Wrong Side Of The Road Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
76.15 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G
E
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bm] [C#] [D] [B] [G] [F#m] [E]
[Bm] [D] [F#] [Bm] [C#m] [D]
[A] [D] [B] [C#] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
[A] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
[F#m] Put a dead [D] cat [Bm] on a [A] railroad [Bm] track, a [F#m] wolf band's [Bm] blooming,
got a trough, [E] [B] a ball of rooster, [F#] stones from the ditch,
[G] wash them down with bilge [E] water, say you'll never [Bm] snitch,
take the buttons from a yellow jacket, [A] leather from a [Bm] [E] buzzard,
[Bm] blood from a bounty hunter's [A] core black [G#] heart,
[E] [G] get the pills of a widow [F#] in a single-major class,
[G] your mama and your papa, [F#m] they can kiss your ass,
[Bm] poison all the [A#] water, [Bm] the [Am] wishing [C#m] well,
[E] [Bm] hang all [A] them [Bm] scarecrows [F#m] from a thick [Am] wood [E] tree,
[G] burn down all them honeymoons, [F#] put them in a pillowcase,
[G] wave your neck through the switch blades at the [A] amusement park for me,
[Bm] strangle all the [D] Christmas carols, [Em] scratch out all the [Bm] prayers,
tie them up with barbed wire, [E] put them [Bm] down the stairs,
[G] I'll whistle you a pistol, [F#] keep the nightmares off your blinds,
[G] them sons of bitches always [E] limnastic up from [A] behind,
[D] siphon all the gas, [C#m] your daddy's pick-up truck,
[Bm] fill up Johnny's teabag, [Em] I got [E] a couple bucks,
[F#m] [G] I'll pour out a little perfume, [F#] wear a ribbon in your hair,
[Em] careful that you [G] don't wake [A] up the hound,
[Bm] wear a bolt of lightning inside [E] of the sky,
[D] throw her in a cedar [D] chest, [G] [C#m] if you want, I'll [Bm] tell you why,
[G] bring the gas shift now, [F#] my 49 Mike,
[G] lie down here beside me, [B] let me [F#] hold [D] you in a day,
you're gonna tremble,
[Bm] [C#m] till the throat out [Bm] of the knife,
your teeth into my shoulder,
[G#] nails [G] into my back,
till that little girl let [F#] go of my sleeve,
you'll be [G] a woman when I catch you,
come [E] baby fall in love with me,
[A#] with [Bm] my double barrel [D] shotgun,
[Em] [C#m] hold [E] back the shell,
[G] [Bm] celebrate the [C#] 4th of July,
[D] drive through [G] a hundred miles an hour,
[F#] spending someone else's dough,
[G] drive all the way to Reno,
[F#] on the wrong side of the [Bm] road,
[F#]
[D] [D] [G] wrong side of the [D] road,
[A#]
[Bm] [A] [G] on the wrong side of [D] the [C#m] road,
[Bm] [C#] [G] wrong side of the [F#m] road,
wrong [C#] [G#] [F#] [Bm] [G]
[C#m] [E] side [Bm] of [A#] the road,
[Bm] [C#] [Bm] [C#] [G]
[Bm]
[E] [D]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[E] [D] [E]
[B] [E] [D] [C#m] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Bm] [E]
[F#] [Bm] [F#m]
[N]
[Bm] [D] [F#] [Bm] [C#m] [D]
[A] [D] [B] [C#] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
[A] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
[F#m] Put a dead [D] cat [Bm] on a [A] railroad [Bm] track, a [F#m] wolf band's [Bm] blooming,
got a trough, [E] [B] a ball of rooster, [F#] stones from the ditch,
[G] wash them down with bilge [E] water, say you'll never [Bm] snitch,
take the buttons from a yellow jacket, [A] leather from a [Bm] [E] buzzard,
[Bm] blood from a bounty hunter's [A] core black [G#] heart,
[E] [G] get the pills of a widow [F#] in a single-major class,
[G] your mama and your papa, [F#m] they can kiss your ass,
[Bm] poison all the [A#] water, [Bm] the [Am] wishing [C#m] well,
