Chords for Tom Waits - BarberShop

Tempo:
138.3 bpm
Chords used:

G

Bb

Gm

Ab

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tom Waits - BarberShop chords
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[G] [Em]
Good morning, Mr.
your haircut isn't as short as mine.
Good morning, Mr.
[G] but your haircut isn't as short as mine.
[Gm] Well, I'm a lucky tiger, wood you [Ab] wax, crack attack, shoes shine, time break, [N] a magazine
[Gm] wax.
Well, [Gm] hang around [D] the barber shop [G] beside a burning clothesline, good morning, Mr.
100%  ➙  138BPM
G
2131
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
Ab
134211114
D
1321
G
2131
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
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To start learning Tom Waits - Barber Shop chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Bb, G, Bb, A, C and G. Set your pace at 69 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 138. With G Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Good morning, Mr.
Snip, [Bb] Snip, Snip, [G] but your haircut isn't as short as mine. _ _ _
_ Good morning, Mr.
Snip, Snip, [Bb] Snip, [G] but your haircut isn't as short as mine. _ _
[Gm] Well, I'm a lucky tiger, wood you [Ab] wax, crack attack, shoes shine, time break, [N] a magazine _
_ [Gm] wax.
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Well, [Gm] hang around [D] the barber shop [G] beside a burning clothesline, good morning, Mr.
Ferguson. _
_ _ [C] What's the good word, wood you, [G] staying out of trouble like [Gb] a good boss.
_ [G] _
_ _ [Bb] [G] Are these steel curtain hair, steel curtain glasses, got a couple of passes to [Eb] the ring
brush, [Db] probably a crazy sucker's afternoon.
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ [G] You lost a little round the middle, you're looking real good, sitting on the [Ab] wagon, [G] sitting [Bb] under.
_ [G] Slow _
[Cm] down, Mr.
[G] Brown, [Ab] I heard your [G] boy's leaving [Am] town, [Gm] I bought myself a struggle [G] mug, a sucker's
pile of blues.
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ I'm a bad man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Throw me over sports day, [Ab]
the [Gm] sense of night ain't looking good.
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[G] _ I always [C] been from this side, [Gb] _
[D] and I lay [N] ten to one.
_ [D]
Pirates get [F] the [Gb] granite, [G] and the [F] serif [E] order [D] done, the hairs getting longer, _ _ [E] _ [Bb] you know the
skirts are getting [Ab] shorter.
[F] _ _ [Em] _ [Ebm] _ _
[D] [Fm] I know that you can get a [E] cheaper haircut [A] if you want to [D] cross the border, [G] your mama's
always smoking bets to kick your ass.
[F] _
[Ab] I know you put it [A] out at June, [G] I'll put it out fast.
_ _ Well, if I had a million [A] dollars, [B] what would I [G] do?
Probably be [Gb] a barber, not [Gm] a bum like you. _
[G] Still got your paper on, that's just fine.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ You [G] can pay me double, cause you chipped me last [Gm] time.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb]
I see [Gm] _ _ [Bb] you. _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ I _ _ _ _ _ want [D] _ [G] _
to know that you can keep a little sucker's money, spend it on a girl. _ _ _ _ _
And just remember that I give a pass for haircuts, you know I [Bb] would.
[G] I give a pass for haircuts, you know [A] I would.
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_ _ _ Good _ morning, Mrs.
Snip, [Bb] snip, snip, [G] your haircut is the shortest mine.
_ _ _ _ Good morning, Mrs.
Snip, snip, snip, your haircut is the shortest, you got your haircut
is the shortest, you got your haircut is the shortest [Bb] mine.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Snip, _ [B] snip, snip, snip, snip, snip.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song finds its place within the Foreign Affairs album.

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