Chords for Tom Waits australia interview 1979 pt 2

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Okay.
[G] Another corner.
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Where do you get the inspiration for most of the [D#m] stuff? _
_ [F#] _ [D#m] Oh, well, you know.
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_ _ [F#] Most of my songs are kind of [B] traveling. _ _ _
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I _ [D#m] don't know.
It's difficult [F#] to say exactly.
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_ _ [F#] _ I kind of sleep with one eye [B] open.
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don't know.
There's [F#] a song here, _
called On the Nickel. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In downtown Los [B] Angeles, _ _ _
there's a place called Fifth [G#m] Street.
That's where all _ _ [F#] _ _
the [B] hobos are. _
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And they [F#] call it On the Nickel. _ _
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] That was _ [F#]
my motion [B] picture.
_ [C#] The title On the Nickel was written [D#] by Ralph [F#]
Waite.
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The story is kind of a _ Hawaiianos lullaby.
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_ Well, stick-sized doors [F#] will break my bones. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ But it always will [F#] be true. _
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When your _ [F#] mama's dead and gone, _ _ _ _
[G#m] I'll sing this lullaby.
_ [D#m] _ Just [C#] for you.
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_ [B] _ _ _ So what becomes [F#] of little boys
_ who _
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never _ say [F#] their prayers
_ _ when _
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they're sleeping _ [F#] like a _ baby _ _
on [G#m] the _ nickel?
[C#] And _ all [F#] of that. _ _ _ _ _
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So if you chew [F#]
tobacco,
you'll never die. _ _ _ _
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And wish upon [F#] a star, _ _ _
_ _ [B] you'll find _ out where [F#] the scarecrow sit. _ _
_ [G#m] Man, they look like _ punchlines [D#m] _ between [C#] the cars. _ _ _ _
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And I know a place [F#] where a royal flush _ _
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_ can never _ [F#] beat a pair. _ _ _ _
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And even _ [F#]
Thomas _ Jaffa's son _
_ [G#m] is on the nickel.
[C#] And he's all [F#] over them.
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So ring [F#] around the _ rosy, _ _
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you're sleeping [F#] in the ring. _ _ _
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You're _ always [F#] late for supper. _ _ _
And [G#m] man, you'll love me _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] again. _ _ _
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And I thought I [F#] heard a mocking _ _ _ _ _
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from _ Roosevelt [F#]
knows where. _ _ _ _
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They're whistling _ [F#] past the _ _ _ graveyard.
And [G#m] they're on the nickel. _
[C#] And all _ [F#] of that. _ _ _ _ _
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So what _ becomes [F#]
of little boys _ _ _
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who run _ [F#] away from _ home? _
_ _ [B] The world _ _ keeps getting [F#] _
bigger _ _ _
once _ [G#m] you get out on [B] your_
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So climb up through [F#] that buttonhole
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_ fall right up [F#] the stairs. _ _ _ _
_ [B] I'll _ _ _ _ show you [F#] where the short dogs [D#m]
go. _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] They're on the nickel. _ _
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No. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#] There. _ _
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_ Tom _ _ _
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Waits! _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Listen. _ _
_ _ _ _ We have been warning you and warning you
for the last two or three shows
that this was an unusual man.
And I have not had a good time
talking to someone like I have with him
because he's the ultimate send-up.
He really is.
He's beautiful.
Let me tell you where the dates are gonna be.
_ Melbourne, he's at the Palais Theatre
on May the 1st and the 7th.
And you, I can't stress enough how you must see it.
If you don't believe me,
find a friend that's got a Tom Waits album
and listen to some of the kind of stuff
that this guy creates.
_ He's there the 1st and the 7th.
Don't blush now on me, my God.
You can do it.
Sydney State Theatre, May 2nd and the 14th.
Canberra_
I want you to come back on the show
just so everybody sees that this is the way you always are.
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Sydney State Theatre, May the 2nd and the 14th.
Canberra Theatre, May the 4th.
Brisbane Main Hall on May the 5th.
Adelaide Festival Theatre, May the 8th.
Out in Perth at the Concert Hall.
You'll love it out there, mate.
They will absolutely adore you.
May the 11th.
And if in between that,
you find a way to get back here
and sit down and talk to me,
you can come on the show any time you want
because I think you're a gas.
I love you and I thank you for coming.
Can't wait.
When we come back,
we'll be checking with the big twist men
we've got a lot to learn from.
We'll be back.
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