Cold Water Chords by Tom Waits

Tempo:
87.35 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

Am

D

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tom Waits - Cold Water chords
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[A] [Am]
Well, I woke up this morning with a cold water, with a [E] cold water, [A] with a cold water.
Woke up this morning with a cold [E] water, [Am] with [G#] a [E] cold water, [Am] with a cold water.
[A]
Where the police at the station and they don't [F#] look friendly, [E] wait, they don't look friendly.
[A] Well, they aint don't look friendly.
Police at the station and they don't look friendly.
Well, [E] they aint don't look [Am] friendly, well they aint don't.
[D] Line of criminals.
[A]
[F#] [D]
[B] [F#m]
[A] I ain't got [Am] no money, well [E] I ain't got no money, well I [Am]
ain't got no money.
[Em] Doors are [A] open but I ain't got no money, well [G#] I [E] ain't got no money, well [A] I ain't got no
[E] [Am]
[E] [Am] money.
[D] See them fellas with the cardboard signs, [A] scraping up a little money to buy a bottle of wine.
[F#] [D] Pregnant women in the Vietnam Vets, I said bring it on the freeway.
[F#m] Everybody's hot [A] as it gets, well I slept in the crib, God it was cool and still, [E] cool and still, it [A] was cool and still.
Slept in the crib, God it was cool and [F#] still, [E] cool and still, it [A] was cool.
[D] Slept all night in a cedar grove, I [A] wander in the wonder [D] road.
Some men are searching for the holy grave, [D#] well there ain't nothing sweeter than riding [C] in the [Am] red.
[A] I
[E] [F#m] [G#] [E] [A]
[Am] [A]
[F#m] [G#m] [C#m] [C] [A]
[Am]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] look for the stairs, well I'm twenty four, [A] well they shoot me away from here the time before.
[D] Turn them bags and lock their doors, I [A] watch the [A#] TV in the window of a [Bm] furniture store.
And [A] I woke up this morning with a cold, with [E] a cold, with [A]
a cold, with a, I woke up this morning with a cold, with a, [E] cold, with [A] a,
I woke up with a cold.
When I woke up, I was born with a cold.
[E] A cold.
I [A] woke [E] up, I was born with [Am] a cold.
A [E] cold.
A [A] cold. A [F#] cold.
[A]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
Am
2311
D
1321
F#
134211112
A
1231
E
2311
Am
2311
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Let's start jamming Tom Waits - Cold Water chords, practice the chord sequence Am, E, Am, E, A and E. Begin your practice at a relaxed 43 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 87. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of A# Major.

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ Well, I woke up this morning with a cold water, with a [E] cold water, [A] with a cold _ water.
Woke up this morning with a cold [E] water, [Am] with [G#] a [E] cold water, [Am] with a cold water.
_ [A] _
_ Where the police at the station and they don't [F#] look friendly, [E] wait, they don't look friendly.
[A] Well, they aint don't look friendly.
_ Police at the station and they don't look friendly.
Well, [E] they aint don't look [Am] friendly, well they aint don't.
_ [D] _ Line of criminals. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ I ain't got [Am] no money, well [E] I ain't got no money, well I [Am]
ain't got no money.
_ [Em] Doors are [A] open but I ain't got no money, well [G#] I [E] ain't got no money, well [A] I _ ain't got no _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] money.
_ _ _ [D] See them fellas with the cardboard signs, [A] scraping up a little money to buy a bottle of wine.
[F#] _ [D] Pregnant women in the Vietnam Vets, I said bring it on the freeway.
[F#m] Everybody's hot [A] as it gets, well I slept in the crib, God it was cool and still, [E] cool and still, it [A] was cool and still.
Slept in the crib, God it was cool and [F#] still, [E] cool and still, it [A] was cool.
_ _ [D] Slept all night in a cedar grove, I [A] wander in the wonder [D] road.
Some men are searching for the holy grave, [D#] well there ain't nothing sweeter than riding [C] in the [Am] red.
[A] I _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ [C] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ look for the stairs, well I'm twenty four, [A] well they shoot me away from here the time before.
[D] _ Turn them bags and lock their doors, I [A] watch the [A#] TV in the window of a [Bm] furniture store.
And [A] I woke up this morning with a cold, with [E] a cold, with [A]
a cold, with a, I woke up this morning with a cold, with a, [E] _ cold, with [A] a,
I woke up with a cold.
When I woke up, I was born with a cold.
_ [E] A cold.
I [A] woke _ _ _ _ _ [E] up, I was born with [Am] a cold.
A [E] cold.
A [A] cold. A [F#] cold.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song, written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, is featured on the album Mule Variations.

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