Circus Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
96.9 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
C
Bb
Db
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm] [Gb] We put up our tent [Fm] on a dark green knoll outside a [Bb] town by the train [Db] tracks in a seagull [Gb] dunk.
[Ab] Top of the bill was [C] horseface Ethel and her marvelous pigs in [Fm] satin.
[Gb] We pounded [Eb] our steaks in the [Fm] ground of all powder brown.
The [Dbm] branches spread like scary [Gb] fingers.
[F] We were in a [C] pasture outside [Bb]
[F] Kankakee.
[C] [F] And one-eyed [G] Myra, [Db] queen of the galley, [Dbm] who trained the ostrich and the camels.
[D] She looked at me squinting with her one good eye [Db] in a Roy [Dbm] Orbison t-shirt.
She [Fm] bottle fed an orangutan named [Bb] Tripod.
[Dbm] And then there was yodeling Elaine, queen of [Bbm] the air,
[Db] who wore a dollar [C] sign medallion.
[Bb] She had a tiny bubble of spittle around her nostril and a little rusty tear.
Where [Dbm] she lassoed and [C] lost another tipsy sailor.
[Fm] And over in the burnt yellow [Ab] tent by the [Db] frozen tractor the music [Gb] was like electric [Eb] sugar.
[Fm] And Zuzu Bolan played [C] Stave and Chain.
[Gm] And Mighty Tiny on [D] the saw.
And he threw his head back with a mouth [Bb] full of gold teeth.
[Db] And they played [Dbm] Lopsided Heart and [Db] Moved Over Dog Street.
[Bbm] And by the [D] time they [Db] finished moaning [Dbm] low I was soaking wet and wild.
[Bbm] [Fm] Dr.
Bliss slipped me [C] a preparation.
[Fm] I fell asleep with livery staple blues in my ear.
[Bbm]
[Fm] [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab] [Bb] [C]
[Bbm] [Fm]
[Bb] [Fm] [Db]
[C] [G] [Bbm] [Fm] And me and Molly [C] Uwe drank pruno and Kool-Aid.
And she [Bbm] had a tattoo gun made out of a cassette motor and a guitar string.
[Fm] And she soaked a hanky in [C] three roses and rubbed it [Fm] on the spot.
And drew [Bb] a rickety [Bbm] heart and a bent arrow.
And it hurt like [Ab] hell.
[Bbm] And Funeral [C] Wells spun Poole Murphy on the target as he [G] threw his hardware.
[F] [Db] Only once in Sheboygan did he miss.
[Dbm] At a matinee on Diamond Pier.
[Bb] She'd never let him forget it.
They were doing two [E] shows.
[Bb] She had a high fever.
And it took off a piece of her ear.
[C] And Tip Little told her she should [Cm] leave the pump.
[Fm] And [Bbm] Poole said he fetched me last time I ran.
[N]
[Ab] Top of the bill was [C] horseface Ethel and her marvelous pigs in [Fm] satin.
[Gb] We pounded [Eb] our steaks in the [Fm] ground of all powder brown.
The [Dbm] branches spread like scary [Gb] fingers.
[F] We were in a [C] pasture outside [Bb]
[F] Kankakee.
[C] [F] And one-eyed [G] Myra, [Db] queen of the galley, [Dbm] who trained the ostrich and the camels.
[D] She looked at me squinting with her one good eye [Db] in a Roy [Dbm] Orbison t-shirt.
She [Fm] bottle fed an orangutan named [Bb] Tripod.
[Dbm] And then there was yodeling Elaine, queen of [Bbm] the air,
[Db] who wore a dollar [C] sign medallion.
[Bb] She had a tiny bubble of spittle around her nostril and a little rusty tear.
Where [Dbm] she lassoed and [C] lost another tipsy sailor.
[Fm] And over in the burnt yellow [Ab] tent by the [Db] frozen tractor the music [Gb] was like electric [Eb] sugar.
[Fm] And Zuzu Bolan played [C] Stave and Chain.
[Gm] And Mighty Tiny on [D] the saw.
And he threw his head back with a mouth [Bb] full of gold teeth.
[Db] And they played [Dbm] Lopsided Heart and [Db] Moved Over Dog Street.
[Bbm] And by the [D] time they [Db] finished moaning [Dbm] low I was soaking wet and wild.
[Bbm] [Fm] Dr.
Bliss slipped me [C] a preparation.
[Fm] I fell asleep with livery staple blues in my ear.
[Bbm]
[Fm] [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab] [Bb] [C]
[Bbm] [Fm]
[Bb] [Fm] [Db]
[C] [G] [Bbm] [Fm] And me and Molly [C] Uwe drank pruno and Kool-Aid.
And she [Bbm] had a tattoo gun made out of a cassette motor and a guitar string.
[Fm] And she soaked a hanky in [C] three roses and rubbed it [Fm] on the spot.
And drew [Bb] a rickety [Bbm] heart and a bent arrow.
And it hurt like [Ab] hell.
[Bbm] And Funeral [C] Wells spun Poole Murphy on the target as he [G] threw his hardware.
[F] [Db] Only once in Sheboygan did he miss.
[Dbm] At a matinee on Diamond Pier.
[Bb] She'd never let him forget it.
They were doing two [E] shows.
[Bb] She had a high fever.
And it took off a piece of her ear.
[C] And Tip Little told her she should [Cm] leave the pump.
