Reeperbahn Chords by Tom Waits

[C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [Fm] Around the curve of the [Bb] parrot [Fm] bar, _ [C] a broken down old [Bb] movie [Fm] star, _ _
hustling an Easterner, _ _ [C]
bringing out the [Fm] beast in her.
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I dive on a [Fm] swimming [C] pool [Fm] _ [C]
filled with needles [Fm] and with tools.
The memories are short but the tales are long.
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When you're in [Fm] a reaper bone, _
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_ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ you're like all the roses when she was a girl.
[C] Bright red cheeks and her [Fm] strawberry curls, when she would laugh the river would run.
_ [C] Said she'd be a comedian, [Fm] _ oh [G] what a pity, [Fm] oh what a shame.
She's [C] second calling, [Fm] nobody came.
Her bright red cheeks are painted on, and [C] she's laughing her head off in the _ _ [Fm] reaper bone.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Now little Hans was always strange, _ [C] _
firing women's [Fm] under things.
His father beat him but he wouldn't change.
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Ran off with a [Fm] man one day, [Eb] and always going [Fm] to raise all the rage.
[C] In the black [Fm] on every page, his father proudly calls his name.
[C] Down there in the _ _ _ reaper _ [Fm] bone. _ _ _ _ _
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Now if you've lost your inheritance, _ _
[E] all you've [Db] left [Fm] is common sense.
And you're not too picky about the crowd you keep, _ [C]
or the mattress [Fm] where you sleep.
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Behind every window, [Fm] behind every door, [C] the apple is [Fm] gone but there's always the core.
And the seeds will sprout up right to the floor.
_ [C] Down there in the _ _ _ _ [Fm] reaper bone. _ _ _ _ _
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