Chords for Tom Waits - Reality is for people who can't face drugs
Tempo:
114.9 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
B
E
C
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Our next guest [D] is one of the most distinctive writers and performers [N] working today.
He's kind of a combination poet, jazz singer, and vagrant.
He is a mixture of Satchmo Armstrong and Humphrey [Bb] Bogart.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Tom Waits.
How are you, Tom?
Better than nothing.
Where do you hail from professionally?
Is it the Big Apple, as they call New [B] York, I think, or is it Hollywood?
I live in Bedlam and Squalor.
[E]
You classify yourself as a poet or as a singer.
Which one do you like to be [C] classified as?
I'm a [Bb] Methodist.
How does a guy with a voice like that decide to be a singer and succeed?
Well, it was [Eb] a choice between [Db] entertainment [B] and a career in air conditioning and refrigeration.
Do you ever live in a car in L.A.?
Well, for a brief time, I think everybody's lived in a car.
It's kind of strange to have a guy sitting here with a bottle in front of him.
[Eb] Well, I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
[E]
In your high school, about the strongest drug that you'll find used there is pimple cream.
[G] I've always maintained that reality is for people who can't face drugs.
Here you go.
[N] Well, they got people working for you and everything.
That's right.
All of it.
It never fails, Tom.
I get, you know, you can ask for anything you want on this show and we'll have someone go out and get it for you. Christ.
What was writing with Keith Richards like?
Well, you know, you always finish something.
You might finish the bottle.
You might not finish the song.
What were your parents like?
My father was an exhaust manifold and my mother was a tree.
Do I worry about achievement?
Yeah.
No, I worry about a lot of things, but I don't worry about achievement.
No.
I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs [C] in heaven.
He's kind of a combination poet, jazz singer, and vagrant.
He is a mixture of Satchmo Armstrong and Humphrey [Bb] Bogart.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Tom Waits.
How are you, Tom?
Better than nothing.
Where do you hail from professionally?
Is it the Big Apple, as they call New [B] York, I think, or is it Hollywood?
I live in Bedlam and Squalor.
[E]
You classify yourself as a poet or as a singer.
Which one do you like to be [C] classified as?
I'm a [Bb] Methodist.
How does a guy with a voice like that decide to be a singer and succeed?
Well, it was [Eb] a choice between [Db] entertainment [B] and a career in air conditioning and refrigeration.
Do you ever live in a car in L.A.?
Well, for a brief time, I think everybody's lived in a car.
It's kind of strange to have a guy sitting here with a bottle in front of him.
[Eb] Well, I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
[E]
In your high school, about the strongest drug that you'll find used there is pimple cream.
[G] I've always maintained that reality is for people who can't face drugs.
Here you go.
[N] Well, they got people working for you and everything.
That's right.
All of it.
It never fails, Tom.
I get, you know, you can ask for anything you want on this show and we'll have someone go out and get it for you. Christ.
What was writing with Keith Richards like?
Well, you know, you always finish something.
You might finish the bottle.
You might not finish the song.
What were your parents like?
My father was an exhaust manifold and my mother was a tree.
Do I worry about achievement?
Yeah.
No, I worry about a lot of things, but I don't worry about achievement.
No.
I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs [C] in heaven.
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Our next guest [D] is one of the most distinctive writers and performers [N] working today.
He's kind of a combination poet, jazz singer, and vagrant.
He is a mixture of Satchmo Armstrong and Humphrey [Bb] Bogart.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Tom Waits.
_ How are you, Tom? _
Better than nothing.
_ Where do you hail from professionally?
Is it the Big Apple, as they call New [B] York, I think, or is it Hollywood?
I live in Bedlam and Squalor.
_ _ [E] _
You classify yourself as a poet or as a singer.
Which one do you like to be [C] classified as?
I'm a [Bb] Methodist.
How does a guy with a voice like that decide to be a singer and succeed?
Well, it was [Eb] a choice between [Db] entertainment [B] and a career in air conditioning and refrigeration.
Do you ever live in a car in L.A.? _ _
Well, for a brief time, I think everybody's lived in a car.
It's kind of strange to have a guy sitting here with a bottle in front of him.
_ [Eb] Well, I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
[E] _
In your high school, about the strongest drug that you'll find used there is pimple cream.
_ _ [G] I've always maintained that reality is for people who can't face drugs.
_ Here you go.
[N] Well, they got people working for you and everything.
That's right. _ _
All of it.
It never fails, Tom.
I get, you know, you can ask for anything you want on this show and we'll have someone go out and get it for you. Christ. _ _ _
What was writing with Keith Richards like?
_ Well, you know, _ you always finish something.
You might finish the bottle.
You might not finish the song.
What were your parents like?
My father was an exhaust manifold and my mother _ _ was a tree.
Do I worry about achievement?
Yeah.
No, _ _ I worry about a lot of things, but I don't worry about achievement.
No.
I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs [C] in heaven.
He's kind of a combination poet, jazz singer, and vagrant.
He is a mixture of Satchmo Armstrong and Humphrey [Bb] Bogart.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Tom Waits.
_ How are you, Tom? _
Better than nothing.
_ Where do you hail from professionally?
Is it the Big Apple, as they call New [B] York, I think, or is it Hollywood?
I live in Bedlam and Squalor.
_ _ [E] _
You classify yourself as a poet or as a singer.
Which one do you like to be [C] classified as?
I'm a [Bb] Methodist.
How does a guy with a voice like that decide to be a singer and succeed?
Well, it was [Eb] a choice between [Db] entertainment [B] and a career in air conditioning and refrigeration.
Do you ever live in a car in L.A.? _ _
Well, for a brief time, I think everybody's lived in a car.
It's kind of strange to have a guy sitting here with a bottle in front of him.
_ [Eb] Well, I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
[E] _
In your high school, about the strongest drug that you'll find used there is pimple cream.
_ _ [G] I've always maintained that reality is for people who can't face drugs.
_ Here you go.
[N] Well, they got people working for you and everything.
That's right. _ _
All of it.
It never fails, Tom.
I get, you know, you can ask for anything you want on this show and we'll have someone go out and get it for you. Christ. _ _ _
What was writing with Keith Richards like?
_ Well, you know, _ you always finish something.
You might finish the bottle.
You might not finish the song.
What were your parents like?
My father was an exhaust manifold and my mother _ _ was a tree.
Do I worry about achievement?
Yeah.
No, _ _ I worry about a lot of things, but I don't worry about achievement.
No.
I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs [C] in heaven.