Walking Spanish Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
59.675 bpm
Chords used:
B
G#m
F#m
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] He got himself a homemade special.
[G#m] You know his glass is full of [A] sand
[B] And it feels just like a j-bird
The way it fits [C#] into his hand
[B] He wrote a blade [F#m] up in strict [B] time
[F#m] They [B] slapped their hands against the wall
You never trip you [B] never stumble
[D] [G#m] He's walking Spanish down the [A] hall
[G#m] Slip him a picture [B] of our Jesus
Or give him a spoon to [G#m] dig a hole
[A] But [F#] all it done ain't [B] no one's [F#] business
[B] But only blankets [G#m] for the cold
Bet them the lights are [B] on Broadway
[F#] [G#m] Even the King is [B] by his head
[F#m] [B] Never face looks [Bm] right up at Mason
[B] He's walking [F#m] Spanish down the hall
[B] Nutella screeching for a blind [A] pig
[B] Punk [F#m] Sanders [B] carved it out of wood
He [A] never sang [B] when he got [Bm] hoodwinks
[B] They tried it all but he [G#m] never would
[C#] Tomorrow morning they'll be [B] laundering
[F#m] But [B] he'll be [F#] somewhere else [B] to hear the call
Don't say goodbye.
It's just even earlier
[E] [G#m] He's [F#m] walking [B] Spanish down the hall
[A] [D] [B]
[F#] [F#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [F#m]
[B] [F#m] [G#] [C#] [G#] [F#m]
All Saint [B] Bartholomew said [F#m] was [B] whispered
Into [A] the ear of blind [B] Jack [A] Dawes
[B] All Baker told him he [G#m] should
[A] But [B] that he never broke [G#m] the law
[C#] Go on tip your hat up to [B] the pilot
Take off your watch and [G#m] rings and [F#m] all
[B] Even Jesus wanted just to live in a world
A little more [G#] time
[G#m] When he [F#] was walking Spanish down the hall
[D#m] [A] [B]
[G#m]
[C#] [G#m] [B]
[G#m] You know his glass is full of [A] sand
[B] And it feels just like a j-bird
The way it fits [C#] into his hand
[B] He wrote a blade [F#m] up in strict [B] time
[F#m] They [B] slapped their hands against the wall
You never trip you [B] never stumble
[D] [G#m] He's walking Spanish down the [A] hall
[G#m] Slip him a picture [B] of our Jesus
Or give him a spoon to [G#m] dig a hole
[A] But [F#] all it done ain't [B] no one's [F#] business
[B] But only blankets [G#m] for the cold
Bet them the lights are [B] on Broadway
[F#] [G#m] Even the King is [B] by his head
[F#m] [B] Never face looks [Bm] right up at Mason
[B] He's walking [F#m] Spanish down the hall
[B] Nutella screeching for a blind [A] pig
[B] Punk [F#m] Sanders [B] carved it out of wood
He [A] never sang [B] when he got [Bm] hoodwinks
[B] They tried it all but he [G#m] never would
[C#] Tomorrow morning they'll be [B] laundering
[F#m] But [B] he'll be [F#] somewhere else [B] to hear the call
Don't say goodbye.
It's just even earlier
[E] [G#m] He's [F#m] walking [B] Spanish down the hall
[A] [D] [B]
[F#] [F#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [F#m]
[B] [F#m] [G#] [C#] [G#] [F#m]
All Saint [B] Bartholomew said [F#m] was [B] whispered
Into [A] the ear of blind [B] Jack [A] Dawes
[B] All Baker told him he [G#m] should
[A] But [B] that he never broke [G#m] the law
[C#] Go on tip your hat up to [B] the pilot
Take off your watch and [G#m] rings and [F#m] all
[B] Even Jesus wanted just to live in a world
A little more [G#] time
[G#m] When he [F#] was walking Spanish down the hall
[D#m] [A] [B]
[G#m]
[C#] [G#m] [B]
Key:
B
G#m
F#m
A
F#
B
G#m
F#m
[B] _ He got himself a homemade special.
[G#m] You know his glass is full of [A] sand
[B] And it feels just like a j-bird
The way it fits [C#] into his hand
[B] He wrote a blade [F#m] up in strict [B] time
[F#m] They [B] slapped their hands against the wall
You never trip you [B] never stumble
[D] [G#m] He's walking Spanish down the [A] hall
[G#m] Slip him a picture [B] of our Jesus
Or give him a spoon to [G#m] dig a hole
[A] But [F#] all it done ain't [B] no one's [F#] business
[B] But only blankets [G#m] for the cold
Bet them the lights are [B] on Broadway
[F#] [G#m] Even the King is [B] by his head
[F#m] [B] Never face looks [Bm] right up at Mason
[B] He's walking [F#m] Spanish down the hall
[B] Nutella screeching for a blind [A] pig
[B] Punk [F#m] Sanders [B] carved it out of wood
He [A] never sang [B] when he got [Bm] hoodwinks
[B] They tried it all but he [G#m] never would
[C#] Tomorrow morning they'll be [B] laundering
[F#m] But [B] he'll be [F#] somewhere else [B] to hear the call
Don't say goodbye.
It's just even earlier
[E] [G#m] He's [F#m] walking [B] Spanish down the hall
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ [G#] _ [F#m] _
All Saint [B] Bartholomew said [F#m] was [B] whispered
Into [A] the ear of blind [B] Jack [A] Dawes
[B] All Baker told him he [G#m] should
[A] But [B] that he never broke [G#m] the law
[C#] Go on tip your hat up to [B] the pilot
Take off your watch and [G#m] rings and [F#m] all
[B] Even Jesus wanted just to live in a world
A little more [G#] time
[G#m] When he [F#] was walking Spanish down the hall
_ _ _ [D#m] _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[C#] _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] You know his glass is full of [A] sand
[B] And it feels just like a j-bird
The way it fits [C#] into his hand
[B] He wrote a blade [F#m] up in strict [B] time
[F#m] They [B] slapped their hands against the wall
You never trip you [B] never stumble
[D] [G#m] He's walking Spanish down the [A] hall
[G#m] Slip him a picture [B] of our Jesus
Or give him a spoon to [G#m] dig a hole
[A] But [F#] all it done ain't [B] no one's [F#] business
[B] But only blankets [G#m] for the cold
Bet them the lights are [B] on Broadway
[F#] [G#m] Even the King is [B] by his head
[F#m] [B] Never face looks [Bm] right up at Mason
[B] He's walking [F#m] Spanish down the hall
[B] Nutella screeching for a blind [A] pig
[B] Punk [F#m] Sanders [B] carved it out of wood
He [A] never sang [B] when he got [Bm] hoodwinks
[B] They tried it all but he [G#m] never would
[C#] Tomorrow morning they'll be [B] laundering
[F#m] But [B] he'll be [F#] somewhere else [B] to hear the call
Don't say goodbye.
It's just even earlier
[E] [G#m] He's [F#m] walking [B] Spanish down the hall
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ [G#] _ [F#m] _
All Saint [B] Bartholomew said [F#m] was [B] whispered
Into [A] the ear of blind [B] Jack [A] Dawes
[B] All Baker told him he [G#m] should
[A] But [B] that he never broke [G#m] the law
[C#] Go on tip your hat up to [B] the pilot
Take off your watch and [G#m] rings and [F#m] all
[B] Even Jesus wanted just to live in a world
A little more [G#] time
[G#m] When he [F#] was walking Spanish down the hall
_ _ _ [D#m] _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[C#] _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _