Chords for Tom Waits : Xmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis (Australian TV 1979)

[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ This is a story [F#] called a Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ Silent night
_ All _ _ _
_ [C#] is calm
_ _ _ [F#]
all is bright
_ _ [B] _ around your
_ mother [F#] and child _
_ [B] _ _ holy
infant [F#] so tender and
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] Sleep Peace She _ _ _ _ _ said _ Dear _ Charlie
_ Baby, [A#] I'm pregnant
[F#] And I'm living on [B] 9th Street
_ Yeah, [F#] _
_ _ [A#] right above some dirty bookstore [F#] out of Euclid Avenue
_ [B] Now _ [F#] _ _
_ [A#] stop taking dope.
[F#] Never quit drinking whiskey
[B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] I'm old man
[F#] Plays the trombone
[B] It works [F#] out of the track
_ [G#m] [F#] This _ _ _ _ _ [A#] says that he loves me [F#] even though it's not his [B] baby
_ _ [F#] This says it's gonna [A#] raise him up.
[F#] Just like it would his own [B] son
_ They _ [F#] _ gave me [A#] a ring
_ [F#] Was once worn [B] by his mother
_ [F#m] _ Well, you [G#m] know the cat takes me out [F#] dancing
_ [B] But near [F#] every Saturday night
_ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] Charlie maybe [F#] I still think about you every [B] time I pass a filling station
_ [F#] On [A#] account all the grease [F#] you used to wear in your hair
[B] _ _ Believe [F#] it or not.
I still got that [A#] record _ [F#] a
little Anthony in the Imperials
_ And I'm going out of my head
_ [B] one for you
[F#] out of my
_ _ [B] One for you out [F#] of my head
_ [B] [F#m] You _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ know _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ [F#] Charlie baby almost went crazy
You [G#m] remember when Mario [F#] got busted?
_ [B] Went back to [G#m] Omaha _
_ [F#] And live with my [A#] folks _ _
[F#] Never one I used to know [B] was either dead or in prison
_ [F#m] [G#m] So I came back [F#] to Minneapolis
_ [B] Maybe this time I think I'm gonna [C#] stay
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [A#] Charlie baby, I think I'm happy
[F#]
the first time since [B] my accident _ _
[F#] I
Wish [A#] I had all the money [F#] we used to spend on [B] dope
_ _ _ _ [F#]
By me [A#] use car lot [D#m] no bear I [F#] wouldn't sell any of them I
Think I just drive [G#m] me a different [B] car [F#] every day
[B] depending on how I [F#] feel
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] Charlie baby
_ For [F#] _ Christ's sakes
_ You [B] want to know the truth of it?
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A#] Ain't got me no husband
_ [F#] Now you don't play the [B] trombone either.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ I
Need to borrow [A#] money
to [F#] pay this lawyer _ Charlie hey
They _ say [G#m] I'll be eligible [F#] for parole _ _
[B] come _ _ _ [G#m] Valentine's _ [F#] day
_ on _ _ [G#m] _
_ [A#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] a silent night
_ _ _ Oh
_ Well, [C#] let's go _ _ _
[F#] _ You _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ know
Virgin [F#] mother and child _
_ [B] _ all the effects
[F#] _ _ attendrement
_ _ [C#] sleep _
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_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
Please _ _ _ _ _ _
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