{"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":1986949,"song":"Swordfishtrombone","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1986949-swordfishtrombone-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1986949?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":14,"content":"Song: Swordfishtrombone\r\nArtist: Tom Waits\r\nComposer: Tom Waits\r\nAlbum: Swordfishtrombone\r\n\r\nTabbed by DJ 26th April 2017\r\n\r\nCAPO: 5th fret\r\n(Will then sound in the recorded key of Am)\r\n\r\nIGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website\r\ndisplays, they are generated automatically from a\r\ngeneric database and often don't show the best\r\noptions for a particular chord progression.\r\nI would suggest using the voicings in the text\r\ncolumn numbers below.\r\n\r\nChord names & fret positions are relative to the capo\r\n \r\nEmadd9 = 024000   B7  = x24242   F#7 = 242322\r\nEm     = 022000   Am  = x02210   C7  = x35353\r\nB      = x24442   A4  = x02230   \r\n\r\n^ = Emphasise the beats\r\n\r\nPlease take a second to scroll down to the bottom of\r\nthe page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks\r\n=====================================================\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n||:  /   /_/   /_/  /  |  /  /_/  /_/  /  |[/tab]\r\n     ^   ^ ^   ^ ^        ^  ^ ^  ^ ^\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   |  /  /_/  /_/  /  |  /   /_/   /_/  / :||[x2][/tab]\r\n      ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A4[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n||:  /  /_/  /_/  /  |  /   /_/   /_/   / :||[x3][/tab]\r\n     ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#7[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Emadd9[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, he came home from the war...[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWith a party in his head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd modified Brougham De - Ville,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Emadd9[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd a pair of legs that opened up...[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nLike butterfly wings,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd a mad dog that wouldn't sit still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWent and took up with a...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A4[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSal - vation Army Band girl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho played 'Dirty water'...[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A4[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom a sword - fish - trom - bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]A4[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe went to sleep at the bot - tom of...[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTen - killer Lake,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#7[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd he said, \"Gee, but it's great to be home!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Emadd9[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, he came home from the war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWith a party in his head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd an idea for a fireworks dis - play,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he knew that he'd be ready...[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWith a stainless steel ma - chete,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd a half a pint of Ballentine's each day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen he holed up in room... [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A4[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA - bove a hardware store,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]A4[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCrying nothing there but Hol- ly- wood tears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]A4[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he put a spell on some poor little... [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCrutchfield girl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#7[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd stayed like that for twenty-seven years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe'd packed up all his expect - ations,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe lit out for Cali - fornia,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a flyswatter banjo on his knee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith 'Lucky Tiger' in his angel  hair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd benzedrine for getting there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey found him in a eucalyptus tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]A4[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLieutenant got him a cana - ry bird,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd skanked her head with eve - ry     word,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]A4[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd Chesterfielded moon - beams in a song,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]A4[/ch]\r\nAnd he got 20 years for lovin' her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom some Oklahoma Gover - nor,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSaid, everything this doughboy does is wrong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow, some say he's doing 'The o- bitu - ary mambo',[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow, some say he's hangin' on the wall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPerhaps, this yarn's the only thing...[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n...That holds this man to - gether,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSome say that he was never here at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]A4[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSome say they saw him down in Birmingham,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]A4[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSleeping in a box - car going by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]A4[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd if you think that you can tell...[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA bigger tale,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#7[/ch]                 [ch]C7[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI swear to God, you'd have to tell a lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n||:  /   /_/   /_/  /  |  /  /_/  /_/  /  |[/tab]\r\n     ^   ^ ^   ^ ^        ^  ^ ^  ^ ^\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   |  /  /_/  /_/  /  |  /   /_/   /_/  / :||[x2][/tab]\r\n      ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A4[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n||:  /  /_/  /_/  /  |  /   /_/   /_/   / :||[x3][/tab]\r\n     ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#7[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\n|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |   /   ||[/tab]\r\n[tab]====================================================\r\n[Intro]\r\n            Em Emadd9 Em     B      B7\r\ne |-------|----------------|---------------|\r\nB |-------|----------------|----4-4-4-4----|\r\nG |-------|----0-0--0-0----|----4-4-2-2----|\r\nD |-------|----2-4--2-2----|----4-4-4-4----|\r\nA |-0-h2--|----2-4--2-2----|-2-------------|\r\nE |-------|-0--------------|---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    B7     B        Em Emadd9 Em\r\ne |---------------|---------------|\r\nB |----4-4-4-4----|---------------|\r\nG |----2-2-4-4----|----0-0-0-0----|\r\nD |----4-4-4-4----|----4-4-2-2----|\r\nA |-2-------------|----2-2-2-2----|\r\nE |---------------|-0-------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Song: Swordfishtrombone\nArtist: Tom Waits\nComposer: Tom Waits\nAlbum: Swordfishtrombone\n\nTabbed by DJ 26th April 2017\n\nCAPO: 5th fret\n(Will then sound in the recorded key of Am)\n\nIGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website\ndisplays, they are generated automatically from a\ngeneric database and often don't show the best\noptions for a particular chord progression.\nI would suggest using the voicings in the text\ncolumn numbers below.\n\nChord names & fret positions are relative to the capo\n \nEmadd9 = 024000   B7  = x24242   F#7 = 242322\nEm     = 022000   Am  = x02210   C7  = x35353\nB      = x24442   A4  = x02230   \n\n^ = Emphasise the beats\n\nPlease take a second to scroll down to the bottom of\nthe page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks\n=====================================================\n[Intro]\n\n     ^   ^ ^   ^ ^        ^  ^ ^  ^ ^\n\n      ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^\n\n     ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]\n\n\n     ^   ^ ^   ^ ^        ^  ^ ^  ^ ^\n\n      ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^\n\n     ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^","chords":["Am","B7","F#7","Em","C7","B","Emadd9","A4","A","G","D","E"],"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]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}