Dead And Lovely Chords by Tom Waits

Tempo:
58.65 bpm
Chords used:

Cm

Ab

Fm

G

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tom Waits - Dead And Lovely chords
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[C] [D] [Cm] .
[D] [Cm] [Ab] She [Dm] [C] [Cm] .
was a middle class girl, she wasn't over her head.
.
[Fm] She thought she could [Cm] stand up in the deep end.
He had a bulletproof smile, he had money to [D] burn.
[Cm] She [Fm] thought she had the moon in her [Cm] pocket, [C] but now she's dead.
[Ab] [C] She's so dead, [Ab] [C] forever dead, and [Dm] [Cm] lonely.
.
[F] [Db] I've always [Fm] been told to [Db] remember this,.
[Cm] Long [Ab] live fool [Am] kissing, never [G] marriage or love.
He was [Cm] hard to [F] impress, [Cm] he knew everyone's secrets.
[Fm] He wore her [Cm] on his arm just like jewelry, he never gave her to God.
He kept her on a leash, [Fm] he's not the kind [Cm] of wheel you fall asleep at.
But now she's dead, [Ab] .
[Cm] forever dead, [Ab] [Cm] forever [Ab] dead, and [G] [Cm] lonely now.
[F] [F] Come [Db] closer, [Fm] look deeper, you're falling [Db] fast.
[Cm] Just like [Ab] a plane on [D] the [G] stormy sea.
She [C] made up someone [F] to be, [Eb] she [Dm] made up someone [C] to be from.
.
[Fm] This is one [F] business in the world [Cm] where there's no problem at all.
Everything that is left, [F] [Cm] they will only plow under.
.
[Fm] Soon everyone you knew [Cm] will be gone.
And now she's dead, [Ab] [C] forever dead, [Ab] [D].
[Cm] forever dead, [Abm] and [G] lonely [Cm] now.
[D] .
[Cm] .
[F] [F] [C] [Cm] .
[D] [Cm] [G] .
[Fm] [C] [Cm] But now she's dead, [Ab] forever [Cm] dead, [Ab] .
[Cm] forever dead, [Ab] and [G] lonely.
[Cm] .
[Fm] [Db] I've always [F] been told to [Db] remember this,.
[Cm] Long [Ab] live fool kissing, [D] never [B] marriage or love.
[G] [Cm] Everything has its [D] price, [Cm] everything has its place.
[Fm] What's more romantic than dying in the [Cm] moonlight?.
Now they're all watching the sea, what's lost can never be broken.
[Fm] Her roots were sweet, [Cm] but they were so shallow.
And now she's dead, [G] [Ab] forever [Cm] dead, [G] [Ab] [Cm] forever [Ab] dead, and [G] lonely.
[Cm] .
And now she's dead, [Ab] [Cm] forever dead, [Ab] and she's [Cm] so dead [Ab] and [G] lonely.
[Cm]
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Cm
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Ab
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Fm
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G
2131
C
3211
Cm
13421113
Ab
134211114
Fm
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To learn Tom Waits - Dead And Lovely chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: G, Cm, Ab and Cm. Ease into the song by practicing at 29 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 59 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: Db Minor.

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[C] _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [D] _ [Cm] [Ab] She _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Cm] _ .
was a middle class girl, she wasn't over her head.
_ .
_ _ [Fm] She thought she could [Cm] stand up in the deep end.
He had a bulletproof smile, he had money to [D] burn.
[Cm] She [Fm] _ thought she had the moon in her [Cm] pocket, [C] but now she's dead.
[Ab] _ [C] She's so dead, [Ab] _ [C] forever dead, and [Dm] [Cm] lonely.
_ .
_ _ [F] _ [Db] I've always [Fm] been told to [Db] remember this,.
[Cm] Long [Ab] live fool [Am] kissing, never [G] marriage or love.
He was [Cm] hard to [F] impress, [Cm] he knew everyone's secrets.
_ _ _ [Fm] He wore her [Cm] on his arm just like jewelry, he never gave her to God.
He kept her on a leash, _ _ [Fm] he's not the kind [Cm] of wheel you fall asleep at.
But now she's dead, [Ab] _ .
[Cm] forever dead, [Ab] _ [Cm] forever [Ab] dead, and [G] [Cm] lonely now.
_ [F] _ [F] Come [Db] closer, [Fm] look deeper, you're falling [Db] fast.
[Cm] _ Just like [Ab] a plane on [D] the [G] stormy sea.
She [C] made up someone [F] to be, [Eb] she [Dm] made up someone [C] to be from.
_ _ .
[Fm] This is one [F] business in the world [Cm] where there's no problem at all.
Everything that is left, [F] [Cm] they will only plow under.
_ _ .
[Fm] Soon everyone you knew [Cm] will be gone.
And now she's dead, [Ab] _ [C] forever dead, [Ab] _ [D].
[Cm] forever dead, [Abm] and [G] lonely [Cm] now.
_ [D] _ .
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[F] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ .
[Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ But now she's dead, [Ab] _ forever [Cm] dead, [Ab] _ .
[Cm] forever dead, [Ab] and [G] lonely.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ .
[Fm] _ _ [Db] I've always [F] been told to [Db] remember this,.
[Cm] Long [Ab] live fool kissing, [D] never [B] marriage or love.
[G] _ [Cm] Everything has its [D] price, [Cm] _ everything has its place.
_ _ [Fm] What's more romantic than dying in the [Cm] moonlight?.
_ Now they're all watching the sea, what's lost can never be broken.
_ _ [Fm] Her roots were sweet, [Cm] but they were so shallow.
And now she's dead, [G] _ [Ab] forever [Cm] dead, [G] _ [Ab] [Cm] forever [Ab] dead, and [G] lonely.
[Cm] _ .
_ And now she's dead, _ [Ab] _ [Cm] forever dead, [Ab] and she's [Cm] so dead [Ab] and [G] lonely.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Facts about this song

This track, written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, is part of the album Real Gone.

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