{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1508896,"song":"On The Nickel","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11278488-on-the-nickel-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1508896?type=chord","rating":4.76421,"votes":42,"content":"Capo on 1st Fret. \r\n\r\n[ch]C/D[/ch] = 300010\r\n[ch]D7sus4[/ch] = xx0213\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch] = xx6444\r\n[ch]C#7[/ch] = x46464\r\n[ch]Esus2[/ch] = 09990x\r\n\r\n[tab]e-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|\r\nb-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|\r\nG-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|\r\nD-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|\r\nA---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|\r\nE-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e----------|-----||\r\nb----------|-----||\r\nG----------|-----||\r\nD-8------6-|-----||\r\nA---9--9---|9----||\r\nE----------|-----||[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSticks and Stones will Break my Bones,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I always will be true,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nAnd when your mama is dead and gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D7sus4[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]C/D[/ch] \r\nI'll Sing this Lullaby just for you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd what becomes of all the little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho never comb their hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell they line up all around the block[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel over there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you better bring a bucket,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is a hole in the pail,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd if you don't get my letter,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D7sus4[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nThen you'll know that I'm in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd what becomes of all the little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho never say their prayers,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell they're sleepin' like a baby,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel over there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n         \r\n[tab]e------|--------|------------|--------|-----||\r\nb------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||\r\nG------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||\r\nD------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||\r\nA--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||\r\nE------|--------|------------|--------|-----||[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if you chew tobacco,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd wish upon a star,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nWell you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch] \r\nJust like puchlines between the cars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I know a place where a royal flush,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch] \r\nCan never beat a pair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd even Thomas Jefferson,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs on the Nickel over There.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo ring around the rosie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch] \r\nYou're sleepin in the rain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd you're always late for supper,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                         [ch]E7[/ch] \r\nAnd man you let me down, let me down again,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI thought I heard a mocking bird,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRoosevelt knows where,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou can skip the light with Grady Tuck,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey're on the Nickel over There.[/tab]\r\n\r\n     \r\n[tab]e--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||\r\nb--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||\r\nG--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||\r\nD--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||\r\nA--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||\r\nE--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo what becomes of all the little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch] \r\nThat run away from home,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]G#m[/ch]     \r\nWell the world just keeps gettin' bigger,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                      [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nOnce you get out on your own,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo here's to all the little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe sandman takes you where,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]      [ch]C#[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nYou're sleepin' with the pillow of man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]F#7[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel over There. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Esus2[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch] \r\n      So climb up thru that buttonhole,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Esus2[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\n      And fall right up the stairs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#7[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]        \r\nI'll show you where the short dogs grow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]F#7[/ch]  [ch]Esus2[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel...over There.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||\r\nb--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||\r\nG--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||\r\nD--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||\r\nA--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||\r\nE--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 1st Fret. \n\nC/D = 300010\nD7sus4 = xx0213\nG#m = xx6444\nC#7 = x46464\nEsus2 = 09990x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n         \n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     \n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["C/D","D7sus4","G#m","C#7","Esus2","G","D","A","E","C","Em","Am","D7","Am7","F#m","Bm","E7","B","C#m","F#7","C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}