Tom Trauberts Blues Chords & Tabs
by Tom Waits
[Content]
Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues
Capo 3rd
For "original" chord shapes on piano just transpose +3, this is an adapted version for guitar,
Em11: 0000x3 or 020203
[Intro]
D Em11 D/F# G G
D/F# D/F# E7 E7 A7
G D/F# Em7 A7 D Em7 D/F#
Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now
G D/F# E7 A7
See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you
D Em11 D/F# G
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
D/F# Em11 A7
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
G D/F#
I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
Em7 A7 D Em7 D/F#
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
G D/F# E7 A7
No one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet
D Em11 D G
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
D/F# Em11 A7
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
G D/F#
Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking
Em7 A7 DEm7 D/F#
A lot they can do for me
G D/F# E7 A7
I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open, and I'm down on my knees tonight
G D/F# E7 A7
Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger, in your silhouette window light
D Em11 D/F# G
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
D/F# Em11 A7
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
G D/F#
Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her
Em7 A7 D Em7 D/F#
And the one-armed bandit knows
G D/F#
And the maverick Chinamen, and the cold-blooded signs,
Em11 A7
And the girls down by the strip-tease shows, go
D Em11 D/F# G
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
D/F# Em11 A7
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
G D/F#
No, I don't want your sympathy, the fugitives say
Em7 A7 D Em7 D/F#
That the streets aren't for dreaming now
G D/F#
And manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories,
Em11 A7
They want a piece of the action anyhow
D Em11 D/F# G
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
D/F# Em11 A7
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
G D/F#
And you can ask any sailor, and the keys from the jailor,
Em7 A7 D Em7 D/F#
And the old men in wheelchairs know
G D/F#
And Matilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred,
Em11 A7
And she follows wherever you may go
D Em11 D/F# G
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
D/F# Em11 A7
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
G D/F#
And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace,
Em7 A7 D Em7 D/F#
And a wound that will never heal
G D/F#
No primadonna, the perfume is on
Em11 A7 D
an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
G D/F#
And goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers
Em11 A7 D
And goodnight to Matilda, too
D Em11 D/F# G G
D/F# D/F# Em11 A7 D
