Chords for Tom Waits - Small Change
Tempo:
162 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Ab
G
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [Ab]
[D] [G]
[Cm] [Bb]
[B] [Gb] [G]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[C] [F]
[Gb] [Ab] [Bb]
[F]
[Cm] [C]
[Gb] You know a small change got [D] rained [C] on,
[G] [Eb] but we was [Ab] only [C] 38.
[Bb] You know that nobody [Db] flinched down by [G] the [C] arcade.
[Cm] You know the [Ab] marquees weren't weeping, [B] they [G] went stock revving mad.
[Gm] And the cabbies [Ab] were the only ones that really [Cm] had it made.
And his [Ab]
cold trousers were twisted, and the [C] sirens high and shrill.
[E] And corporate antispasms [Eb] was a five dollar bill.
And all the naked [Dm] mannequins with their Cheshire grins,
[Cm] and the raconteurs and [F] roustabouts, their bloody accordion.
[C] Cause you see the dreams ain't broken down here,
no they're walking with a limp.
[Ab] [Eb] At least now that [F] small change got [C] rained on, but we was only 38.
[G]
[C] [Db] You know that nobody flinched down by the arcade.
[G] [F] And now the burglar alarms been disconnected, [Abm] and the newsmen start to [G] rattle.
And the [E] cops are telling [F] jokes about some whorehouse [Eb] in Seattle.
[C]
And the fire [Ab] hydrants plead the Fifth Amendment.
[Ebm]
And the [E] furniture's bargains galore.
[B] [C] But the blood is by the [Gb] jukebox, on [Eb] an old [Gb] linoleum floor.
It was a [Bb] hot rain on [F] 42nd [D] Street.
[Cm] You [B] know the [E] [B] umbrellas ain't [C] got a chance.
[Ebm] And the [F] newsboys [B] a [D] [Gm] lunatic, [Cm] with stains on [Ab] his [Cm] pants.
[Ab] Cause [A] small change got rained on, [D] but we was only 38.
[Eb]
And you know that [C] no one's gone over to close his [Ab] eyes.
And now the racing [G] form in his pocket, [C] and [Ab] circled blue boots in the third.
And the [G] cashier at the clothing store, well he wouldn't breathe a word.
[F] And the siren tells the [Ab] night in half,
[B] someone lost his [Cm] wallet.
Well [Ab] the surveillance of [B] assailants, [Gb] that's what you want to call [F] it.
But all the whores, well they smear on Revlon.
[Fm] Oh yeah [B] they all look like [Eb] Jane Meadows.
And as they [B] hike up their skirts, [Abm] they fish for drugstore prophylactics.
[F]
[Dm] But you know the mouths are [D] cut like razor blades.
And her eyes are like [Bb] stilettos, and her radiator's [Cm] steaming, and her [Bb] teeth are in a [Eb] wreck.
[Db] And now she won't let you kiss [F] her.
[Gb] Oh but what the hell do you [F] expect?
[D] And all the gypsies are tragic.
So if you want to buy [C] perfume, [Gb]
[D] well they'll park you down like carnies [Bb] and sell you Christmas cards [B] and jewels.
[Cm]
But small [F] change got [C] rained on, [D] [G] with his own 38.
[C] [F] And you know that [Db] his headstone's a gumball machine.
[Eb] [G] Ain't gonna be no [Cm] more chewing gum, no more [Abm] baseball cards.
No more [B] hover courts or [G]
dreams.
And someone's whores are down the sidewalks.
[Ab] And the [Cm] cat's only in his [B] teens.
But small change got rained [C] on, with his own 38.
[F]
[G] And you know that a fistful [Cm] of dollars won't [Ab] change that.
[D]
[Bb] Someone copped his watch file.
[Eb] Someone got his [A] ring.
[F]
And the [Ab] newsboy got his pork pie [F] stencil hat.
[Bb]
And [C] all the [A] [Eb] tuberculosis old men.
[Ab] They're all [Gm] down at the Nelson.
[E]
And they're wheezing [B] [Ebm] cough.
[Db]
Ah, but [Gb] someone [Ebm] will [Gm] head south.
Until this [B] whole thing cools [F] off.
Because [Ebm] small change [C] got rained on, with his own [Eb] [G] 38.
[Eb]
Because small [F] change got rained on, with his own
[D] [G]
[Cm] [Bb]
[B] [Gb] [G]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[C] [F]
[Gb] [Ab] [Bb]
[F]
[Cm] [C]
[Gb] You know a small change got [D] rained [C] on,
[G] [Eb] but we was [Ab] only [C] 38.