[E] [Bm] hang all [A] them [Bm] scarecrows [F#m] from a thick [Am] wood [E] tree,
[G] burn down all them honeymoons, [F#] put them in a pillowcase,
[G] wave your neck through the switch blades at the [A] amusement park for me,
[Bm] strangle all the [D] Christmas carols, [Em] scratch out all the [Bm] prayers,
tie them up with barbed wire, [E] put them [Bm] down the stairs,
[G] I'll whistle you a pistol, [F#] keep the nightmares off your blinds,
[G] them sons of bitches always [E] limnastic up from [A] behind,
[D] siphon all the gas, [C#m] your daddy's pick-up truck,
[Bm] fill up Johnny's teabag, [Em] I got [E] a couple bucks,
[F#m] [G] I'll pour out a little perfume, [F#] wear a ribbon in your hair,
[Em] careful that you [G] don't wake [A] up the hound,
[Bm] wear a bolt of lightning inside [E] of the sky,
[D] throw her in a cedar [D] chest, [G] [C#m] if you want, I'll [Bm] tell you why,
[G] bring the gas shift now, [F#] my 49 Mike,
[G] lie down here beside me, [B] let me [F#] hold [D] you in a day,
you're gonna tremble,
[Bm] [C#m] till the throat out [Bm] of the knife,
your teeth into my shoulder,
[G#] nails [G] into my back,
till that little girl let [F#] go of my sleeve,
you'll be [G] a woman when I catch you,
come [E] baby fall in love with me,
[A#] with [Bm] my double barrel [D] shotgun,
[Em] [C#m] hold [E] back the shell,
[G] [Bm] celebrate the [C#] 4th of July,
[D] drive through [G] a hundred miles an hour,
[F#] spending someone else's dough,
[G] drive all the way to Reno,
[F#] on the wrong side of the [Bm] road,
[F#]
[D] [D] [G] wrong side of the [D] road,
[A#]
[Bm] [A] [G] on the wrong side of [D] the [C#m] road,
[Bm] [C#] [G] wrong side of the [F#m] road,
wrong [C#] [G#] [F#] [Bm] [G]
[C#m] [E] side [Bm] of [A#] the road,
[Bm] [C#] [Bm] [C#] [G]
[Bm]
[E] [D]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[E] [D] [E]
[B] [E] [D] [C#m] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Bm] [E]
[F#] [Bm] [F#m]
[N]
Key:
Bm
G
E
D
F#
Bm
G
E
[Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ [B] _ [G] _ [F#m] _ [E] _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ [B] _ [C#] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] Put a dead [D] cat [Bm] on a [A] railroad [Bm] track, _ a [F#m] wolf band's [Bm] blooming,
got a trough, [E] _ _ [B] a ball of rooster, [F#] stones from the ditch,
[G] wash them down with bilge [E] water, say you'll never [Bm] snitch,
take the buttons from a yellow jacket, [A] leather from a [Bm] [E] buzzard,
[Bm] blood from a bounty hunter's [A] core black [G#] heart,
[E] _ [G] get the pills of a widow [F#] in a single-major class,
[G] your mama and your papa, [F#m] they can kiss your ass,
[Bm] poison all the [A#] water, [Bm] the [Am] wishing [C#m] well,
[E] _ [Bm] hang all [A] them [Bm] scarecrows [F#m] from a thick [Am] wood [E] tree,
_ [G] burn down all them honeymoons, [F#] put them in a pillowcase,
_ [G] wave your neck through the switch blades at the [A] amusement park for me,
[Bm] _ strangle all the [D] Christmas carols, [Em] scratch out all the [Bm] prayers,
tie them up with barbed wire, [E] put them [Bm] down the stairs,
[G] I'll whistle you a pistol, [F#] keep the nightmares off your blinds,
[G] them sons of bitches always [E] limnastic up from [A] behind,
[D] siphon all the gas, [C#m] your daddy's pick-up truck,
[Bm] fill up Johnny's teabag, [Em] I got [E] a couple bucks,
[F#m] [G] I'll pour out a little perfume, [F#] wear a ribbon in your hair,
_ [Em] careful that you [G] don't wake [A] up the hound,
_ [Bm] wear a bolt of lightning inside [E] of the sky,
_ [D] throw her in a cedar [D] chest, [G] [C#m] if you want, I'll [Bm] tell you why,
