Chords for Tom Waits - "Better Off Without A Wife"

Tempo:
78.95 bpm
Chords used:

F#

C#

G#m

D#m

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tom Waits - "Better Off Without A Wife" chords
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[F#] So this is kind of a little anthem here.
[G#m]
[C#] [F#] Oh, my friends are married, every Tom and Dick and Harry.
You must be strong if you're [D#m] to go it [G#m] alone.
[C#] [F#] Here's to the bachelors and [C#] the [F#] bowery bums.
Don't you feel it, they're the ones that are better [G#m] off [F#] without a wife.
Sound [B] like I sleep [C#] into the crack of [F#] noon, midnight [D#m] howling at the [G#] moon.
[C#] Going out when I want [F#] to and I'm [A#] coming home [B] when I [F#] please.
[B] Don't [C#] have to ask permission, [F#]
[D#m] want to go out fishing.
[G#m] Never have to ask [C#] for the key.
[F#] I never been no Valentino, but I had a girl living in Reno.
Left me [D#m] for a trumpet [G#m] player, but it [C#] didn't get me down.
[F#] He was wanted for assault, no one said it wasn't [C#] his fault.
You [F#] know the coppers [G#m] roared him [F#] right out of town.
I [B] been sleeping into [C#] the crack of [F#] noon, [F] midnight [D#m] howling at the [G#m] moon.
And I been going out [C#] when I want [F#] to, [A#] coming home [D#m] when I [F#] please.
[B] Have to [C#] ask permission, [F#]
want to [D#m] go out fishing.
[G#m] Never have to ask for [C#] the key.
[F#] I am kind of selfish about my privacy.
Now as long [A#m] as I can [D#m] be with me, we get [G#m] along so well I [C#] can't even believe it.
[F#] Love that you that fight with folks, I been listening to all your [C#] dirty jokes.
[F#] I'm so [F] thankful for these [D#m] friends [C#] I do [F#] receive.
I been [B] sleeping into the [C#] crack of noon, [F#]
midnight [D#m] howling at the [G#] moon.
And I been going out when [C#] I want to, [F#]
[A#] coming home when [D#m] I please.
[F#] [B] Have to [C#] ask permission, [F#]
want to go [D#m] out fishing.
[G#m] Never have to ask for [C#] the key.
[F#] Now,
[C#] [F#] [D#m] [G#m] I got this girl [C#] I know.
[F#] She been married several times.
[C#] I don't want to end up like [F#] her.
I [A#m] mean she been [D#m] married so many times.
She [G#m] got rice marks all [C#] over her face.
And [F#] you know the [C#] kind.
[F#]
[A#m] [G#m] [C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#]
[G#m] [F#]
[F#]
[G#] [C#m] [F#]
[N] Yeah.
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D#m
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G#m
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[F#] _ So this is kind of a little anthem here. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] Oh, my friends are married, every Tom and Dick and Harry.
You must be strong if you're [D#m] to go it [G#m] alone.
_ [C#] [F#] Here's to the bachelors and [C#] the [F#] bowery bums.
Don't you feel it, they're the ones that are better [G#m] off [F#] without a wife.
Sound [B] like I sleep [C#] into the crack of [F#] noon, midnight [D#m] howling at the [G#] moon.
[C#] Going out when I want [F#] to and I'm [A#] coming home [B] when I [F#] please.
[B] Don't [C#] have to ask permission, [F#] _
[D#m] want to go out fishing.
[G#m] _ Never have to ask [C#] for the key.
_ _ [F#] _ I never been no Valentino, but I had a girl living in Reno.
Left me [D#m] for a trumpet [G#m] player, but it [C#] didn't get me down.
[F#] He was wanted for assault, no one said it wasn't [C#] his fault.
You [F#] know the coppers [G#m] roared him [F#] right out of town.
I [B] been sleeping into [C#] the crack of [F#] noon, [F] midnight [D#m] howling at the [G#m] moon.
And I been going out [C#] when I want [F#] to, [A#] coming home [D#m] when I [F#] please.
[B] Have to [C#] ask permission, [F#]
want to [D#m] go out fishing.
[G#m] Never have to ask for [C#] the key.
_ [F#] I am kind of selfish about my privacy.
_ Now as long [A#m] as I can [D#m] be with me, we get [G#m] along so well I [C#] can't even believe it.
[F#] Love that you that fight with folks, I been listening to all your [C#] dirty jokes.
[F#] I'm so [F] thankful for these [D#m] friends [C#] I do [F#] receive.
_ I been [B] sleeping into the [C#] crack of noon, [F#]
midnight [D#m] howling at the [G#] moon.
And I been going out when [C#] I want to, [F#]
[A#] coming home when [D#m] I please.
[F#] _ [B] Have to [C#] ask permission, [F#]
want to go [D#m] out fishing.
_ [G#m] Never have to ask for [C#] the key.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ Now, _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#m] _ [G#m] I got this girl [C#] I know.
_ [F#] She been married several times. _
[C#] I don't want to end up like [F#] her.
I [A#m] mean she been [D#m] married so many times.
She [G#m] got rice marks all [C#] over her face.
And [F#] you know the [C#] kind.
[F#] _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ [G#m] _ [C#] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ Yeah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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