[Bb] You know that nobody [Db] flinched down by [G] the [C] arcade.
[Cm] You know the [Ab] marquees weren't weeping, [B] they [G] went stock revving mad.
[Gm] And the cabbies [Ab] were the only ones that really [Cm] had it made.
And his [Ab]
cold trousers were twisted, and the [C] sirens high and shrill.
[E] And corporate antispasms [Eb] was a five dollar bill.
And all the naked [Dm] mannequins with their Cheshire grins,
[Cm] and the raconteurs and [F] roustabouts, their bloody accordion.
[C] Cause you see the dreams ain't broken down here,
no they're walking with a limp.
[Ab] [Eb] At least now that [F] small change got [C] rained on, but we was only 38.
[G]
[C] [Db] You know that nobody flinched down by the arcade.
[G] [F] And now the burglar alarms been disconnected, [Abm] and the newsmen start to [G] rattle.
And the [E] cops are telling [F] jokes about some whorehouse [Eb] in Seattle.
[C]
And the fire [Ab] hydrants plead the Fifth Amendment.
[Ebm]
And the [E] furniture's bargains galore.
[B] [C] But the blood is by the [Gb] jukebox, on [Eb] an old [Gb] linoleum floor.
It was a [Bb] hot rain on [F] 42nd [D] Street.
[Cm] You [B] know the [E] [B] umbrellas ain't [C] got a chance.
[Ebm] And the [F] newsboys [B] a [D] [Gm] lunatic, [Cm] with stains on [Ab] his [Cm] pants.
[Ab] Cause [A] small change got rained on, [D] but we was only 38.
[Eb]
And you know that [C] no one's gone over to close his [Ab] eyes.
And now the racing [G] form in his pocket, [C] and [Ab] circled blue boots in the third.
And the [G] cashier at the clothing store, well he wouldn't breathe a word.
[F] And the siren tells the [Ab] night in half,
[B] someone lost his [Cm] wallet.
Well [Ab] the surveillance of [B] assailants, [Gb] that's what you want to call [F] it.
But all the whores, well they smear on Revlon.
[Fm] Oh yeah [B] they all look like [Eb] Jane Meadows.
And as they [B] hike up their skirts, [Abm] they fish for drugstore prophylactics.
[F]
[Dm] But you know the mouths are [D] cut like razor blades.
And her eyes are like [Bb] stilettos, and her radiator's [Cm] steaming, and her [Bb] teeth are in a [Eb] wreck.
[Db] And now she won't let you kiss [F] her.
[Gb] Oh but what the hell do you [F] expect?
[D] And all the gypsies are tragic.
So if you want to buy [C] perfume, [Gb]
[D] well they'll park you down like carnies [Bb] and sell you Christmas cards [B] and jewels.
[Cm]
But small [F] change got [C] rained on, [D] [G] with his own 38.
[C] [F] And you know that [Db] his headstone's a gumball machine.
[Eb] [G] Ain't gonna be no [Cm] more chewing gum, no more [Abm] baseball cards.
No more [B] hover courts or [G]
dreams.
And someone's whores are down the sidewalks.
[Ab] And the [Cm] cat's only in his [B] teens.
But small change got rained [C] on, with his own 38.
[F]
[G] And you know that a fistful [Cm] of dollars won't [Ab] change that.
[D]
[Bb] Someone copped his watch file.
[Eb] Someone got his [A] ring.
[F]
And the [Ab] newsboy got his pork pie [F] stencil hat.
[Bb]
And [C] all the [A] [Eb] tuberculosis old men.
[Ab] They're all [Gm] down at the Nelson.
[E]
And they're wheezing [B] [Ebm] cough.
[Db]
Ah, but [Gb] someone [Ebm] will [Gm] head south.
Until this [B] whole thing cools [F] off.
Because [Ebm] small change [C] got rained on, with his own [Eb] [G] 38.
[Eb]
Because small [F] change got rained on, with his own
Key:
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_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] You know a small change got [D] rained [C] on, _ _
[G] _ _ [Eb] but we was [Ab] only [C] 38.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] You know that nobody [Db] flinched down by [G] the _ _ [C] arcade.
_ _ [Cm] You know the [Ab] marquees weren't weeping, [B] _ _ they [G] went stock revving mad.
_ _ [Gm] And the cabbies [Ab] were the only ones that really [Cm] had it made.
