{"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":1940201,"song":"Whistlin Past The Graveyard","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1940201-whistlin-past-the-graveyard-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1940201?type=chord","rating":4.80944,"votes":13,"content":"[tab](Guitar)\r\n[Verse]\r\n           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\ne|-------------|\r\nB|----------3--|\r\nG|----------4--|\r\nD|----------4--|  (Repeat this pattern 7 times, one for each lyric line)\r\nA|--------2-2--|\r\nE|2-5-2-5------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab](and on the 8th time it goes up to the Chorus like so)\r\ne|----------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------|\r\nD|--------------------2-2-----|\r\nA|--------2-2-4-4-5-5---------|\r\nE|2-5-2-5---------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Chorus]\r\n   [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]F#7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\ne|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|-------------2-----------------1-----------------2----------------|\r\nA|-----2-2-5--5-5-2------1-1-4--4-4-1------2-2-5--5-5-2------1-1-4--|\r\nE|-3-3---------------2-2---------------3-3---------------2-2--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(And back to the Bm verse pattern shown above)\r\n\r\n(All this fits beautifully with this Bass pattern)\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse]\r\nG|-----4--4-----------|\r\nD|----------4--4------|\r\nA|-2-------------5--5-|\r\nE|--------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Chorus]\r\n   [ch]G7[/ch]                    [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nG|---------------------|---------------------|\r\nD|-5--5----------------|---------------------|\r\nA|------5--5-2--2------|-----------1--1------|\r\nE|----------------3--3-|-2--2-4--4------2--2-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   G7                     F#7            Bm (back to pattern)\r\nG|------------------♫---|--------------------------------|\r\nD|----------------5-23--|-4--4---------------------------|\r\nA|------2--2-5--5-------|------4--4--------0---0---2-----|\r\nE|-3--3-----------------|-----------2----2---2-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    Well I come in on a night train       With an arm full of box cars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    On the wings of a magpie              Cross a hooligan night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    And I busted up a chifforobe          Way out by the cocomo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n   Cooked up a mess a mulligan            And got into a fight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWhistlin' past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                             [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nI'm a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    You've probably seen me sleepin     Out by the railroad tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    Go on and ask the prince of darkness    What about all that smoke come from the stack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    Sometimes I kill myself a jackal    suck out all the blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    Steal myself a station wagon        Drive it through the mud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWhistlin' past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                             [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nI'm a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    I know you seen my headlights       And the honkin' of my horn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    I'm callin' out my bloodhounds      Chase the devil through the corn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    Last night I chugged the Mississippi    Now that sucker's dry as a bone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    Born in a taxi cab     I'm never comin' home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWhistlin' past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                             [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nI'm a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    My eyes have seen the glory         Of the draining of the ditch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    I only come to baton rouge          To find myself a witch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    I'm-ona snatch me up a couple of 'em         every time it rains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    You see a locomotive prob'ly      thinkin' it's a train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWhistlin' past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                             [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nI'm a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    What you think is the sunshine      Is just a twinkle in my eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    That ring around my fingers   it's just the 4th of July[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    When I get a little bit lonesome    And a tear falls from my cheek[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    There's gonna be an ocean in the mid - dle of the week[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWhistlin' past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                             [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nI'm a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    I rode into town on a night train   with an arm full of box cars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    On the wings of a magpie            cross a hooligan night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    I'ma tear me off a rainbow  and wear it for a tie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n    I never told the truth      so I can never tell a lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWhistlin' past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                             [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nI'm a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack[/tab]","plain_text":"(And back to the Bm verse pattern shown above)\n\n(All this fits beautifully with this Bass pattern)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bm","B","G","D","A","E","G7","F#7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}