[Fm] And [Bbm] Poole said he fetched me last time I ran.
[N]
Key:
Fm
C
Bb
Db
Bbm
Fm
C
Bb
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Gb] We put up our tent [Fm] on a dark green knoll outside a [Bb] town by the train [Db] tracks in a seagull _ [Gb] dunk.
[Ab] Top of the bill was [C] horseface Ethel and her marvelous pigs in [Fm] satin.
_ [Gb] We pounded [Eb] our steaks in the [Fm] ground of all powder brown.
_ The [Dbm] branches spread like scary [Gb] fingers.
_ [F] We were in a [C] pasture outside [Bb]
[F] Kankakee.
_ [C] [F] And one-eyed [G] Myra, [Db] queen of the galley, [Dbm] who trained the ostrich and the camels.
_ [D] She looked at me squinting with her one good eye [Db] in a Roy [Dbm] Orbison t-shirt.
She [Fm] bottle fed an orangutan named [Bb] Tripod.
_ [Dbm] _ And then there was yodeling Elaine, queen of [Bbm] the air,
[Db] who wore a dollar [C] sign medallion.
[Bb] She had a tiny bubble of spittle around her nostril and a little rusty tear.
Where [Dbm] she lassoed and [C] lost another tipsy sailor.
_ _ [Fm] And over in the burnt yellow [Ab] tent by the [Db] frozen tractor the music [Gb] was like electric [Eb] sugar.
_ [Fm] And Zuzu Bolan played [C] Stave and Chain.
_ [Gm] _ And Mighty Tiny on [D] the saw.
And he threw his head back with a mouth [Bb] full of gold teeth.
[Db] And they played [Dbm] Lopsided Heart and [Db] Moved Over Dog Street.
[Bbm] And by the [D] time they [Db] finished moaning [Dbm] low I was soaking wet and wild.
_ _ [Bbm] [Fm] Dr.
Bliss slipped me [C] a preparation.
_ [Fm] I fell asleep with livery staple blues in my ear.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] And me and Molly [C] Uwe drank pruno and Kool-Aid.
And she [Bbm] had a tattoo gun made out of a cassette motor and a guitar string.
_ [Fm] And she soaked a hanky in [C] three roses and rubbed it [Fm] on the spot.
And drew [Bb] a rickety [Bbm] heart and a bent arrow.
And it hurt like [Ab] hell. _
[Bbm] _ And Funeral [C] Wells spun Poole Murphy on the target as he [G] threw his hardware.
_ [F] [Db] Only once in Sheboygan did he miss.
[Dbm] At a matinee on Diamond Pier.
[Bb] She'd never let him forget it.
They were doing two [E] shows.
_ [Bb] She had a high fever.
And it took off a piece of her ear.
[C] And Tip Little told her she should [Cm] leave the pump.
[Fm] And [Bbm] Poole said he fetched me last time I ran.
_ [N] _
[Ab] Top of the bill was [C] horseface Ethel and her marvelous pigs in [Fm] satin.
_ [Gb] We pounded [Eb] our steaks in the [Fm] ground of all powder brown.
_ The [Dbm] branches spread like scary [Gb] fingers.
_ [F] We were in a [C] pasture outside [Bb]
[F] Kankakee.
_ [C] [F] And one-eyed [G] Myra, [Db] queen of the galley, [Dbm] who trained the ostrich and the camels.
_ [D] She looked at me squinting with her one good eye [Db] in a Roy [Dbm] Orbison t-shirt.
She [Fm] bottle fed an orangutan named [Bb] Tripod.
_ [Dbm] _ And then there was yodeling Elaine, queen of [Bbm] the air,
[Db] who wore a dollar [C] sign medallion.
[Bb] She had a tiny bubble of spittle around her nostril and a little rusty tear.
Where [Dbm] she lassoed and [C] lost another tipsy sailor.
_ _ [Fm] And over in the burnt yellow [Ab] tent by the [Db] frozen tractor the music [Gb] was like electric [Eb] sugar.
_ [Fm] And Zuzu Bolan played [C] Stave and Chain.
_ [Gm] _ And Mighty Tiny on [D] the saw.
And he threw his head back with a mouth [Bb] full of gold teeth.
[Db] And they played [Dbm] Lopsided Heart and [Db] Moved Over Dog Street.
[Bbm] And by the [D] time they [Db] finished moaning [Dbm] low I was soaking wet and wild.
_ _ [Bbm] [Fm] Dr.
Bliss slipped me [C] a preparation.
_ [Fm] I fell asleep with livery staple blues in my ear.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] And me and Molly [C] Uwe drank pruno and Kool-Aid.
And she [Bbm] had a tattoo gun made out of a cassette motor and a guitar string.
_ [Fm] And she soaked a hanky in [C] three roses and rubbed it [Fm] on the spot.
And drew [Bb] a rickety [Bbm] heart and a bent arrow.
And it hurt like [Ab] hell. _
[Bbm] _ And Funeral [C] Wells spun Poole Murphy on the target as he [G] threw his hardware.
_ [F] [Db] Only once in Sheboygan did he miss.
[Dbm] At a matinee on Diamond Pier.
[Bb] She'd never let him forget it.
They were doing two [E] shows.
_ [Bb] She had a high fever.
And it took off a piece of her ear.
[C] And Tip Little told her she should [Cm] leave the pump.
[Fm] And [Bbm] Poole said he fetched me last time I ran.
_ [N] _
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