16 Shells From A 30.6 Chords by Tom Waits

Tempo:
138.2 bpm
Chords used:

B

C#

C#m

E

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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16 Shells From A 30.6 chords
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[B] [C#]
[B] [C#]
[E] [C#]
[B] [C#m]
[B] [C#]
[B] [C#m]
[B] [C#m]
[E] [C#m]
[B] [C#m]
[B]
[C#] [B] [C#m]
[B] [E]
[F#m] [C#]
[E] [C#]
[B] ♪ Buck [C#] 16
[B] shells from [C#m] a 30-ounce stick [B]
[E] And a black [C#]
[C#m] car stuck to a window sky [B]
♪ So I [C#] spin on
[B] my [C#m] button on an old black Milk ♪
♪ Oh, [F#] and I [C#m] made me a letter from a long, chubby rainbow [B]
♪ And I leaned [C#] up against an [B] Atlantic [C#] tree [E]
[F#]
♪ And [E]
I [B] [C#] cut me a stitch from [B] a long, banded tail of a [C#] bow
[B]
♪ I'm gonna [C#m] wheel you in a can of [B] this black Buck [C#] 16 shells ♪
♪ From [C#m] a 30 [B]-ounce stick, [C#] wheel you in a can [B] of this black [C#m] Buck 16 shells [E]
♪ From a 30-ounce stick, [C#m] [B]
[C#] while I sit in a hollow up-side [B] creek bed [C#m]
[B] [C#]
♪ I'll pull out a bucket from [Bm] a red [C#m] Corvette ♪
♪ Tore out a bucket from a red Corvette [F#]
♪ Lying [C#m] on Dave and the Butchermat tree [F#]
[B] ♪ Oh, you [C#m] got to meet me by the knuckles of a [B] skinny, bone tree [C#]

[E] ♪ That string of a washbasin, [F#] like a clothesline
[E]
[B] Oh, you got to [C#m] meet me in that mule [Bm] scrap right through the hole [C#]
♪ Meet me in that mule [E] scrap right through the hole ♪
♪ I'm [C#] gonna wheel you in a [B] can of this black [C#m] Buck 16 shells ♪
♪ From a [B] 30-ounce, [C#] wheel you in a [E] can of this black [C#] Buck 16 shells ♪
[B] From a 30 [C#]-ounce stick,
[E] now [C#]
[B] [C#m] I hold him [B] prisoner in a washburn jail [C#]
[B] [C#m]
♪ Stabbed it on the back of [Em] my old kick mule, [C#] stabbed it on the back [E] of my old kick mule ♪
[C#m] ♪ Stang on the springs that [Em] drive him crazy [B]
♪ Oh, [C#] I'll strum it loud, [B] rattle his case, [C#] strum it [C#m] loud, rattle his case [E]
♪ Strum it loud, rattle his case, [F#] strum it [E] loud, rattle his case [C#]
[B] [C#]
[B] ♪ Oh, I'm gonna [C#] wheel you in a can of [B] this black [C#m] Buck 16 [E] shells from a 30-ounce, [C#m] wheel you in a can of [B] this black [C#] Buck 16 shells from a [B] 30-ounce stick [C#]
[B] [C#]
[E] [C#]
[C#m] [N]
[C#] [D#m]
[N]
Key:  
B
12341112
C#
12341114
C#m
13421114
E
2311
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#
12341114
C#m
13421114
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Tom Waits - 16 Shells From A 30.6 chords, practice playing E, C#, B, C#, B and C#m in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 69 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 138 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of B Major in mind.

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[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] ♪ Buck [C#] 16 _ _
_ _ [B] _ shells from [C#m] a 30-ounce stick [B]
[E] And a black [C#] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ car stuck to a window sky [B] _ ♪
♪ So I [C#] spin on _ _
_ [B] _ my [C#m] button on an old black Milk ♪
♪ Oh, [F#] and I [C#m] made me a letter from a long, chubby rainbow [B]
♪ And I leaned [C#] up against an [B] Atlantic [C#] tree _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#]
♪ And _ _ [E]
I [B] _ _ _ [C#] cut me a stitch from [B] a long, banded tail of a [C#] bow _ _
_ [B]
♪ I'm gonna [C#m] wheel you in a can of [B] this black Buck [C#] 16 shells ♪
♪ From [C#m] a 30 [B]-ounce stick, _ [C#] wheel you in a can [B] of this black [C#m] Buck 16 shells [E]
♪ From a 30-ounce stick, [C#m] _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ while I sit in a hollow up-side [B] creek bed [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#]
♪ I'll pull out a bucket from [Bm] a red _ [C#m] Corvette ♪
♪ Tore out a bucket from a red Corvette [F#]
♪ Lying [C#m] on Dave and the Butchermat tree [F#] _ ♪
_ [B] ♪ Oh, you [C#m] got to meet me by the knuckles of a [B] skinny, bone tree [C#] _ _ _

_ [E] ♪ That string of a washbasin, [F#] like a clothesline _ _
[E]
[B] Oh, you got to [C#m] meet me in that mule [Bm] scrap right through the hole [C#]
♪ Meet me in that mule [E] scrap right through the hole ♪
♪ I'm [C#] gonna wheel you in a [B] can of this _ black [C#m] Buck 16 shells ♪
♪ From a [B] 30-ounce, _ [C#] wheel you in a [E] can of this black [C#] Buck 16 shells ♪
[B] From a 30 [C#]-ounce stick, _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ now [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] I hold him [B] prisoner in a washburn jail [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m]
♪ Stabbed it on the back of [Em] my old kick mule, [C#] stabbed it on the back [E] of my old kick mule ♪
[C#m] ♪ Stang on the springs that [Em] drive him crazy _ _ _ [B]
♪ Oh, [C#] I'll strum it loud, [B] rattle his case, [C#] strum it [C#m] loud, rattle his case [E]
♪ Strum it loud, _ _ rattle his case, [F#] strum it [E] loud, rattle his case _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] ♪ _ _
[B] ♪ Oh, I'm gonna [C#] wheel you in a can of [B] this black [C#m] Buck 16 [E] shells from a 30-ounce, _ [C#m] wheel you in a can of [B] this black [C#] Buck 16 shells from a [B] 30-ounce stick [C#] ♪ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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