Swordfishtrombone Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
118.45 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Dm
E
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [D] [E]
[B] [A]
[Eb] [E]
[A]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Bb] [Fm] [E]
He [Am] came home [Dm] from the war [E] with a party in his head, a modified [E] Grog [A] underfill.
[Am] Had a pair of [Dm] legs that opened [E] up like butterfly wings, and a mad dog who wouldn't sit [A] still.
[Dm] Went and took up [B] with a Salvation [Am] Army band [Dm] group, they turned the water from a swordfish [Am]
trombone.
[Dm] He went to sleep at the bottom of [Am] Tenkiller Lake, he said, gee, [F] but it's great to [E] be home.
[Am] Well, he came home [Dm] from the war with [E] a party in his head, an idea for fireworks [A] to split.
Knew that he'd been ready [E] with a stainless steel machete, a half a pound of [A] Valentine's each day.
[Dm] Had a hold up in a room above a hardware store, cried nothing there but Hollywood [Am]
tears.
[Dm] Put a spell on some poor little [Am] country, stayed like [F] that for [E] 27 years.
He'd [Am] backed up all his [Dm] expectations, [E] he led out for California, he'd fly a swat of banjo on [A] his knee.
With a [Am] lucky tiger [Dm] in his angel [E] hair, Ben's a dream for getting there, found him in a eucalyptus tree.
[D] Lieutenant got him [Dm] a canary bird and skanked her head with every word.
[Dm] Chesterfield, he [Am] moonbeams in a song.
[Dm] He got 20 years for loving [Am] her from some Oklahoma governor.
[F] Everything this doughboy [E] does is wrong.
[Am] Now some say he's doing [Dm] the obituary [E]
mambo.
Now some say that he's hanging on [A] the wall.
[Am] Perhaps this yarn is [F] the only thing [E] that holds this man together.
Some say that he was never here [A] at all.
[A] [Dm] Some say they saw him down in Birmingham, sleeping in a boxcar [Am] going by.
[Dm] If you think that you can't [Am] tell a bigger [Dm] tale, [B] I swear to [F] God you'd have to [E] tell a lie.
[A] [Dm] [E]
[A]
[Am] [E]
[Am]
[A]
[B] [A]
[Eb] [E]
[A]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Bb] [Fm] [E]
He [Am] came home [Dm] from the war [E] with a party in his head, a modified [E] Grog [A] underfill.
[Am] Had a pair of [Dm] legs that opened [E] up like butterfly wings, and a mad dog who wouldn't sit [A] still.
[Dm] Went and took up [B] with a Salvation [Am] Army band [Dm] group, they turned the water from a swordfish [Am]
trombone.
[Dm] He went to sleep at the bottom of [Am] Tenkiller Lake, he said, gee, [F] but it's great to [E] be home.
[Am] Well, he came home [Dm] from the war with [E] a party in his head, an idea for fireworks [A] to split.
Knew that he'd been ready [E] with a stainless steel machete, a half a pound of [A] Valentine's each day.
[Dm] Had a hold up in a room above a hardware store, cried nothing there but Hollywood [Am]
tears.
[Dm] Put a spell on some poor little [Am] country, stayed like [F] that for [E] 27 years.
He'd [Am] backed up all his [Dm] expectations, [E] he led out for California, he'd fly a swat of banjo on [A] his knee.
With a [Am] lucky tiger [Dm] in his angel [E] hair, Ben's a dream for getting there, found him in a eucalyptus tree.
[D] Lieutenant got him [Dm] a canary bird and skanked her head with every word.
[Dm] Chesterfield, he [Am] moonbeams in a song.
[Dm] He got 20 years for loving [Am] her from some Oklahoma governor.
[F] Everything this doughboy [E] does is wrong.
[Am] Now some say he's doing [Dm] the obituary [E]
mambo.
Now some say that he's hanging on [A] the wall.
[Am] Perhaps this yarn is [F] the only thing [E] that holds this man together.
Some say that he was never here [A] at all.
[A] [Dm] Some say they saw him down in Birmingham, sleeping in a boxcar [Am] going by.
[Dm] If you think that you can't [Am] tell a bigger [Dm] tale, [B] I swear to [F] God you'd have to [E] tell a lie.
