Chords for Tom Waits - Invitation to the Blues (lyrics on clip)

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Tom Waits - Invitation to the Blues (lyrics on clip) chords
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[Bbm]
[G]
[Abm]
[Gm]
[A]
[Dm] [Gm]
[A] [Dm]
Well, she's up against the register, [Bbm] an apron and a spatula.
[A]
Yesterday's delivery, [G] [Abm] tickets for the bachelor.
[Gm] She's a moving violation from [A] her conks down to her shoes.
[Dm] Well, it's just an [D] invitation [A] to the [Dm]
blues.
[D] And [Gm] she feels just like Cagney.
[C] She looks like Rita Hayworth, [F] the counter of the Schwab's drugstore.
You [Gm] wonder if she might be single.
[C] She's a loner like some mingle.
[F] Got to be patient [A]
and [A] pick up [Dm] a clue.
[A] She [Dm] said, how you gonna like them?
[Bbm] Medium scrambled.
[Am] She said, [F] anyway, it's the only way.
[Abm] Careful [Db] not to gamble.
[Gm] On a car with a suitcase [D] and a ticket getting [A] out of here.
In [Dm] a tired bus station [Bbm] in old Paris shoes.
This [D] ain't nothing but [A] an invitation [Dm] to the blues.
[D] But [Gm] you can take your eyes off [Bb] her.
Get [C] another cup of chowder.
[F] It's just the way she pours it for you.
Joking with the customers.
[Gm] Mercy, mercy, Mr.
Percy.
[C] There ain't nothing back in Jersey [F] but a broken down jalopy of a [A] man I left behind.
And [Dm] the dream that I was chasing.
[Bbm] Battle with the blues.
[A] An open invitation to [Dm] the blues.
[D] But [Gm] she's a half a sugar daddy.
[C] And a candy apple caddy.
[F] A bank account and everything.
Accustomed to the finer things.
[Gm] He probably left her for a socialite.
[C] And he didn't love her except at night.
[F] And then he's drunk and never even [A] told her that he cared.
So [Dm] he took the registration, [Bbm]
car keys and his shoes.
[D] And left her with [A] an invitation to [Dm] the blues.
[Bbm]
[Am]
[Abm]
[Gm]
[E] [A]
[Dm] [Bb]
[A] [Dm]
[D] But [Gm] there's a continental trail that's [C] leading to local bus tonight.
Good [F] evening.
You can have my seat.
I'm sticking around here for a while.
Give [Gm] me a room at the Squire.
[C] The filling station's hiring.
[F] And I can eat here every night.
Well, [A] what the hell have I got to lose?
Got [Dm] a crazy sensation.
[Bbm] Go or stay, I've got to choose.
[A] I'll accept [A] your invitation [Dm] to the blues.
[Bbm]
[Am]
[Abm] [Db]
[Gm]
[A]
[Dm]
[Bb] [A]
[Dm]
[N]
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, _ she's up against the register, _ _ _ [Bbm] _ an apron and a spatula.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ Yesterday's delivery, _ [G] _ [Abm] tickets for the bachelor.
_ [Gm] She's a moving violation _ from [A] her conks down to her shoes.
_ [Dm] Well, it's just an [D] invitation _ [A] to the [Dm]
blues.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] And [Gm] she feels just like Cagney. _
[C] She looks like Rita _ Hayworth, [F] the counter of the Schwab's _ drugstore.
_ _ _ _ You [Gm] wonder if she might be single. _
[C] She's a loner like some mingle. _
[F] Got to be patient [A]
and [A] pick up [Dm] a clue.
[A] She [Dm] said, how you gonna like them? _
_ [Bbm] _ Medium _ scrambled. _
_ [Am] She said, [F] anyway, it's the only way.
[Abm] _ Careful [Db] not to gamble.
_ [Gm] On a car with a suitcase _ [D] and a ticket getting [A] out of here.
In [Dm] a tired bus station _ [Bbm] in old Paris shoes.
_ _ This [D] ain't nothing but [A] an invitation _ [Dm] to the blues. _
_ _ _ [D] But [Gm] you can take your eyes off [Bb] her.
Get [C] another cup of _ chowder.
[F] It's just the way she pours it for you.
Joking with the customers.
[Gm] Mercy, mercy, Mr.
Percy.
[C] There ain't nothing back in Jersey _ [F] but a broken down jalopy of a [A] man I left behind.
And [Dm] the dream that I was chasing.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ Battle with the blues.
_ _ [A] An open invitation _ to [Dm] the blues. _
_ _ _ [D] But [Gm] she's a half a sugar daddy.
_ _ [C] And a candy apple _ caddy.
[F] A bank account and everything.
_ _ Accustomed to the finer things.
[Gm] He probably left her for a _ socialite.
[C] And he didn't love her except at night.
[F] And then he's drunk and never even [A] told her that he cared.
So [Dm] he took the _ registration, _ _ _ [Bbm] _
car keys and his shoes.
_ _ [D] And left her with [A] an invitation to [Dm] the blues.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] But [Gm] there's a continental trail that's [C] leading to local bus tonight.
Good [F] evening.
You can have my seat.
I'm sticking around here for a while.
Give [Gm] me a room at the Squire.
[C] The filling _ station's hiring.
_ [F] And I can eat here every night.
Well, [A] what the hell have I got to lose?
Got [Dm] a crazy _ sensation.
_ _ [Bbm] Go or stay, I've got to choose.
_ _ [A] I'll accept [A] your invitation _ _ [Dm] to the blues. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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