_ And his [Ab]
cold trousers were twisted, _ _ and the [C] sirens high and shrill. _
[E] And corporate _ antispasms [Eb] was a five dollar bill.
_ _ And all the naked [Dm] mannequins with their Cheshire grins,
[Cm] _ and the raconteurs and [F] roustabouts, their bloody accordion. _
[C] _ Cause you see the dreams ain't broken down here,
_ _ _ no they're walking with a limp.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] At least now that [F] small change got [C] rained on, _ but we was only 38.
[G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Db] You know that nobody flinched down by the arcade.
[G] _ _ [F] And now the burglar alarms been disconnected, _ [Abm] and the newsmen start to [G] rattle.
_ _ _ And the [E] cops are telling [F] jokes about some _ whorehouse [Eb] in Seattle.
[C] _ _ _
And the fire [Ab] hydrants plead the Fifth Amendment.
[Ebm] _
_ And the [E] furniture's bargains galore.
_ [B] _ _ [C] But the blood is by the [Gb] _ jukebox, on [Eb] an old _ [Gb] linoleum floor. _ _ _
It was a [Bb] hot rain on [F] 42nd [D] Street. _
_ [Cm] You [B] know the [E] [B] umbrellas ain't [C] got a chance.
_ _ _ [Ebm] And the _ [F] newsboys [B] a [D] [Gm] lunatic, _ [Cm] with stains on [Ab] his [Cm] pants.
_ _ [Ab] _ Cause [A] small change got rained on, _ [D] but we was only 38.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
And you know that [C] no one's gone over to close his [Ab] eyes.
_ _ And now the racing [G] form in his pocket, [C] _ and [Ab] circled blue boots in the third. _ _
And the [G] cashier at the clothing store, _ well he wouldn't breathe a word. _
[F] And the siren tells the [Ab] night in half, _
_ [B] _ someone lost his [Cm] wallet. _
_ _ Well [Ab] the surveillance of _ [B] assailants, _ [Gb] that's what you want to call [F] it.
_ _ _ But all the whores, well they smear on Revlon.
_ _ [Fm] _ Oh yeah [B] they all look like [Eb] Jane Meadows.
_ And as they [B] hike up their skirts, _ [Abm] they fish for _ drugstore prophylactics.
[F] _ _ _ _
[Dm] But you know the mouths are [D] cut like razor blades.
And her eyes are like [Bb] stilettos, and her radiator's [Cm] steaming, and her [Bb] teeth are in a [Eb] wreck. _
_ [Db] And now she won't let you kiss [F] her.
_ [Gb] _ _ Oh but what the hell do you [F] expect?
_ _ _ [D] And all the gypsies are tragic.
_ _ So if you want to buy [C] perfume, [Gb] _ _ _ _
[D] well they'll park you down like carnies [Bb] and sell you Christmas cards [B] and jewels.
_ [Cm] _
_ _ But small [F] change got [C] rained on, _ [D] _ [G] with his own 38.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] And you know that _ [Db] his headstone's a gumball machine.
[Eb] _ _ [G] Ain't gonna be no [Cm] more chewing gum, no more [Abm] baseball cards. _
No more [B] hover courts or [G] _
dreams.
_ _ And someone's whores are down the sidewalks.
_ _ [Ab] And the [Cm] cat's only in his [B] teens. _ _
But small change got rained [C] on, with his own 38.
_ [F] _ _
_ [G] And you know that a fistful [Cm] of dollars won't [Ab] change that.
_ [D] _ _ _
[Bb] Someone copped his watch file. _ _
[Eb] Someone got his [A] ring.
_ [F] _ _
And the [Ab] newsboy got his pork pie [F] stencil hat.
_ _ [Bb]
And [C] all the [A] _ [Eb] tuberculosis old men.
_ [Ab] They're all [Gm] down at the Nelson.
_ [E]
And they're wheezing [B] [Ebm] cough.
_ [Db] _
Ah, but [Gb] someone [Ebm] will [Gm] head south. _ _
_ Until this [B] whole thing cools [F] off.
_ _ Because [Ebm] small change [C] got rained on, _ with his own [Eb] _ [G] 38.
_ _ [Eb]
Because _ small [F] change got rained on, _ _ with his own
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] You know a small change got [D] rained [C] on, _ _
[G] _ _ [Eb] but we was [Ab] only [C] 38.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] You know that nobody [Db] flinched down by [G] the _ _ [C] arcade.
