Biography:
Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.
He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit 'n' sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation, novelists like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and poets like Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. Waits is often compared to Charles Bukowski, being similar both in content and lifestyle
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Other songs:
- 16 Shells From A Thirty Ought Six
- 16 Shells From A Thirty-ought-six
- A Little Rain
- All The World Is Green
- Anywhere I Lay My Head
- Back In The Good Old World
- Big Black Maria
- Black Wings
- Blue Skies
- Blue Valentines
- Burma Shave
- Cemetery Polka
- Cold Cold Ground
- Diamonds Ad Gold
- Dirt In The Groung
- Downtown Train
- Fall Of Troy
- Falling Down
- Fumblin' With The Blues
- Goin' Down Slow
- Green Grass
- Haang Down Your Head
- Hang Down Your Head
- Hang On St. Christopher
- Hold On
- How's It Gonna End?
- I Don't Wanna Grow Up
- I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
- I Want You
- I'll Shoot The Moon
- I'm Your Late Night Evening Prostitute
- In The Neighborhood
- Innocent When You Dream
- Jesus Gonna Be Here
- Jockey Full Of Bourbon
- Jockey Full Of Burbon
- Little Drop Of Poison
- Little Trip To Heaven
- Long Way Home
- Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again
- Lucinda
- Lucky Day
- Martha
- Ol'55
- Old Shoes Picture Postcards
- Please Call Me Baby
- Poncho's Lament
- Rain Dogs
- Ruby's Arms
- Shiver Me Timbers
- Singapore
- Soldiers Things
- Strange Weather
- Tango Til They're Sore
- The Briar And The Rose
- The House Where Nobody Lives
- The Last Rose Of Summer
- The Piano Has Been Drinking (alternate Tuning)
- Time
- Yesterday Is Here
- I Hope I Don’t Fall In Love With You
- Johnsburg, Illinois
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- A Sight For Sore Eyes
- A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
- Alice
- Angels In Heaven
- Annies Back In Town
- Another Mans Vine
- Back In The Crowd
- Back In The Crowd And Talking At The Same Time
- Bad As Me
- Bad Liver And A Broken Heart
- Barcarolle
- Bend Down The Branches
- Better Off Without A Wife
- Big In Japan
- Black Market Baby
- Blind Love
- Bottom Of The World
- Broken Bicycles
- Bronx Lullabye Smugglers Waltz
- Buzz Fledderjohn
- Chocolate Jesus
- Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
- Clap Hands
- Cold Water
- Come On Up To The House
- Coney Island Baby
- Dead And Lovely
- Dead Lovely
- Diamond In Your Mind
- Diamonds And Gold
- Dirt In The Ground
- Down Down Down
- Down There By The Train
- Downtown
- Drunk On The Moon
- Eggs And Sausage
- Everything You Can Think
- Everything You Can Think Of Is True
- Fannin Street
- Filipino Box Spring Hog
- Fish And Bird
- Flowers Grave
- Foreign Affair
- Franks Song
- Franks Theme
- Franks Wild Years
- Fumblin With The Blues
- Georgia Lee
- Ghosts Of Saturday Night
- Gods Away On Business
- Goin Out West
- Going Down Slow
- Good Old World Waltz
- Grapefruit Moon
- Gun Street Girl
- Had Me A Girl
- Hard Rain Coming Down On Me
- Heart Attack And Vine
- Highway Cafe
- Hoist That Rag
- Home Ill Never Be
- Hope I Dont Fall In Love With You
- House Where Nobody Lives
- Hows It Gonna End
- I Beg Your Pardon Dear
- I Cant Wait To Get Off Work
- I Dont Wanna Grow Up
- I Forgot More Than Youll Ever Know About Her
- I Hope That I Dont Fall In Love With You
- I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning
- I Never Talk To Strangers
- I Wish I Was In New Orleans
- Ice Cream Man
- If I Have To Go
- Ill Be Gone
- Ill Shoot The Moon Live
- Im Still Here
- Im Your Late Night Prostitute
- In Between Love
- Invitation To The Blues
- Its Over
- Jaynes Blue Wish
- Jersey Girl
- Johnsburg Illinois
- Johnsburg Illinois Guitaruke
- Just The Right Bullets
- Kentucky Avenue
- Kiss Me
- Kommienezuspadt
- Last Leaf
- Last Rose Of Summer
- Lie To Me
- Little Boy Blue
- Lonely
- Looks Like Im Up Shit Creek Again
- Louise Tell It To Me
- Low Down
- Lullaby
- Make It Rain
- Midnight Lullaby
- Miserys The River Of The World
- More Than Rain
- Mr Henry
- Never Let Go
- New Coat Of Paint
- New Years Eve
- No One Knows Im Gone
- Nobody
- Ol 55
- On The Nickel
- On The Nickle
- On The Road
- Paradise Alley
- Pay Me
- Piano Has Been Drinking
- Picture In A Frame
- Ponchos Lament
- Pony
- Poor Edward
- Purple Avenue
- Rainbow Sleeves
- Rains On Me
- Road To Peace
- Romeo Is Bleeding
- Rosie
- Rubys Arms
- San Diego Serenade
- Saving All My Love For You
- Sea Of Love
- Semi Suite
- Shenandoah
- Sins Of My Father
- So It Goes
- Somewhere
- Somewhere From West Side Story
- Starving In The Belly Of A Whale
- Swordfishtrombone
- Table Tap Joe
- Take Care Of All My Children
- Take It With Me
- Take Me Home
- Take One Last Look
- Tango Till Theyre Sore
- Telephone Call From Istanbul
- Tell Me
- Temptation
- That Feel
- The Day After Tomorrow
- The Ghosts Of Saturday Night After Hours At Napoleones Pizza House
- The Heart Of Saturday Night
- The Part You Throw Away
- Til The Money Runs Out
- Tom Trauberts Blues
- Train Song
- Trampled Rose
- Underground
- Union Square
- Virginia Avenue
- Walk Away
- Walking Spanish
- Warm Beer And Cold Women
- Way Down In The Hole
- Whistle Down The Wind
- Whistlin Past The Graveyard
- Who Are You
- Widows Grove
- World Keeps Turning
- Wrong Side Of The Road
- You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
From Blue Valentines1977
Bb9: EADGHe: X10111
Bb/C: EADGHe: X3X331
Fadd9/A: EADGHe: X03213
C11: EADGHe: 033333
Intro: Gm Am7 Bb Bb/C
F A7
hey Charlie I'm pregnant
Bb9
and living on the 9th street
F A7
right above a dirty bookstore
Bb9
of euclid avenue
F A7
and I stopped takin dope
Bb9
and I quit drinkin whiskey
Gm7 F/A
and my old man plays the trombone
Bb9 Bb/C F C11 F
and works out at the track
F A7
and he says that he loves me
Bb9
even though its not his baby
F A7
and he says that he'll raise him up
Bb9
like he would his own son
F A7
and he gave me a ring
Dm7 F/Eb
that was worn by his mother
Bb9 Bb/C
and he takes me out dancin
Bb9 C11 F C11 F C11
every saturday night.
