{"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":1142828,"song":"Coney Island Baby","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1142828-coney-island-baby-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1142828?type=chord","rating":4.59865,"votes":17,"content":">>Tom Waits\r\n>>\"Coney Island Baby\"\r\n\r\n\r\nGosh all the chords online suck for this song.\r\n\r\nOkay so there's a key change, the first part of the song is in Eb major, the second in F major.\r\n\r\n[tab]These are the chords you need to know:\r\nFirst part:\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n|-6----\r\n|---8--\r\n|---8--\r\n|---8--\r\n|-6----\r\n|X-----[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\n|-6---\r\n|-6---\r\n|--7--\r\n|-6---\r\n|---8-\r\n|-6---[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n|-4---\r\n|-4---\r\n|--5--\r\n|---6-\r\n|---6-\r\n|-4---[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Second part:\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\r\n|-8----|\r\n|---10-|\r\n|---10-|\r\n|---10-|\r\n|-8----|\r\n|X[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\n|-8---\r\n|-8---\r\n|--9--\r\n|-8---\r\n|---10-\r\n|-8---[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n|-6---\r\n|-6---\r\n|--7--\r\n|---8-\r\n|---8-\r\n|-6---[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n((I learned to play this song on the ukulele, I chose these chord positions based on how\r\nI also choose to play the ukulele. I've also tried out the song on the guitar in these\r\nchord positions, and it sounds dandy! It makes the key change visually apparent, and \r\nallows for quick, fluid movement along the fret board. If you feel like changing the chord\r\npositions, feel free! These made the most sense to me.))\r\n\r\nIt's in 3/4 timing, a waltz.\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nEvery night she comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nTo take me out to dreamland[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Bb7[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhen I'm with her I'm the richest man in the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nShe's a rose, She's a pearl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShe's the spin on my world[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Bb7[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAll the stars make their wishes on her eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Bb7[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Bb7[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb7[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShe's a princess, in a red dress[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShe's the moon in the mist to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Bb7[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Bb7[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[[KEY CHANGE TO F]]\r\nIn this in between part: strum, pick, do your thing, w.e.\r\nPlay along with the same pacing as you would as if the words were being sung up until\r\nafter the first \"Coney Island Girl\", then go back to the beginning and play it from the\r\ntop in the new key:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nEvery night she comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo take me out to dreamland[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I'm with her I'm the richest man in the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nShe's a rose, She's a pearl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's the spin on my world[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll the stars make their wishes on her eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's a princess, in a red dress[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's the moon in the mist to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's my Coney Island girl[/tab]","plain_text":">>Tom Waits\n>>\"Coney Island Baby\"\n\n\nGosh all the chords online suck for this song.\n\nOkay so there's a key change, the first part of the song is in Eb major, the second in F major.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n((I learned to play this song on the ukulele, I chose these chord positions based on how\nI also choose to play the ukulele. I've also tried out the song on the guitar in these\nchord positions, and it sounds dandy! It makes the key change visually apparent, and \nallows for quick, fluid movement along the fret board. If you feel like changing the chord\npositions, feel free! These made the most sense to me.))\n\nIt's in 3/4 timing, a waltz.\n\nBb7 Eb Bb7 Eb\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[[KEY CHANGE TO F]]\nIn this in between part: strum, pick, do your thing, w.e.\nPlay along with the same pacing as you would as if the words were being sung up until\nafter the first \"Coney Island Girl\", then go back to the beginning and play it from the\ntop in the new key:","chords":["Eb","F","Bb7","Ab","C7","Bb","Bm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}