Chords for Tom Waits - Intro & Better Off Without A Wife
Tempo:
78.9 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
G#m
D#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[C#] [F#] Wow, [B] for all the [C#] bachelors out there tonight.
whistled this song.
Or maybe you whistled it but you lost the sheet music.
[D#m] [F#] Uh, [C#] this is, uh, [F#] well actually, [G#m] uh, [C#] I don't mind going to [F#] weddings or anything.
[C#] [F#] I've always kind of been partial to calling myself up on the phone and asking myself out.
[C#] yourself up too, huh?
always around.
[C#m] Yeah, you ask yourself [F#] out, you know, in some [C#] class joint somewhere.
whistled this song.
Or maybe you whistled it but you lost the sheet music.
[D#m] [F#] Uh, [C#] this is, uh, [F#] well actually, [G#m] uh, [C#] I don't mind going to [F#] weddings or anything.
[C#] [F#] I've always kind of been partial to calling myself up on the phone and asking myself out.
[C#] yourself up too, huh?
always around.
[C#m] Yeah, you ask yourself [F#] out, you know, in some [C#] class joint somewhere.
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F#
C#
G#m
D#m
B
F#
C#
G#m
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] Wow, _ [B] for all the [C#] bachelors out there tonight.
[F#] _ _ [B] Yeah, [F#] for anybody who's never whistled this song.
_ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ Or maybe you whistled it but you lost the sheet music.
[D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ Uh, [C#] this is, uh, [F#] well actually, [G#m] uh, [C#] I don't mind going to [F#] weddings or anything.
As [D#] long as I'm not on, [F#] I'll show up.
[C#] But, uh, [C#] _ [F#] I've always kind of been partial to calling myself up on the phone and asking myself out.
[G#] You know, [G#m] oh yeah, you call [C#] yourself up too, huh?
_ [F#] Yeah.
One thing about it, you're always around.
_ [F#] I know.
[D#m] _
[C#m] Yeah, you ask yourself [F#] out, you know, in some [C#] class joint somewhere.
[F#] _ Burrito King or something.
[G#m] You [F#] know, well I ain't cheap, you know.
_ Take yourself out [D#] for a couple of drinks, maybe, you [G#m] know.
[E] Then you'll be in [F#] some provocative conversation on the way home.
_ _ Park in front of the house, you know.
[G#m] Oh [F#] yeah, you smooth.
You know, we put a little nice music on.
Maybe you put on like, [G#m] you know, like shopping [F#] music.
Something that's not too interruptive, you know.
And then, uh, [B] you know, [F#] slide over real nice, you know.
Oh, I think you have something in your eye.
_ _ Well, maybe it's not that romantic with you, but Christ, son, [G#m] you know.
I get [D#] into it, you know.
I [F#] take myself up to the [G#m] porch and [C#] take myself inside.
Or [F#] maybe, uh, I'll make you a little something in a brandy snifter or something.
Would you like to listen to some of my back records?
I got something here.
_ Well, usually about 2.30 in the morning you've ended up [C#] taking advantage [F#] of yourself.
And [G#m] there ain't no way around [C#m] that, you know. _
_ _ [F#] Yeah, I'm making a scene with a magazine.
There ain't no way around it.
_ [D#m] And I'll confess, you know, [C#] I'm no different, you know.
[F#] I'm not weird about it [C#m] or anything.
I don't tie myself [F#] up first.
I just, you know, I just say it's kind of, [G#m] _
[C#m] spend a little time with yourself. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ So this is kind of a little anthem here. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] All my friends are married, every Tom and Dick and Harry.
You must be [D#m] strong if you're to go [G#m] it alone.
[C#] _ [F#] Here's to the [C#] bachelors and the boubary [F#] bums.
[C#] Those who feel that they're the [F#] ones that are better [G#] off without [F#] a wife.
It's like [B] I sleep into [C#] the crack of noon.
[F#] Midnight [D#m] howlin' at the [G#m] moon.
[C#] Goin' out when I wanna, [F#] and I'm comin' home when I please.
[B] Have [C#] to ask permission.
[F#] _ [D#m] Wanna go out fishin'.
[G#m] Never have to ask [C#] for the key.
_ _ [F#] I never been no Valencino, but I had [C#] a girl livin' real.
[F#] Left me [D#m] for a trumpet [G#m] player, but it [C#] didn't get me down.
[F#] He was wanted for [C#] assault.
[F#] No, I said it weren't [C#] his fault.
You [F#] know the coppers [D#m] rode him [F#] right out of town.
I've [B] been sleepin' into [C#] the crack of noon.
[F#] _ [D#m] Midnight howlin' at the [G#m] moon.
Goin' out [C#] when I wanna, [F#] and I'm comin' home when I please.
[B] Have [C#] to ask permission.
[F#] Wanna [D#m] go out [G#m] fishin'.
Never have to ask [C#] for the key.
_ [F#] I am kind of [C#] selfish about my [F#] privacy.
_ [C#] Now as [F#] long as I can [D#m] be with me, we [G#m] get along so well I [C#] can't even believe it.
[F#] Love that [C#] you're that fat with folks.
I've been listenin' to all your dirty jokes.
[F#] I'm so thankful for [D#m] these friends I do [F#] receive.
