Chords for Tom Waits -Tom Traubert's Blues (Montreal Jazz Festival 1981)

[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] I'm a [G] fool _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Western and [Bb] wounded Yeah
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] Played with the wounded
_ [Gm] Got _ [C] what I paid [F] for now _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
See tomorrow
_ [F] _ There's _
[Dm] pranking above
Just [G] _ _ _
a couple of bucks
[C] From _ you
_ _ Ooh
_ _ [F] Who I'll see
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] No, who I'll see [Bb] But Tilda
[F] _
You [Dm] will see
_ _ [Gm] _
Tilda with [C] me _ _ _ _ _
I'm _ _ [Bb] an innocent victim
_ _ [F] Of a _ _ blinded alley
_ [Gm] And I'm tired of [C] all these soldiers [F] here
_ [Gm] _
_ _ [Am] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
No one speaks English
[F] And everything's broken
[Dm] _ _ [G] My stasis is soaking _ _ [C] When _ _
_ _ _ Ooh
Who [F] I'll see
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] Took who I'll see [Bb] But Tilda [F] You
_ _ [Dm] Come who I'll see
[Gm] _
Tilda with [C] me
_ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] I lost my Saint _ Christopher
[F] _ Lord, I've kissed him _
[Gm] And the one on [C] the _ [F] banded nose
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] The maverick Chinaman _
[F] All these cold-blooded signs _
And the girls down by the [C] strip T _ -Shirts Go
_ Who _ _ [F]
I'll see
_ [Gm] _ _ _ You [F] who I'll see [Bb] But _ Tilda
[F] _ _ _ You
Come who I'll [Gm] see But Tilda [C] With me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] No, I don't want your sympathy _ _
[F] You _ _ just say _
[Gm] [Bb] That the streets [C] aren't for dreaming [F] now
_ [Gm] The _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ manslaughtered [F] dragnets
And these ghosts that sell memories
They want a piece of the [Gm] action _ _
[C] And the end _ _ _
You
_ [F] Who I'll see
_ _ [Gm] _
_ You [F] who I'll see
[Bb] But Tilda [F] You
_ Come [Dm] who I'll see
_ [Gm] _ [F] Tilda with [C] me
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You [Bb] can ask any sailor
_ The _ [F] _ _ _
keys from the jail
[Gm] But the old [C] men in _ _ [F] wheelchairs know
_ [Gm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ Matilda's the defendant
_ And [F] she's killed about a hundred [Dm] _ She [Gm] _ follows _ Wherever
_ _ [C] You may _ go
_ You
_ Who [F] I'll see
_ _ [Gm] _ _ You [F] who I'll see [Bb] But _ [F] Tilda You
_ [Dm] Come who I'll [G] see But Tilda [F] With [C] me _ _
It's _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] about an old suitcase
_ In _ [F] _ a hotel _ someplace
[Gm] A _ wound [C] that will _ [F] never heal
_ [C] _ [F] An _ [Bb] _ old prima _ donna
[F] Her _ perfume is on
[C] An old [F] shirt
[C] But it's stained
[F] With blood and [Gm] whiskey _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] Goodnight to the street sweepers _
_ [F] The night watchmen flame _ [Dm]
keepers
_ [Gm] Goodnight
_ _ [C] _ _
_ Matilda _ You _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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