{"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":240,"song":"On The Nickle","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/240-on-the-nickle-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/240?type=chord","rating":4.53791,"votes":11,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n#\r\n\r\nFrom: HENSCHJ5753@uni.edu\r\nDate: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:09:40 -0600 (CST)\r\nSubject: Tom Waits_On the Nickel\r\n\r\nOn the Nickle--Tom Waits\r\n\r\n>From \"Heartattack and Vine \r\n\r\n[tab]Starts in the key of F# major:\r\nIntro:\r\n         [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]D#m[/ch]   \r\ne-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|\r\nb-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|\r\nG-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|\r\nD-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|\r\nA---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|\r\nE-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]C#[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]  \r\ne----------|-----||\r\nb----------|-----||\r\nG----------|-----||\r\nD-8------6-|-----||\r\nA---9--9---|9----||\r\nE----------|-----||[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nStick and Stones will Break my Bones,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut I always will be true,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]D#m[/ch]   \r\nAnd when your mama is dead and gone,[/tab]\r\n               G#m              C#(sus4)--C# \r\nI'll Sing this Lulabye just for you,\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]F#[/ch] \r\nAnd what becomes of all the little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWho never comb their hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch](major)    [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nWell they're lined up all around the block[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel over there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSo you better bring a bucket,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere is a hole in the pail,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nAnd if you don't get my letter,[/tab]\r\n            G#m              C#(sus4)--C#   \r\nThen you'll know that I'm in jail\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch] \r\nAnd what becomes of all the little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWho never say their prayers,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch](major)       [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nWell they're sleepin' like a baby,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel over there.[/tab]\r\n\r\nKey change to Ab:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Db[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]           \r\ne------|--------|------------|--------|-----||\r\nb------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||\r\nG------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||\r\nD------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||\r\nA--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||\r\nE------|--------|------------|--------|-----||[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd if you chew tobacco,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd wish upon a star,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                             [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Fm[/ch] \r\nWell you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bbm[/ch]                   [ch]Eb[/ch] \r\nJust like puchlines between the cars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                         [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd I know a place where a royal flush,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]               [ch]Ab[/ch] \r\nCan never beat a pair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]  [ch]Bb/D[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]/[ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd even Thomas Jefferson,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bbm[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nIs on the Nickel over There.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSo ring around the rosie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                    [ch]Ab[/ch] \r\nYou're sleepin in the rain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                         [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd you're always late for supper,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Eb[/ch] \r\nAnd man you let me down, let me down again,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                  [ch]Ab[/ch] \r\nI thought I heard a mocking bird,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nRoosevelt knows where,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]      [ch]Bb/D[/ch]                [ch]Ab[/ch]/[ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nYou can skip the light with Grady   Tuck,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel over There.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Key change to Bb:\r\n          [ch]Db[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           \r\ne--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||\r\nb--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||\r\nG--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||\r\nD--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||\r\nA--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||\r\nE--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5:\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSo what becomes of all the little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nWho run away from home,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]     \r\nWell the world just keeps gettin' bigger,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOnce you get out on your own,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSo here's to all the little boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sandman takes you where,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nYour sleepin' with the pillow of man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOn the Nickel over There. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 6:\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nSo climb up thru that buttonhole,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd fall right up the stairs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]C/E[/ch]       [ch]Bb/F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]        \r\nI'll show you where the short(?)  dogs grow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]  \r\nOn the Nickel...over There.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Ending:\r\n           [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      \r\ne--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||\r\nb--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||\r\nG--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||\r\nD--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||\r\nA--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||\r\nE--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||[/tab]\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\nThe tabs are not exactly guitar parts, but are string parts on the\r\nsong. I'm not a guitarist, so I don't know what are the best\r\nfingerings, but these are the right notes.\r\n\r\nJeff Henscheid\r\nhenschj5753@cobra.uni.edu\u001a","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n#\n\nFrom: HENSCHJ5753@uni.edu\nDate: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:09:40 -0600 (CST)\nSubject: Tom Waits_On the Nickel\n\nOn the Nickle--Tom Waits\n\n>From \"Heartattack and Vine \n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n               G#m              C#(sus4)--C# \nI'll Sing this Lulabye just for you,\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n            G#m              C#(sus4)--C#   \nThen you'll know that I'm in jail\n\n\n\n\n\nKey change to Ab:\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 5:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 6:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNotes:\nThe tabs are not exactly guitar parts, but are string parts on the\nsong. I'm not a guitarist, so I don't know what are the best\nfingerings, but these are the right notes.\n\nJeff Henscheid\nhenschj5753@cobra.uni.edu\u001a","chords":["F","B","F#","D#m","G","D","A","E","G#m","C#","C","G#","Ab","Db","Fm","Bbm","Eb","Bb/D","Bb","Gm","Cm","C/E","Bb/F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}