_ I've [B] been sleepin' into the [C#] crack of noon.
[F#] _ [D#m] Midnight howlin' at the [G#] moon.
And I'll be goin' out [C#] when I wanna.
[F#] Comin' home when I please.
[B] Have [C#] to ask permission.
[F#] I wanna go [D#m] out fishin'.
[G#m] Never have to ask [C#] for the keys.
Yeah, _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[G#m] I got this [C#] girl I know, man.
[F#] She's been married several times.
I don't wanna end up like her.
I mean, she's [D#m] been married so many [G#m] times.
She's got rice marks [C#] all over her face.
[F#] Yeah, you know the [C#] kind.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] Yeah, [F#] for anybody who's never whistled this song.
_ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ Or maybe you whistled it but you lost the sheet music.
[D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ Uh, [C#] this is, uh, [F#] well actually, [G#m] uh, [C#] I don't mind going to [F#] weddings or anything.
As [D#] long as I'm not on, [F#] I'll show up.
[C#] But, uh, [C#] _ [F#] I've always kind of been partial to calling myself up on the phone and asking myself out.
[G#] You know, [G#m] oh yeah, you call [C#] yourself up too, huh?
_ [F#] Yeah.
One thing about it, you're always around.
_ [F#] I know.
[D#m] _
[C#m] Yeah, you ask yourself [F#] out, you know, in some [C#] class joint somewhere.
[F#] _ Burrito King or something.
[G#m] You [F#] know, well I ain't cheap, you know.
_ Take yourself out [D#] for a couple of drinks, maybe, you [G#m] know.
[E] Then you'll be in [F#] some provocative conversation on the way home.
_ _ Park in front of the house, you know.
[G#m] Oh [F#] yeah, you smooth.
You know, we put a little nice music on.
Maybe you put on like, [G#m] you know, like shopping [F#] music.
Something that's not too interruptive, you know.
And then, uh, [B] you know, [F#] slide over real nice, you know.
Oh, I think you have something in your eye.
_ _ Well, maybe it's not that romantic with you, but Christ, son, [G#m] you know.
I get [D#] into it, you know.
I [F#] take myself up to the [G#m] porch and [C#] take myself inside.
Or [F#] maybe, uh, I'll make you a little something in a brandy snifter or something.
Would you like to listen to some of my back records?
I got something here.
_ Well, usually about 2.30 in the morning you've ended up [C#] taking advantage [F#] of yourself.
And [G#m] there ain't no way around [C#m] that, you know. _
_ _ [F#] Yeah, I'm making a scene with a magazine.
There ain't no way around it.
_ [D#m] And I'll confess, you know, [C#] I'm no different, you know.
[F#] I'm not weird about it [C#m] or anything.
I don't tie myself [F#] up first.
I just, you know, I just say it's kind of, [G#m] _
[C#m] spend a little time with yourself. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ So this is kind of a little anthem here. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] All my friends are married, every Tom and Dick and Harry.
You must be [D#m] strong if you're to go [G#m] it alone.
[C#] _ [F#] Here's to the [C#] bachelors and the boubary [F#] bums.
[C#] Those who feel that they're the [F#] ones that are better [G#] off without [F#] a wife.
It's like [B] I sleep into [C#] the crack of noon.
[F#] Midnight [D#m] howlin' at the [G#m] moon.
[C#] Goin' out when I wanna, [F#] and I'm comin' home when I please.
[B] Have [C#] to ask permission.
[F#] _ [D#m] Wanna go out fishin'.
[G#m] Never have to ask [C#] for the key.
_ _ [F#] I never been no Valencino, but I had [C#] a girl livin' real.
[F#] Left me [D#m] for a trumpet [G#m] player, but it [C#] didn't get me down.
[F#] He was wanted for [C#] assault.
[F#] No, I said it weren't [C#] his fault.
You [F#] know the coppers [D#m] rode him [F#] right out of town.
I've [B] been sleepin' into [C#] the crack of noon.
[F#] _ [D#m] Midnight howlin' at the [G#m] moon.
Goin' out [C#] when I wanna, [F#] and I'm comin' home when I please.
[B] Have [C#] to ask permission.
[F#] Wanna [D#m] go out [G#m] fishin'.
Never have to ask [C#] for the key.
_ [F#] I am kind of [C#] selfish about my [F#] privacy.
_ [C#] Now as [F#] long as I can [D#m] be with me, we [G#m] get along so well I [C#] can't even believe it.
[F#] Love that [C#] you're that fat with folks.
I've been listenin' to all your dirty jokes.
[F#] I'm so thankful for [D#m] these friends I do [F#] receive.
_ I've [B] been sleepin' into the [C#] crack of noon.
[F#] _ [D#m] Midnight howlin' at the [G#] moon.
And I'll be goin' out [C#] when I wanna.
[F#] Comin' home when I please.
[B] Have [C#] to ask permission.
[F#] I wanna go [D#m] out fishin'.
[G#m] Never have to ask [C#] for the keys.
Yeah, _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[G#m] I got this [C#] girl I know, man.
[F#] She's been married several times.
I don't wanna end up like her.
I mean, she's [D#m] been married so many [G#m] times.
She's got rice marks [C#] all over her face.
[F#] Yeah, you know the [C#] kind.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _