I heard a G#mocking bird,
C#Roosevelt knows G#where,
C#You can A#/Dskip the light with G#/D#Grady FmTuck,
On the A#mNickel D#over G#There.
e--------|C#---------|A--------------|D#---------|-A#-----||
b--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||
G--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||
D--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||
A--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||
E--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||
D#So what becomes of all the little A#boys,
D#Who run away from A#home,
D#Well the world just keeps A#gettin' Gmbigger,
CmOnce you get out on your Fown,
D#So here's to all the little A#boys,
D#The sandman takes you A#where,
D#Your sleepin' with the A#pillow of Gmman,
On the CmNickel Fover A#There.
D#So climb up thru that A#buttonhole,
D#And fall right up the A#stairs,
D#I'll show you C/Ewhere the A#/Fshort(?) Gmdogs grow,
On the CmNickel...Fover A#There.
e--------|-D#------------|-G--------------|-C----------|-G---||
b--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
G--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||
D--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||
A--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||
E--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
The tabs are not exactly guitar parts, but are string parts on the
song. I'm not a guitarist, so I don't know what are the best
fingerings, but these are the right notes.