F A7
and hey Charlie I think about you
Bb9
everytime I pass a fillin station
F A7
on account of all the grease
Bb9
you used to wear in your hair
F A7
and I still have that record
Dm7 F/Eb
of little anthony & the Imperials
Bb9
but someone stole my record player
C11 F C11 F A7
now how do you like that?
Dm7 F/C
hey Charlie I almost went crazy
Gm7 Fadd9/A
after mario got busted
Bb9 Bb/C C7
so I went back to omaha to
F A7
live with my folks
Dm7 F/C
but everyone I used to know
Bb9
was either dead or in prison
Gm7 Fadd9/A
so I came back to Minneapolis
Bb9 Bb/C C7
this time I think i'm gonna stay.
F A7
hey Charlie I think I'm happy
Bb9
for the first time since my accident
F A7
and I wish I had all the money
Bb9
that we used to spend on dope
F A7
i'd buy me a used car lot
Dm7 F/Eb
and I wouldn't sell any of em
Bb9
i'd just drive a different car
C11 Bb9 C11
every day, dependin on how I feel
F C11 F C11
F A7
hey Charlie for chrissakes
Bb9
do you want to know the truth of it?
F A7
i don't have a husband
Bb9
he don't play the trombone
F A7
and I need to borrow money
Dm7
to pay this lawyer
F/Eb
Charlie, hey
Bb9
i'll be eligible for parole
C11 F
come valentines day
--
Anders Mikkelsen Fåborggade 1,4 8000 Århus C
email: [email protected]
"Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat,
never drive a car when you're dead" -Tom Waits
From Blue Valentines1977
Bb9: EADGHe: X10111
Bb/C: EADGHe: X3X331
Fadd9/A: EADGHe: X03213
C11: EADGHe: 033333
Intro: Gm Am7 Bb Bb/C
F A7
hey Charlie I'm pregnant
Bb9
and living on the 9th street
F A7
right above a dirty bookstore
Bb9
of euclid avenue
F A7
and I stopped takin dope
Bb9
and I quit drinkin whiskey
Gm7 F/A
and my old man plays the trombone
Bb9 Bb/C F C11 F
and works out at the track
F A7
and he says that he loves me
Bb9
even though its not his baby
F A7
and he says that he'll raise him up
Bb9
like he would his own son
F A7
and he gave me a ring
Dm7 F/Eb
that was worn by his mother
Bb9 Bb/C
and he takes me out dancin
Bb9 C11 F C11 F C11
every saturday night.
F A7
and hey Charlie I think about you
Bb9
everytime I pass a fillin station
F A7
on account of all the grease
Bb9
you used to wear in your hair
F A7
and I still have that record
Dm7 F/Eb
of little anthony & the Imperials
Bb9
but someone stole my record player
C11 F C11 F A7
now how do you like that?
Dm7 F/C
hey Charlie I almost went crazy
Gm7 Fadd9/A
after mario got busted
Bb9 Bb/C C7
so I went back to omaha to
F A7
live with my folks
Dm7 F/C
but everyone I used to know
Bb9
was either dead or in prison
Gm7 Fadd9/A
so I came back to Minneapolis
Bb9 Bb/C C7
this time I think i'm gonna stay.
F A7
hey Charlie I think I'm happy
Bb9
for the first time since my accident
F A7
and I wish I had all the money
Bb9
that we used to spend on dope
F A7
i'd buy me a used car lot
Dm7 F/Eb
and I wouldn't sell any of em
Bb9
i'd just drive a different car
C11 Bb9 C11
every day, dependin on how I feel
F C11 F C11
F A7
hey Charlie for chrissakes
Bb9
do you want to know the truth of it?
F A7
i don't have a husband
Bb9
he don't play the trombone
F A7
and I need to borrow money
Dm7
to pay this lawyer
F/Eb
Charlie, hey
Bb9
i'll be eligible for parole
C11 F
come valentines day
--
Anders Mikkelsen Fåborggade 1,4 8000 Århus C
email: [email protected]
"Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat,
never drive a car when you're dead" -Tom Waits
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