_ _ [Cm] You know the [Ab] marquees weren't weeping, [B] _ _ they [G] went stock revving mad.
_ _ [Gm] And the cabbies [Ab] were the only ones that really [Cm] had it made.
_ And his [Ab]
cold trousers were twisted, _ _ and the [C] sirens high and shrill. _
[E] And corporate _ antispasms [Eb] was a five dollar bill.
_ _ And all the naked [Dm] mannequins with their Cheshire grins,
[Cm] _ and the raconteurs and [F] roustabouts, their bloody accordion. _
[C] _ Cause you see the dreams ain't broken down here,
_ _ _ no they're walking with a limp.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] At least now that [F] small change got [C] rained on, _ but we was only 38.
[G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Db] You know that nobody flinched down by the arcade.
[G] _ _ [F] And now the burglar alarms been disconnected, _ [Abm] and the newsmen start to [G] rattle.
_ _ _ And the [E] cops are telling [F] jokes about some _ whorehouse [Eb] in Seattle.
[C] _ _ _
And the fire [Ab] hydrants plead the Fifth Amendment.
[Ebm] _
_ And the [E] furniture's bargains galore.
_ [B] _ _ [C] But the blood is by the [Gb] _ jukebox, on [Eb] an old _ [Gb] linoleum floor. _ _ _
It was a [Bb] hot rain on [F] 42nd [D] Street. _
_ [Cm] You [B] know the [E] [B] umbrellas ain't [C] got a chance.
_ _ _ [Ebm] And the _ [F] newsboys [B] a [D] [Gm] lunatic, _ [Cm] with stains on [Ab] his [Cm] pants.
_ _ [Ab] _ Cause [A] small change got rained on, _ [D] but we was only 38.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
And you know that [C] no one's gone over to close his [Ab] eyes.
_ _ And now the racing [G] form in his pocket, [C] _ and [Ab] circled blue boots in the third. _ _
And the [G] cashier at the clothing store, _ well he wouldn't breathe a word. _
[F] And the siren tells the [Ab] night in half, _
_ [B] _ someone lost his [Cm] wallet. _
_ _ Well [Ab] the surveillance of _ [B] assailants, _ [Gb] that's what you want to call [F] it.
_ _ _ But all the whores, well they smear on Revlon.
_ _ [Fm] _ Oh yeah [B] they all look like [Eb] Jane Meadows.
_ And as they [B] hike up their skirts, _ [Abm] they fish for _ drugstore prophylactics.
[F] _ _ _ _
[Dm] But you know the mouths are [D] cut like razor blades.
And her eyes are like [Bb] stilettos, and her radiator's [Cm] steaming, and her [Bb] teeth are in a [Eb] wreck. _
_ [Db] And now she won't let you kiss [F] her.
_ [Gb] _ _ Oh but what the hell do you [F] expect?
_ _ _ [D] And all the gypsies are tragic.
_ _ So if you want to buy [C] perfume, [Gb] _ _ _ _
[D] well they'll park you down like carnies [Bb] and sell you Christmas cards [B] and jewels.
_ [Cm] _
_ _ But small [F] change got [C] rained on, _ [D] _ [G] with his own 38.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] And you know that _ [Db] his headstone's a gumball machine.
[Eb] _ _ [G] Ain't gonna be no [Cm] more chewing gum, no more [Abm] baseball cards. _
No more [B] hover courts or [G] _
dreams.
_ _ And someone's whores are down the sidewalks.
_ _ [Ab] And the [Cm] cat's only in his [B] teens. _ _
But small change got rained [C] on, with his own 38.
_ [F] _ _
_ [G] And you know that a fistful [Cm] of dollars won't [Ab] change that.
_ [D] _ _ _
[Bb] Someone copped his watch file. _ _
[Eb] Someone got his [A] ring.
_ [F] _ _
And the [Ab] newsboy got his pork pie [F] stencil hat.
_ _ [Bb]
And [C] all the [A] _ [Eb] tuberculosis old men.
_ [Ab] They're all [Gm] down at the Nelson.
_ [E]
And they're wheezing [B] [Ebm] cough.
_ [Db] _
Ah, but [Gb] someone [Ebm] will [Gm] head south. _ _
_ Until this [B] whole thing cools [F] off.
_ _ Because [Ebm] small change [C] got rained on, _ with his own [Eb] _ [G] 38.
_ _ [Eb]
Because _ small [F] change got rained on, _ _ with his own