{"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":779781,"song":"Invitation To The Blues","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/779781-invitation-to-the-blues-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/779781?type=chord","rating":4.67037,"votes":162,"content":" Invitation to the Blues\r\nTom Waits\r\n[tab] \t   [ch]Dm[/ch]\t                      [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nWell she's up against the register with an apron and a spatula,[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]F[/ch]\t                     [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nWith yesterday's deliveries and the tickets for the bachelors[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]Gm7[/ch]\t                  [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\t   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nShe's a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes,[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t  [ch]Dm[/ch]\t       [ch]Gm[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut it's just an invitation to the blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] \t[ch]Gm[/ch]\t                    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd you feel just like Cagney, she looks like Rita Hayworth[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt the counter of the Schwab's drugstore[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t   [ch]Gm[/ch]\t                              [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nYou wonder if she might be single, she's a loner and likes to mingle[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\t                     [ch]A[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nGot to be patient, try and pick up a clue    \t [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] \t   [ch]Dm[/ch]\t                        [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nShe said \"How you gonna like 'em, over medium or scrambled?\",[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t    [ch]F[/ch]\t                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou say \"Anyway's the only way\", be careful not to gamble[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm7[/ch]\t               [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\t      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOn a guy with a suitcase and a ticket getting out of here[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\t               [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nIn a tired bus station in an old pair of shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t    [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\t       [ch]A7[/ch]\t     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThis ain't nothing but an invitation to the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t       [ch]Gm[/ch]\t                   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBut you can't take your eyes off her, get another cup of java,[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it's just the way she pours it for you, joking with the customers[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]Gm[/ch]\t                      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nMercy mercy, Mr. Percy, there ain't nothing back in Jersey[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]F[/ch]\t               [ch]A[/ch]\t   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut a broken-down jalopy of a man I left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd a dream that I was chasing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\na battle with booze[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7sus4[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\t      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd an open invitation to the blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] \t         [ch]Gm[/ch]\t                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBut she used to have a sugar daddy and a candy-apple Caddy,[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]F[/ch]\t                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a bank account and everything, accustomed to the finer things[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t      [ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHe probably left her for a socialite, and he didn't love her 'cept at night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\t                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then he's drunk and never even told her that he cared[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo they took the registration,[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t   [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nAnd the\t car-keys and her shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\t      [ch]A7[/ch]\t       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd left her with an invitation to the blues(...solo sax)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] \t          [ch]Gm[/ch]\t                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n'Cause there's a Continental Trailways leaving local bus tonight, good evening[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\t                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou can have my seat, I'm sticking round here for a while[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t [ch]Gm[/ch]\t                 [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nGet me a room at the Squire, the filling station's hiring,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\t                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I can eat here every night, what the hell have I got to lose?[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGot a crazy sensation,[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t[ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nGo or stay? now I gotta choose,[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\t         [ch]A7[/ch]\t       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll accept your invitation to the blues[/tab]","plain_text":"Invitation to the Blues\nTom Waits","chords":["Dm","Bbm","F","Bdim","Gm7","A7sus4","A7","Gm","C7","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"A7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,3,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"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]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}