Chords for Tom Waits - BarberShop
Tempo:
138.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bb
Gm
Ab
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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.
[Ab]
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.
[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.
[Bb]
[Gm] I'm a bad man.
Throw me over sports day, [Ab]
the [Gm] sense of night ain't looking good.
[F]
[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.
[C]
[G]
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.
[G]
[C] Snip, [B] snip, snip, snip, snip, snip.
[G] [N]
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.
[Ab]
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.
[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.
[Bb]
[Gm] I'm a bad man.
Throw me over sports day, [Ab]
the [Gm] sense of night ain't looking good.
[F]
[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.
[C]
[G]
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.
[G]
[C] Snip, [B] snip, snip, snip, snip, snip.
[G] [N]
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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.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [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.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ I'm a bad man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Throw me over sports day, [Ab]
the [Gm] sense of night ain't looking good.
_ [F] _
[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.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ 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.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Snip, _ [B] snip, snip, snip, snip, snip.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [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.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [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.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ I'm a bad man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Throw me over sports day, [Ab]
the [Gm] sense of night ain't looking good.
_ [F] _
[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.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ 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.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Snip, _ [B] snip, snip, snip, snip, snip.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _