{"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":246,"song":"Better Off Without A Wife","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/246-better-off-without-a-wife-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/246?type=chord","rating":4.5139,"votes":61,"content":"BETTER OFF WITHOUT A WIFE (Tom Waits)\r\n========================\r\n\r\n-- comp. Tom Waits (from _Nighthawks_at_the_Diner_)\r\n  -- \"transcr.\" tcg, 198?\r\n  -- 4/4 // Key of G // Andante (pretty slow)\r\n  -- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat\r\n\r\n\r\n \"Odd\" Voicings--\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7sus4[/ch]       [ch]D7sus4/G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\n         xxo___        __o___        ______        __o___[/tab]\r\n       1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|\r\n         |||2||        |||2||        ||2|||        2x|3|4\r\n         |||||3        3x|||4        3x|||4        ||||||\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n INTRO:  1     2        3        4  |  1       2        3        4\r\n                                    |\r\n         [ch]G[/ch]     /     [ch]D7sus4/G[/ch]    /  |  [ch]G[/ch]       /     [ch]D7sus4/G[/ch]    /\r\n                                    |\r\n         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]        /  |  [ch]Am7[/ch]     /       [ch]D7[/ch]        /\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        /          [ch]D7sus4[/ch]    /\r\n  All my friends are married--[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       /        [ch]D7sus4[/ch]    /\r\n  Ev'ry Tom and Dick and Harry--[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D7/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]    /    [ch]Am7[/ch]      /    [ch]D7[/ch]      /\r\n  You must be strong if you're to go     it alone--[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        /       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]  /\r\n  Here's to the bachelors and the Bow'ry bums--[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]           /         [ch]D7sus4[/ch]     /\r\n  Those who feel that they're the ones that are[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  /\r\n  Better off without    a   wife--[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         /        [ch]D7[/ch]           /\r\n  I been sleepin' until the crack of noon--[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]         /\r\n  Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]    /          [ch]D7[/ch]      /\r\n  Goin'  out when I want to,    (and I'm)[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]      /            [ch]G7[/ch]     /\r\n  Comin' home when I please--[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      /      [ch]D7[/ch]        /\r\n  Don't have to ask permission[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]        /\r\n  If I wanna go  out fishin'--[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]   /      /    /       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]  /   [ch]D7[/ch]   /\r\n  Never have to ask for the keys--[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]     /       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]    /\r\n  Well, I never been no Valentino--[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     /        [ch]D7sus4[/ch]       /\r\n  But I had a girl who lived in Reno--[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D7/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]      /           [ch]Am7[/ch]      /        [ch]D7[/ch]      /\r\n  Left me for a trumpet player, but it didn't get me down--[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      /     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]  /\r\n  He was wanted for assault,    and though he[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       /               [ch]D7sus4[/ch]    /\r\n  Said it weren't his fault--[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  /\r\n  You know the coppers rode him right outa    town--[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         /        [ch]D7[/ch]           /\r\n  I been sleepin' until the crack of noon--[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]         /\r\n  Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]    /          [ch]D7[/ch]      /\r\n  Goin'  out when I want to,    (and I'm)[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]      /            [ch]G7[/ch]     /\r\n  Comin' home when I please--[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      /      [ch]D7[/ch]        /\r\n  Don't have to ask permission[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]        /\r\n  If I wanna go  out fishin'--[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]   /      /    /       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]  /   [ch]D7[/ch]   /\r\n  Never have to ask for the keys--[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3: [_underlined_phrases_are_spoken_, ad-lib style]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          /     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]   /              [ch]G[/ch] / [ch]D7sus4[/ch] /\r\n  _Ah,_yu'_see,_I'm_kinda_selfish_about_my privacy_--[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]        /          [ch]Am7[/ch]     /\r\n  Now as long as I can be with me, _we_get_along_so_well,_I_can_[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D7[/ch]                 /\r\n          _hardly_believe_it_--[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]        /       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]          /\r\n  Love to chew the fat with folks--[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           /        [ch]D7sus4[/ch]      /\r\n  I been list'nin' to all your dirty jokes--[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  /\r\n  I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive--[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         /        [ch]D7[/ch]           /\r\n  I been sleepin' until the crack of noon--[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]         /\r\n  Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]    /          [ch]D7[/ch]      /\r\n  Goin'  out when I want to,    (and I'm)[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]      /            [ch]G7[/ch]     /\r\n  Comin' home when I please--[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      /      [ch]D7[/ch]        /\r\n  Don't have to ask permission[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]        /\r\n  If I wanna go  out fishin'--[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]   /      /    /       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]  /   [ch]D7[/ch]   /\r\n  Never have to ask for the keys--[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n  [...recording ends (& begins) with some \"Here Comes the Bride\" piano!]","plain_text":"BETTER OFF WITHOUT A WIFE (Tom Waits)\n========================\n\n-- comp. Tom Waits (from _Nighthawks_at_the_Diner_)\n  -- \"transcr.\" tcg, 198?\n  -- 4/4 // Key of G // Andante (pretty slow)\n  -- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat\n\n\n \"Odd\" Voicings--\n\n       1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|\n         |||2||        |||2||        ||2|||        2x|3|4\n         |||||3        3x|||4        3x|||4        ||||||\n\n\n\n INTRO:  1     2        3        4  |  1       2        3        4\n                                    |\n         G     /     D7sus4/G    /  |  G       /     D7sus4/G    /\n                                    |\n         G   D7/F#    Em7        /  |  Am7     /       D7        /\n\n\nVERSE 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 3: [_underlined_phrases_are_spoken_, ad-lib style]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  [...recording ends (& begins) with some \"Here Comes the Bride\" piano!]","chords":["A","G","D7sus4","D7sus4/G","C/G","D7/F#","Em7","Am7","D7","Em","C","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}