{"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":1739664,"song":"On The Nickel","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1739664-on-the-nickel-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1739664?type=chord","rating":4.87568,"votes":13,"content":"On the Nickel (A Wino's Lullabye)\r\nBased on this live performance from 1979\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-k_Jcstbk\r\n\r\nChorded by GWiZ (gwiz665@gmail.com)\r\n\r\nNotes: Since this is played on the Piano originally, there's a lot of fiddling with singular tones to widen \r\nthe sound, generally you can feel free to experiment with 7's and sus4 and sus2s. The ending Waltzing Matilda\r\nchord progression is a little different than the chords I found anywhere, the F#7 is a Tom Waits substitution\r\nbut just sounds great. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSticks and stones will break my bones,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I always will be true,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nWhen your mama is dead and gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A7sus4[/ch] - [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'll sing this lullaby just for you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSo what becomes of little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho never say their prayers,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWell they're sleepin' like a baby,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel over there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if you chew tobacco,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd wish upon the star,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/C#[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nWell you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A7sus4[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nMan they look like punchlines between the cars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I know a place where a royal flush,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch] \r\nCan never beat a pair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd even Thomas Jefferson,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs on the nickel over There.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo ring around the rosie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYou're sleepin in the rain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd you're always late for supper,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nAnd man you let me down again,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI thought I heard a mocking bird,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRoosevelt knows where,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey're whisteling past the grave yard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they're on the nickel over there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo what becomes of little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat run away from home,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWell the world keeps gettin' bigger,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A7sus4[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOnce you get out on your own,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo climb up thru that buttonhole,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd fall right up the stairs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI'll show you where the short dogs go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A7sus4[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the nickel...over there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Seque into riff from Waltzing Matilda (not Tom Traubert's Blues)]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"On the Nickel (A Wino's Lullabye)\nBased on this live performance from 1979\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-k_Jcstbk\n\nChorded by GWiZ (gwiz665@gmail.com)\n\nNotes: Since this is played on the Piano originally, there's a lot of fiddling with singular tones to widen \nthe sound, generally you can feel free to experiment with 7's and sus4 and sus2s. The ending Waltzing Matilda\nchord progression is a little different than the chords I found anywhere, the F#7 is a Tom Waits substitution\nbut just sounds great. \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[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Seque into riff from Waltzing Matilda (not Tom Traubert's Blues)]\n\nD F#7 Bm G\nD Bm Em A\nD F#7 Bm G\nD Bm A D","chords":["A","F#7","G","D","D/C#","Bm","Em","A7sus4","A7","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"A7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}