Jockey full of Bourbon - Tom Waits
This is an easy song with 3 chords, and a pretty cool one IMO. Lots of small guitar fills and appergios - bet it's possible to make it sound good with just bass and guitar - I'll see if I get around to tab the solos later
Chords:
em: 022000
B7: x21202
am: x02210
Riff intro:
12 3 4 & 1234 1234 & 1234 1 2 & 34 1 2 & 34 1 & 2& 3 4 1234
|-------------|----|----------|-----|--------------|--------------|-------------|----|
|-------------|----|----------|-----|--------------|--------------|-------------|----|
|-------------|----|----------|-----|--------------|--5--4--3--2--|--4--4--4--4-|----|
|-----2-------|----|--4--2--1-|-2---|--5--4--3--2--|--------------|-------------|-2--|
|--------2----|----|----------|-----|--------------|--------------|-------------|----|
|--0--------3-|-2--|----------|-----|--------------|--------------|-------------|----|
Verse:
Em
Edna Millon in a drop dead suit
B7
Dutch pink in a downtown train
Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot
Em
I'm in the corner in the pouring rain
16 men on a deadman's chest
B7
And I've been drinking from a broken cup
Two pair of pants and a mohair vest
Em
I'm full of burbon; I can't stand up
Chorus:
Am Em
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
Your house is on fire; your children are alone
Am Em
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
Your house is on fire; your children are alone
Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgans head
And I've been stepping on the devils tail
Across the stripes of a full moons head
Through the bars of a Cuban jail
Bloody fingers on a purple knife
A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass
I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife
Come admire the view from upon the top of the mast
Chorus
Yellow sheets in a Hong Kong bed
Stayzbo horn and a Singerland slide
To the carnival is what she said
A hundred dollars makes it dark inside
16 men on a deadman's chest
And I've been drinking from a broken cup
Two pair of pants and a mohair vest
I'm full of burbon; I can't stand up
...only thing I know how to do is to keep on keepin' on...
LARS kolberg http://www.facebook.com/sangerersomfolk
Hey Larsko,
This is great, I've a big fan on Tom Waits for years and this is a great song.
Did you know that a couple of years ago, John Hammond did an entire Tom Wait's Cover album with Wait's producing and playing guitar on the CD. This song is on that album.
Kenny
Kenny - didn't know about that album - will definitly check it out - thanks!
Lars
...only thing I know how to do is to keep on keepin' on...
LARS kolberg http://www.facebook.com/sangerersomfolk
Hi Larsko,
Here's a link to Hammond's website, the name of the album is called Wicked Grin.
Enjoy!
