Chords for Tom Waits - What's He Building

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74.4 bpm
Chords used:

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Bb

Ab

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Tom Waits - What's He Building chords
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[C] [Gb]
[G] What's he building in there?
[Ab]
What the hell is he building in there?
[D] [F] He [Eb] has subscriptions to those [G] magazines.
He never waves when he goes by.
He's hiding [N] something from the rest of us.
He's all to himself.
I think I know why.
He took down the tire swing from the pepper tree.
He has no children of his own, you see.
[C] He has no dog.
He has no [B] friends.
And his mom is dying.
[Eb] What about all those packages [A] he sends?
What's he building in [Bb] there?
[Bbm] That hook light on the stairs.
[Bb] What's he building in there?
Tell you one thing, he's not building a playhouse for the children.
[F] What's he building in there?
[C] And [D] what's that sound from underneath the door?
[C]
He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor.
And I swear to God I heard someone [Cm] moaning low.
And I keep seeing the [C] blue light of [Bb] a TV show.
He has [B] a router and [Bb] a table saw.
And you won't [B] believe what Mr.
Stitches saw.
There's [C] poison underneath the sink, of course.
There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a [F] horse.
What's he [C] building in there?
[Ab] What the hell is he building in there?
[E] I heard he has an ex [B]-wife in some place called Mayor's Income, Tennessee.
[B] And he used to have a consulting business [Bbm] in Indonesia.
[A] [Ab] But what's [Db] he building in there?
[Ab] He has no friends, [D] but he gets a lot of mail.
[Eb] I bet he spent a little time in jail.
[B] I heard he was up on the roof last night signaling with a [A] flashlight.
[A] And what's that [G] tune he's always whistling?
[Db] [A] What's he building in there?
What's [Gb] he building in there?
We have a right to know.
[C] [Bb]
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To start learning Tom Waits - Whats He Building chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: C, B, C, F#, C, F#, B, F#, G#, D, B, A#, Cm and B. Start slow with ChordU's Free Tempo controller and increase your speed as you get comfortable. With B Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [G] _ What's he building in there?
[Ab] _
What the hell is he building in there?
[D] _ _ [F] He [Eb] has subscriptions to those [G] magazines.
He never waves when he goes by.
He's hiding [N] something from the rest of us.
_ He's all to himself.
I think I know why.
_ He took down the tire swing from the pepper tree.
He has no children of his own, you see.
[C] He has no dog.
_ He has no [B] friends.
And his mom is dying.
_ [Eb] What about all those packages [A] he sends? _
What's he building in [Bb] there?
_ _ [Bbm] That hook light on the stairs.
[Bb] What's he building in there?
_ Tell you one thing, he's not building a playhouse for the children.
[F] What's he building in there?
_ [C] And [D] what's that sound from underneath the door?
[C] _ _
He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor.
And I swear to God I heard someone [Cm] moaning low.
And I keep seeing the [C] blue light of [Bb] a TV show.
He has [B] a router and [Bb] a table saw.
And you won't [B] believe what Mr.
Stitches saw.
There's [C] poison underneath the sink, of course.
There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a [F] horse.
_ What's he [C] building in there?
[Ab] What the hell is he building in there?
[E] I heard he has an ex [B]-wife in some place called Mayor's Income, Tennessee.
_ [B] And he used to have a consulting business [Bbm] in Indonesia.
[A] _ [Ab] But what's [Db] he building in there?
_ [Ab] _ He has no friends, [D] but he gets a lot of mail.
_ [Eb] I bet he spent a little time in jail. _ _
_ [B] I heard he was up on the roof last night signaling with a [A] flashlight. _
[A] And what's that [G] tune he's always whistling?
[Db] _ _ [A] What's he building in there?
_ What's [Gb] he building in there?
We _ have a right to know. _ _ _ _
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This song is part of Mule Variations album.

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