Chords for Tom Waits - Playin' Hooky (Foreign Affairs Outtake)

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_ _ _ _ I don't know how to have a race.
[C#m] _ Oh, I got to [F#] get out of here.
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I'll be here a little while.
_ _ [F#] Oh, you're going to have it out for [C] me.
[F#] _ Well, I know it's going to be _ hard, _ but I can be here a little while. _ _ _
[G] I'm going to see you there.
[F#] I play hooky.
I play hooky.
I can't walk with crew and [C#] I got a book on [D#m] the [C#m] table.
I [F#] play hooky.
[A] I play [E] hooky.
Now, [G#] I'm [N] afraid I will be failing to be here a little while.
[C#] I refuse to [G#] go to school.
I think I play a little fool.
[Em] [C#m] Now, I'm going to pass on the curriculum of day.
[D#] _ [C#m] I [F#] _
[C#m] apologize.
I have to [F#] catch the new supplies.
[D#] Statistics just keep getting in my [B] way.
[A#] _ [A] [G#] I'd rather teach me how to turn [F#] this on while there [E] be no attorney.
[C#] Oh, I see little [G] Christians and Judges like Raymond.
[C] [C#m] I play hooky.
[F#] _ I play hooky.
[B] [Em] I can't walk [F#] with crew and I [Cm] got a book [D#] underneath [F#] my arm.
I play hooky.
[G#m] [A] I play [Em] hooky.
[A] Now, I'm [N] afraid I will be failing to be here a little while.
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_ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _
_ [D] _ [C#] I'm [G#] going to [F#] pass on the curriculum of day.
I apologize.
I have to catch the [G#m] [Gm] new supplies.
[D#] I think [G#] I play _ [B] _ _ [D#] _ [A] _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [E] a little fool.
[F#] I play _ _ [B] _ [F#] hooky. _ _ _
Now, [C#] I'm afraid I will [D#] be failing to be here a [E] little while.
[A#] I'm going to pass on the curriculum of [F#] day.
I play hooky.
_ [B] I play hooky.
_ [D#] [G#] I'm afraid I will be failing to be here a little [D#] while.
Counselor said I'm [A#] down with justice.
I [G] never [C#] can be trusted.
He'll reconcile up the differences and [D#] cause problems [E] with the [F#] faculty. _
_ Complicating issues in the area of what I should and can be considering.
[F] Case [F#] [G] study.
[G#] I must be dealt with very [G] gently.
[F#] Now, my say is [Cm] a deadly.
I [A#] play hooky.
I play hooky.
I got a book _ underneath [D#m] [E] my arm.
[F] I play [F#] hooky.
I play [A] hooky.
Now, I'm [G#m] afraid I will be failing to be [C#] here a little while.
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_ [D#m] _ [B] _ [D#] _ [C#m] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [B] _ [Cm] _ [E] _ [D#] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Now, [E] I [G#m] always like to call the dance.
[F#] I got this [A#] affirmation.
Assuming the dilemma is [D#] why [E] I'm alive.
[B] Here's a memo [C#] to [F#] communicate.
Maybe you [Cm] should [C#] demonstrate the depth of just [A] devoting information [D#] in your life.
Beyond [G#] the shadow of a doubt, [Gm] you can [F#] stand for [Cm] yourself.
I [C#m] play [A#m] hooky.
_ [C] I play [F#] hooky.
[C#m] I can't walk through [F#] when I got a book [G#m] underneath my arm.
[F#] I play hooky.
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] I'm [G#m] afraid I will be failing to be here a little while.
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[C#] _ _ _ [C] _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
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