{"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":779765,"song":"Swordfishtrombone","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11591394-swordfishtrombone-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/779765?type=chord","rating":4.63333,"votes":40,"content":"[tab]                   [[ch]Am[/ch]]          \r\nWell he came home from the war[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [[ch]E[/ch]]\r\nwith a party in his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [[ch]E[/ch]]                                [[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nand modified Brougham DeVille[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nand a pair of legs that opened up[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [[ch]E[/ch]]\r\nlike butterfly wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [[ch]E[/ch]]                               [[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nand a mad dog that wouldn't sit still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [[ch]Dm[/ch]]                     [[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nhe went and took up with a Salvation Army Band girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [[ch]Dm[/ch]]                          [[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nwho played dirty water on a swordfishtrombone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [[ch]Dm[/ch]]                                   [[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nhe went to sleep at the bottom of Tenkiller lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]B[/ch]                              [[ch]E7[/ch]]\r\nand he said \"gee, but it's great to be home.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell he came home from the war\r\nwith a party in his head\r\nand an idea for a fireworks display\r\nand he knew that he'd be ready with\r\na stainless steel machete\r\nand a half a pint of Ballentine's each day\r\n\r\nand he holed up in room above a hardware store\r\ncryin' nothing there but Hollywood tears\r\nand he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl\r\nand stayed like that for 27 years\r\n\r\nWell he packed up all his \r\nexpectations he lit out for California\r\nwith a flyswatter banjo on his knee\r\nwith a lucky tiger in his angel hair\r\nand benzedrine for getting there\r\nthey found him in a eucalyptus tree\r\n\r\nlieutenant got him a canary bird and shaked her head with every word\r\nand Chesterfielded moonbeams in a song\r\nand he got 20 years for lovin' her from some Oklahoma governor\r\nsaid everything this Doughboy does is wrong\r\n\r\nNow some say he's doing\r\nthe obituary mambo\r\nand some say he's hanging on the wall\r\nperhaps this yarn's the only thing\r\nthat holds this man together\r\nsome say he was never here at all\r\n\r\nSome say they saw him down in Birmingham, \r\nsleeping in a boxcar going by\r\nand if you think that you can tell a bigger tale\r\nI swear to God you'd have to tell a lie...","plain_text":"Well he came home from the war\nwith a party in his head\nand an idea for a fireworks display\nand he knew that he'd be ready with\na stainless steel machete\nand a half a pint of Ballentine's each day\n\nand he holed up in room above a hardware store\ncryin' nothing there but Hollywood tears\nand he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl\nand stayed like that for 27 years\n\nWell he packed up all his \nexpectations he lit out for California\nwith a flyswatter banjo on his knee\nwith a lucky tiger in his angel hair\nand benzedrine for getting there\nthey found him in a eucalyptus tree\n\nlieutenant got him a canary bird and shaked her head with every word\nand Chesterfielded moonbeams in a song\nand he got 20 years for lovin' her from some Oklahoma governor\nsaid everything this Doughboy does is wrong\n\nNow some say he's doing\nthe obituary mambo\nand some say he's hanging on the wall\nperhaps this yarn's the only thing\nthat holds this man together\nsome say he was never here at all\n\nSome say they saw him down in Birmingham, \nsleeping in a boxcar going by\nand if you think that you can tell a bigger tale\nI swear to God you'd have to tell a lie...","chords":["Am","E","Dm","B","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}