[A] [Dm] [E]
[A]
[Am] [E]
[Am]
[A]
Key:
Am
Dm
E
A
F
Am
Dm
E
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [E] _
_ He [Am] came home [Dm] from the war [E] with a party in his head, a modified [E] Grog [A] underfill.
_ _ [Am] Had a pair of [Dm] legs that opened [E] up like butterfly wings, and a mad dog who wouldn't sit [A] still.
_ _ [Dm] Went and took up [B] with a Salvation [Am] Army band [Dm] group, they turned the water from a swordfish [Am]
trombone.
[Dm] He went to sleep at the bottom of [Am] Tenkiller Lake, he said, gee, [F] but it's great to [E] be home.
[Am] Well, he came home [Dm] from the war with [E] a party in his head, an idea for fireworks [A] to split.
_ _ Knew that he'd been ready [E] with a stainless steel machete, a half a pound of [A] Valentine's each day.
_ [Dm] Had a hold up in a room above a hardware store, cried nothing there but Hollywood [Am]
tears.
[Dm] _ _ Put a spell on some poor little [Am] country, _ _ stayed like [F] that for [E] 27 years.
He'd [Am] backed up all his [Dm] expectations, [E] he led out for California, he'd fly a swat of banjo on [A] his knee.
_ With a [Am] lucky tiger [Dm] in his angel [E] hair, Ben's a dream for getting there, found him in a eucalyptus tree.
[D] _ Lieutenant got him [Dm] a canary bird and skanked her head with every word.
[Dm] Chesterfield, he [Am] moonbeams in a song.
[Dm] _ He got 20 years for loving [Am] her from some Oklahoma governor.
_ [F] Everything this doughboy [E] does is wrong.
[Am] Now some say he's doing [Dm] the obituary [E]
mambo.
_ Now some say that he's hanging on [A] the wall.
_ _ [Am] Perhaps this yarn is [F] the only thing [E] that holds this man together.
Some say that he was never here [A] at all.
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] Some say they saw him down in Birmingham, _ _ sleeping in a boxcar [Am] going by.
[Dm] _ _ If you think that you can't [Am] tell a bigger [Dm] tale, [B] I swear to [F] God you'd have to [E] tell a lie.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [E] _
_ He [Am] came home [Dm] from the war [E] with a party in his head, a modified [E] Grog [A] underfill.
_ _ [Am] Had a pair of [Dm] legs that opened [E] up like butterfly wings, and a mad dog who wouldn't sit [A] still.
_ _ [Dm] Went and took up [B] with a Salvation [Am] Army band [Dm] group, they turned the water from a swordfish [Am]
trombone.
[Dm] He went to sleep at the bottom of [Am] Tenkiller Lake, he said, gee, [F] but it's great to [E] be home.
[Am] Well, he came home [Dm] from the war with [E] a party in his head, an idea for fireworks [A] to split.
_ _ Knew that he'd been ready [E] with a stainless steel machete, a half a pound of [A] Valentine's each day.
_ [Dm] Had a hold up in a room above a hardware store, cried nothing there but Hollywood [Am]
tears.
[Dm] _ _ Put a spell on some poor little [Am] country, _ _ stayed like [F] that for [E] 27 years.
He'd [Am] backed up all his [Dm] expectations, [E] he led out for California, he'd fly a swat of banjo on [A] his knee.
_ With a [Am] lucky tiger [Dm] in his angel [E] hair, Ben's a dream for getting there, found him in a eucalyptus tree.
[D] _ Lieutenant got him [Dm] a canary bird and skanked her head with every word.
[Dm] Chesterfield, he [Am] moonbeams in a song.
[Dm] _ He got 20 years for loving [Am] her from some Oklahoma governor.
_ [F] Everything this doughboy [E] does is wrong.
[Am] Now some say he's doing [Dm] the obituary [E]
mambo.
_ Now some say that he's hanging on [A] the wall.
_ _ [Am] Perhaps this yarn is [F] the only thing [E] that holds this man together.
Some say that he was never here [A] at all.
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] Some say they saw him down in Birmingham, _ _ sleeping in a boxcar [Am] going by.
[Dm] _ _ If you think that you can't [Am] tell a bigger [Dm] tale, [B] I swear to [F] God you'd have to [E] tell a lie.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _
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