{"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":1728458,"song":"Little Drop Of Poison","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11368397-little-drop-of-poison-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1728458?type=chord","rating":4.76915,"votes":11,"content":"From the wonderful Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards. Capo on 3.\r\n\r\nThe rhythm is pretty much a standard tango riff, in 4/4: \r\ndown rest rest down-up down rest down ring.\r\nIt is best suited for piano, but a guitar can do the trick as well.\r\nIf you find the strumming pattern too hard, you can leave out all short chords.\r\n\r\nexplanation:\r\nD/U = down or upstroke for 1/8th\r\nd/u = down or upstroke for 1/16th\r\n- = rest for 1/8th\r\n_ = ring for duration of strum before underscore\r\n\r\nSo in short: D--duD-D_\r\n\r\n[ch]D#m6[/ch] = xx1312\r\n\r\nEach 'chorus' ends with a riff like this:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------|\r\nB|---------------|\r\nG|---------------|\r\nD|---------------|\r\nA|-2ph-/10-9-7r--|\r\nE|---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]   \r\n[ch]D[/ch] - - d u [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] _ \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nD - - d u D - - D  (six times)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI like my town   with a little drop of  poison[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   No-body knows they're lining up to go in-sane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   I'm all alone,       I smoke my friends down to the filter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   But I feel much cleaner after it rains[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (riff)\r\nShe always had that little drop of poison[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   You'll never get a wish from a bone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   Another wrong goodbye and a hunderd    sailors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   That deep blue sky is my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (riff)\r\nShe always had that little drop of poison[/tab]\r\n\r\n-- a short break follows, and the song goes up half a step --\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]          [ch]A#m[/ch]                               [ch]D#m6[/ch]\r\n       And a rat always knows when he's in with   weasels[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E#7[/ch]                              [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\n    Here you lose a little every day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]                                    [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\n    Well, I remember when a million was   a million[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E#[/ch]                                 [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\n    They all have ways to make you pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]         [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\n    And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D#m[/ch]      [ch]E#[/ch] [ch]E#[/ch] (no riff)\r\nShe always had that little drop of poison[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]         [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\n    And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D#m[/ch]      [ch]E#[/ch] [ch]E#[/ch]\r\nShe always had that little drop of poison[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------------------|\r\nB|------------------|\r\nG|------------------|\r\nD|------------------|\r\nA|-3p1h3-/11-10-8r--|\r\nE|------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nHave fun!\r\n\r\nNote: you can also play the song without capo. You can just transpose the song up three steps.\r\nF#m6 then becomes: 2x1222.","plain_text":"From the wonderful Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards. Capo on 3.\n\nThe rhythm is pretty much a standard tango riff, in 4/4: \ndown rest rest down-up down rest down ring.\nIt is best suited for piano, but a guitar can do the trick as well.\nIf you find the strumming pattern too hard, you can leave out all short chords.\n\nexplanation:\nD/U = down or upstroke for 1/8th\nd/u = down or upstroke for 1/16th\n- = rest for 1/8th\n_ = ring for duration of strum before underscore\n\nSo in short: D--duD-D_\n\nD#m6 = xx1312\n\nEach 'chorus' ends with a riff like this:\n\n\n\nIntro:\nAm            E   \nD - - d u D - D _ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-- a short break follows, and the song goes up half a step --\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave fun!\n\nNote: you can also play the song without capo. You can just transpose the song up three steps.\nF#m6 then becomes: 2x1222.","chords":["D","D#m6","B","G","A","E","Am","E7","Dm","A#m","E#7","D#m","E#","F#"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}