[G] bring the gas shift now, [F#] my 49 Mike,
_ [G] lie down here beside me, [B] let me [F#] hold [D] you in a day,
you're gonna tremble,
_ [Bm] [C#m] till the throat out [Bm] of the knife,
your teeth into my shoulder,
_ [G#] nails [G] into my back,
till that little girl let [F#] go of my sleeve,
you'll be [G] a woman when I catch you,
come [E] baby fall in love with me,
[A#] with [Bm] my double barrel [D] shotgun,
[Em] [C#m] hold [E] back the shell,
_ [G] [Bm] celebrate the [C#] 4th of July,
[D] _ drive through [G] a hundred miles an hour,
[F#] spending someone else's dough,
[G] drive all the way to Reno,
[F#] on the wrong side of the [Bm] road,
[F#] _
[D] _ [D] [G] wrong _ side of the [D] road,
[A#] _
[Bm] _ _ [A] [G] on the wrong side of [D] the [C#m] road,
[Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [G] wrong side of the [F#m] road,
wrong [C#] _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [C#m] _ [E] _ side [Bm] of [A#] the road,
[Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ [B] _ [C#] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] Put a dead [D] cat [Bm] on a [A] railroad [Bm] track, _ a [F#m] wolf band's [Bm] blooming,
got a trough, [E] _ _ [B] a ball of rooster, [F#] stones from the ditch,
[G] wash them down with bilge [E] water, say you'll never [Bm] snitch,
take the buttons from a yellow jacket, [A] leather from a [Bm] [E] buzzard,
[Bm] blood from a bounty hunter's [A] core black [G#] heart,
[E] _ [G] get the pills of a widow [F#] in a single-major class,
[G] your mama and your papa, [F#m] they can kiss your ass,
[Bm] poison all the [A#] water, [Bm] the [Am] wishing [C#m] well,
[E] _ [Bm] hang all [A] them [Bm] scarecrows [F#m] from a thick [Am] wood [E] tree,
_ [G] burn down all them honeymoons, [F#] put them in a pillowcase,
_ [G] wave your neck through the switch blades at the [A] amusement park for me,
[Bm] _ strangle all the [D] Christmas carols, [Em] scratch out all the [Bm] prayers,
tie them up with barbed wire, [E] put them [Bm] down the stairs,
[G] I'll whistle you a pistol, [F#] keep the nightmares off your blinds,
[G] them sons of bitches always [E] limnastic up from [A] behind,
[D] siphon all the gas, [C#m] your daddy's pick-up truck,
[Bm] fill up Johnny's teabag, [Em] I got [E] a couple bucks,
[F#m] [G] I'll pour out a little perfume, [F#] wear a ribbon in your hair,
_ [Em] careful that you [G] don't wake [A] up the hound,
_ [Bm] wear a bolt of lightning inside [E] of the sky,
_ [D] throw her in a cedar [D] chest, [G] [C#m] if you want, I'll [Bm] tell you why,
[G] bring the gas shift now, [F#] my 49 Mike,
_ [G] lie down here beside me, [B] let me [F#] hold [D] you in a day,
you're gonna tremble,
_ [Bm] [C#m] till the throat out [Bm] of the knife,
your teeth into my shoulder,
_ [G#] nails [G] into my back,
till that little girl let [F#] go of my sleeve,
you'll be [G] a woman when I catch you,
come [E] baby fall in love with me,
[A#] with [Bm] my double barrel [D] shotgun,
[Em] [C#m] hold [E] back the shell,
_ [G] [Bm] celebrate the [C#] 4th of July,
[D] _ drive through [G] a hundred miles an hour,
[F#] spending someone else's dough,
[G] drive all the way to Reno,
[F#] on the wrong side of the [Bm] road,
[F#] _
[D] _ [D] [G] wrong _ side of the [D] road,
[A#] _
[Bm] _ _ [A] [G] on the wrong side of [D] the [C#m] road,
[Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [G] wrong side of the [F#m] road,
wrong [C#] _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [C#m] _ [E] _ side [Bm] of [A#] the road,
[Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _