Chords for Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (Live Acappella) (BBC TV 1994)
Tempo:
96.625 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
G
E
Eb
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Tom's Diner is actually called Tom's Restaurant and it's located on 112th Street and Broadway in New York City
which is where I grew up and
Back when I was a receptionist, I used to eat breakfast there before I took the subway down to work
So that's where the idea for the song came
And in the beginning I had imagined it as a sort of a tinkly piano piece
And I had imagined a piano playing along behind it sort of a like a back like a background for a French movie
But since I don't play piano and I didn't know anybody at the [E] time who could play
I just decided to [G] sing it acapella in my concerts and that's the way we recorded it
for my album called Solitude Standing
So I was very surprised when in 1990, I think it was
These two English boys named who call themselves DNA
took the song sampled it and
Made a dance track out of it
And the first time I heard it, I thought it was very funny and a very original idea.
And so we released it
And I had imagined that it would find a very small audience in the dance clubs and instead it became it sold 3 million copies worldwide
But this is the original [N] version of Tom's Diner
I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter for the man to pour the coffee and he fills it only
Halfway and before I even argue he is looking out the window at somebody coming in
It is always nice to see you says the man behind the counter to the woman who has come in
She is shaking her umbrella and I look the other way as they are kissing their hellos and
Pretending not to see them and instead I pour the milk.
I
Open up the paper.
There's a story of an actor who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of and I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies when I'm [Gm] feeling someone watching me and so I raise my head
There's a woman on the outside looking inside.
Does she see me?
No
She does not really see me
She [Eb] sees her own reflection and I'm trying not to notice that she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings her hair has gotten wet.
Oh
This
Rain, it will continue [C] through the morning as I'm [Gm] listening to the bells of the Cathedral
I am
thinking of your voice and
Of
Midnight picnic [F] once upon a time before the rain began and I finish up my [Gm] coffee
And it's time to catch the train
[B] [G]
[N]
which is where I grew up and
Back when I was a receptionist, I used to eat breakfast there before I took the subway down to work
So that's where the idea for the song came
And in the beginning I had imagined it as a sort of a tinkly piano piece
And I had imagined a piano playing along behind it sort of a like a back like a background for a French movie
But since I don't play piano and I didn't know anybody at the [E] time who could play
I just decided to [G] sing it acapella in my concerts and that's the way we recorded it
for my album called Solitude Standing
So I was very surprised when in 1990, I think it was
These two English boys named who call themselves DNA
took the song sampled it and
Made a dance track out of it
And the first time I heard it, I thought it was very funny and a very original idea.
And so we released it
And I had imagined that it would find a very small audience in the dance clubs and instead it became it sold 3 million copies worldwide
But this is the original [N] version of Tom's Diner
I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter for the man to pour the coffee and he fills it only
Halfway and before I even argue he is looking out the window at somebody coming in
It is always nice to see you says the man behind the counter to the woman who has come in
She is shaking her umbrella and I look the other way as they are kissing their hellos and
Pretending not to see them and instead I pour the milk.
I
Open up the paper.
There's a story of an actor who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of and I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies when I'm [Gm] feeling someone watching me and so I raise my head
There's a woman on the outside looking inside.
Does she see me?
No
She does not really see me
She [Eb] sees her own reflection and I'm trying not to notice that she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings her hair has gotten wet.
Oh
This
Rain, it will continue [C] through the morning as I'm [Gm] listening to the bells of the Cathedral
I am
thinking of your voice and
Of
Midnight picnic [F] once upon a time before the rain began and I finish up my [Gm] coffee
And it's time to catch the train
[B] [G]
[N]
Key:
Gm
G
E
Eb
C
Gm
G
E
_ Tom's Diner is actually called Tom's Restaurant and it's located on 112th Street and Broadway in New York City
which is where I grew up and
Back when I was a receptionist, I used to eat breakfast there before I took the subway down to work
_ So that's where the idea for the song came
_ And in the beginning I had imagined it as a sort of a tinkly piano piece
_ And I had imagined a piano playing along behind it sort of a like a back like a background for a French movie
But since I don't play piano and I didn't know anybody at the [E] time who could play
I just decided to [G] sing it acapella in my concerts and that's the way we recorded it
for my album called Solitude Standing
_ So I was very surprised when in 1990, I think it was
These two English boys named who call themselves DNA
took the song sampled it and
Made a dance track out of it
And the first time I heard it, I thought it was very funny and a very original idea.
And so we released it
And I had imagined that it would find a very small audience in the dance clubs and instead it became it sold 3 million copies worldwide _
But this is the original [N] version of Tom's Diner _ _
_ _ I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter for the man to pour the coffee and he fills it only
Halfway and before I even argue he is looking out the window at somebody coming in _ _ _
It is always nice to see you says the man behind the counter to the woman who has come in
She is shaking her umbrella and I look the other way as they are kissing their hellos and
Pretending not to see them and instead I pour the milk.
_ _ _ I
Open up the paper.
There's a story of an actor who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of and I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies when I'm [Gm] feeling someone watching me and so I raise my head
There's a woman on the outside looking inside.
Does she see me?
No
She does not really see me
She [Eb] sees her own reflection and I'm trying not to notice that she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings her hair has gotten wet.
_ Oh
_ This _
Rain, it will continue [C] through the morning as I'm [Gm] listening to the bells of the Cathedral _ _ _ _
_ I _ am
thinking of your voice and
_ _ Of
_ _ Midnight picnic [F] once upon a time before the rain began and _ _ I finish up my [Gm] coffee
And it's time to catch the train
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
which is where I grew up and
Back when I was a receptionist, I used to eat breakfast there before I took the subway down to work
_ So that's where the idea for the song came
_ And in the beginning I had imagined it as a sort of a tinkly piano piece
_ And I had imagined a piano playing along behind it sort of a like a back like a background for a French movie
But since I don't play piano and I didn't know anybody at the [E] time who could play
I just decided to [G] sing it acapella in my concerts and that's the way we recorded it
for my album called Solitude Standing
_ So I was very surprised when in 1990, I think it was
These two English boys named who call themselves DNA
took the song sampled it and
Made a dance track out of it
And the first time I heard it, I thought it was very funny and a very original idea.
And so we released it
And I had imagined that it would find a very small audience in the dance clubs and instead it became it sold 3 million copies worldwide _
But this is the original [N] version of Tom's Diner _ _
_ _ I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter for the man to pour the coffee and he fills it only
Halfway and before I even argue he is looking out the window at somebody coming in _ _ _
It is always nice to see you says the man behind the counter to the woman who has come in
She is shaking her umbrella and I look the other way as they are kissing their hellos and
Pretending not to see them and instead I pour the milk.
_ _ _ I
Open up the paper.
There's a story of an actor who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of and I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies when I'm [Gm] feeling someone watching me and so I raise my head
There's a woman on the outside looking inside.
Does she see me?
No
She does not really see me
She [Eb] sees her own reflection and I'm trying not to notice that she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings her hair has gotten wet.
_ Oh
_ This _
Rain, it will continue [C] through the morning as I'm [Gm] listening to the bells of the Cathedral _ _ _ _
_ I _ am
thinking of your voice and
_ _ Of
_ _ Midnight picnic [F] once upon a time before the rain began and _ _ I finish up my [Gm] coffee
And it's time to catch the train
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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