On The Nickel Chords by Tom Waits

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Sticks and stones [Gb] will break my bones
_ It _ _ _ _ _ _ always will be true
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_ And when your _ mama's dead _ and gone
_ [Ebm] I'll sing this [Abm] lullaby _ _ just [Ab] for _ _ [Db] you
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_ [B] _ _ _ What becomes of all [Gb] the little boys _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ Never _ comb [Gb] their hair _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Lying up _ [Gb] all around [Ebm] the block
_ On the nickel _ _ [B] _
_ [Db] wall
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_ _ Better _ [Gb] bring a bucket
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_ There's a hole [Gb] in the pail
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_ _ If you don't get my [Gb] _ _ letter
[Ebm] _ _ Then [Abm] you'll know _ that I'm in jail
[Db] _ What _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ becomes of [Gb] all the little boys _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ Never say [Gb] their prayers _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Sleepin' [Gb] like a _ baby
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On the nickel _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ over there _ _ _ _
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If you chew [Ab] _ tobacco _
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Wish [Ab] upon a star _ _
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Find out where the [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] scarecrow sits
[Bbm] Just like punchlines _ between [Eb] the _ _ _ _ cars
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ And the place [Ab] where a royal flush _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ Never _ _ [Ab] beat a _ _ pair
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Even _ [Ab] Thomas _ _ _ [Fm] Jefferson
_ [F] Is on the nickel _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] over _ _ _ _ there
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ Spring _ [Ab] round the roses _
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Sleepin' in [Ab] the _ _ _ _ _ rain
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Always late [Ab] for _ _ supper
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_ _ [Bbm] Man, you let me down
Let me [Eb] down _ [Eb] again _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ I thought I heard a [Ab] mockingbird _ _
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Roosevelt [Ab] knows _ well _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Can skip a line [Ab] with greed
[Fm] And tug _ on [Bbm] the nickel _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ over _ _ _
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What becomes of all the little boys
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ Run away _ [Bb] from _ home _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ The world just keeps [Bb] getting _ bigger
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[Cm] Once you get out _ _ on [F] your _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ own
_ _ Here's to all [Bb] the little boys _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ Sad man [Bb] takes you well _
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Sleepin' [Bb] with a pillow [Gm] _
man
On the nickel _ [Cm] _ _
_ [C] _ over [Bb] _ there _
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So climb up through that [Bb] _ _
buttonhole
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_ Fall right up the [Bb] stairs
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] I'll show you [C] _ where _ [Bb] the _ short [Gm] dogs grow _
_ _ _ _ On the nickel _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ over _ _ _ [Bb] there
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