Hell Broke Luce Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
80.225 bpm
Chords used:
F
Ab
C
Bb
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
F
Ab
C
Bb
Eb
F
Ab
C
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[Bb] .
[N] I had a good home but I left.
I had a good home but I left.
Right, [D] left.
That big fuckin' bomb made me deaf.
Deaf.
[B] [Bb] A home beam mechanic put [N] his Kevlar on wrong.
I guarantee you'll meet up with a suicide bomb.
Hell broke loose.
Hell broke loose.
.
Big fuckin' ditches in the middle of the road.
[Dm] You pay a hundred dollars just [F] for filling in [Bb] the hole.
Listen to the general [N] every goddamn word.
How many ways can you polish up a turd?.
And left, right, left, [F] left, right, left, [C] right.
Hell broke loose.
.
Hell broke loose.
Hell [Eb] broke loose.
[Bb] [G] Oh, is it I'm the only one responsible [F] for making this mess?.
[Ab] [F] Got the sorry [Ab] asses able to go to [N] the goddamn desk.
And hell [F] broke loose.
Hell [Ab] broke [F] loose.
Left, [C] right, left.
What did you do before the war?.
I was a chef.
I was a chef.
What was your name?.
It was Jeff.
Jeff.
I lost my body and I wept.
Wept.
I come down from the mess.
So I slept.
Slept.
[G] .
[Eb] I had a good [Fm] home but I left.
[C] Left.
.
[Cm] [D] [C] .
[G] Pants did the [N] wind for a joke.
.
I branched right in with the dope.
Glanced at her shin, she said nope.
Left, right, left.
Nimrod, bad bitch, have you any wool?.
Get me another body bag, the body bag's full.
And my face was scorched, scorched.
I miss my home, I miss my porch.
March left, right, left.
Can I go home in March?.
March.
My stance was a chin full of soap.
That rancid [F] dinner with the [Abm] Pope.
[Ab] And left, [F] right, [Ab] left.
[N] .
Caliper shoulder got his thumbs thrown [C] off.
Sergio's developing a real bad cough.
Sergio's [F] developing a [C] real bad cough.
And hell broke loose.
Hell broke loose.
[Eb] Hell broke [F] loose.
[Bm] [N] .
[Bb] Boom went his head away and boom went Valerie.
[N] Huh.
What the hell was it that [Ebm] the president said?.
Give them all [Gm] a beautiful parade instead.
And [Fm] left, right, [C] [Ab] left.
[N] While I was over here, old mother got the phone.
I left my arm in my coat.
A bomb she died and never wrote.
It's shot by the fire and they let go.
Such glory died he had a toast.
[Ab] Now I'm home.
[N] Dead and blind.
Dead and broke.
[F] [Ebm] What [N] is next?.
[Ab] .
.
[Bb] .
[N] I had a good home but I left.
I had a good home but I left.
Right, [D] left.
That big fuckin' bomb made me deaf.
Deaf.
[B] [Bb] A home beam mechanic put [N] his Kevlar on wrong.
I guarantee you'll meet up with a suicide bomb.
Hell broke loose.
Hell broke loose.
.
Big fuckin' ditches in the middle of the road.
[Dm] You pay a hundred dollars just [F] for filling in [Bb] the hole.
Listen to the general [N] every goddamn word.
How many ways can you polish up a turd?.
And left, right, left, [F] left, right, left, [C] right.
Hell broke loose.
.
Hell broke loose.
Hell [Eb] broke loose.
[Bb] [G] Oh, is it I'm the only one responsible [F] for making this mess?.
[Ab] [F] Got the sorry [Ab] asses able to go to [N] the goddamn desk.
And hell [F] broke loose.
Hell [Ab] broke [F] loose.
Left, [C] right, left.
What did you do before the war?.
I was a chef.
I was a chef.
What was your name?.
It was Jeff.
Jeff.
I lost my body and I wept.
Wept.
I come down from the mess.
So I slept.
Slept.
[G] .
[Eb] I had a good [Fm] home but I left.
[C] Left.
.
[Cm] [D] [C] .
[G] Pants did the [N] wind for a joke.
.
I branched right in with the dope.
Glanced at her shin, she said nope.
Left, right, left.
Nimrod, bad bitch, have you any wool?.
Get me another body bag, the body bag's full.
And my face was scorched, scorched.
I miss my home, I miss my porch.
March left, right, left.
Can I go home in March?.
March.
My stance was a chin full of soap.
That rancid [F] dinner with the [Abm] Pope.
[Ab] And left, [F] right, [Ab] left.
[N] .
Caliper shoulder got his thumbs thrown [C] off.
Sergio's developing a real bad cough.
Sergio's [F] developing a [C] real bad cough.
And hell broke loose.
Hell broke loose.
[Eb] Hell broke [F] loose.
[Bm] [N] .
[Bb] Boom went his head away and boom went Valerie.
[N] Huh.
What the hell was it that [Ebm] the president said?.
Give them all [Gm] a beautiful parade instead.
And [Fm] left, right, [C] [Ab] left.
[N] While I was over here, old mother got the phone.
I left my arm in my coat.
A bomb she died and never wrote.
It's shot by the fire and they let go.
Such glory died he had a toast.
[Ab] Now I'm home.
[N] Dead and blind.
Dead and broke.
[F] [Ebm] What [N] is next?.
[Ab] .
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