{"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":1484508,"song":"Sins Of My Father","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1484508-sins-of-my-father-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1484508?type=chord","rating":4.87517,"votes":27,"content":"From the album REAL GONE, I know it's a pretty simple tab, but might help someone \r\n\r\nHope you enjoy and rate it\r\n - flatwound -\r\n\r\n SINS OF THE FATHER \r\n **** CAPO 1st FRET ****\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGod said don't give me your tin horn prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd don't buy roses from the street down there[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTook it all and took the dirt road home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreaming of Jenny with the light brown hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNight is falling like a bloody axe[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLies and rumours and the wind at my back[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHand on the wheel, Gravel on the road[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWill the pawn shop sell me back what I sold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBirds cry a warning from a hidden branch[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCarving out a future with a gun and an axe[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm way beyond the gavel and the laws of man[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill living in the palm of the grace of your hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe world's not easy the blind man said[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTurns on nothing but money and dread[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDogs been scratching at the door all night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLong necked birds flying out of the moonlight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSmack dab in the middle of a dirty lie[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe star spangled glitter of his one good eye[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nEverybody knows that the game was rigged[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJustice wears suspenders and a powdered wig[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDark town alleys been hiding you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong bell tolling is your Waterloo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh baby what can you do[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nDoes the light of God blind you, Or lead the way home for you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGod almighty for righteousness sake[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHumilation of our fallen state[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWritten in the Book of Tubal Cain[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA long black coat will show no stain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 5]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Feel the heat and the burn on your back[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n The rip and the moan, The stretch of the rack[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n All my belongings in a flour sack[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n Will the place I come from take me back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey'll hang me in the morning on a scaffold yea big[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo dance upon nothing to the Tyburn jig[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTreats you like a puppet when you're under it's spell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh the heart is Heaven, But the mind is Hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJesus of Nazareth told Mike of the weeds[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI's born at this time for a reason you see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I'm dead I'll be dead a long time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut the wines so pleasing and so sublime[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKissed my sweetheart by the chinaball tree[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEverything I done is between God and me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOnly he will judge how my time was spent[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTwentynine days of sinning and forty to repent[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 7]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n The horse is steady but the horse is blind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Wicked are the branches on the tree of mankind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n The roots grow upward and the branches grow down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n It's much too late to throw the dice again I've found[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna wash them, I'm gonna wash them[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna wash the sins of my Father[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna wash the sins of my Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna wash the sins of my brother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill the water runs clear, Till the water runs clear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill the water runs clear, Till the water runs clear[/tab]\r\n\r\n-------------------\r\n PICKING PATTERN\r\n-------------------\r\n\r\n[tab] PLAYED WITH Am CHORD\r\ne|-------------0-----0-----0--|\r\nB|-------------1-----1-----1--|\r\nG|-------------2-----2-----2--| REPEAT\r\nD|-------------2--2--2-----2--|\r\nA|----------0--0-----0--0--0--|\r\nE|--3-3-3---------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] PLAYED WITH Dm CHORD\r\ne|-------------1------1------1--|\r\nB|-------------3------3------3--|\r\nG|-------------2------2------2--| REPEAT\r\nD|----------0--0------0------0--|\r\nA|--3-3-3---------3------2------|\r\nE|------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] PLAYED WITH E7 CHORD\r\ne|------------------------0--|\r\nB|------------------------1--|\r\nG|------------1-----1-----2--| REPEAT X3\r\nD|------------0-----0-----2--|\r\nA|------------2--2--2--0--0--|\r\nE|--3-3-3--0--0-----0--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] PLAYED ON LAST E7 CHORD\r\ne|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-------------1-----1-----1------1-----1-----1-----|\r\nD|-------------0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0-----|\r\nA|-------------2--2--2-----2--2---2-----2--2--2--2--|\r\nE|--3-3-3--0---0-----0--0--0------0--0--0-----0-----|[/tab]","plain_text":"From the album REAL GONE, I know it's a pretty simple tab, but might help someone \n\nHope you enjoy and rate it\n - flatwound -\n\n SINS OF THE FATHER \n **** CAPO 1st FRET ****\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nAm Am Am Am\nDm Dm Am Am\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 5]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 6]\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 7]\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-------------------\n PICKING PATTERN\n-------------------","chords":["Am","Dm","E7","A","B","G","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}