{"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":2237011,"song":"Purple Avenue","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2237011-purple-avenue-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2237011?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   I slow down, Purple Avenues,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   to march around in April's shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n   Weather vanes remind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof the summetimes that I've left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   The money's gone for auld lang syne[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   I spent on Eastern Standard Time[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat ever happened to my role?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSeptember fell right through the hole[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll I've got is empty po-ckets now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Why does August try so hard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   to hoist me on my own petard?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n   I've learned one thing from losing her   (alt: how we were)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat an ounce of prevention's worth a pound of cure[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   The shadows fall, I cannot thread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   the tenor of the things you said[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll that's left is flesh and bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe lights are on but no one's home[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAll I've got is empty pockets now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI spill myself another drink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]             [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   I count the whiskers in the sink[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]D#[/ch]     [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nThe orchestra is blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D#[/ch]             [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Fm[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut I've never been the worrying kind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   Subsequently and furthermore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   I'll sleep right here on the draining board[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI'll never be paroled[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI like to drink 'em while they're cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAll I've got is empty pockets now[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]","chords":["G","Em","Am","D","B","Bm7","A","D#","Cm","Fm","Bb","Gm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"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]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}