{"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":876956,"song":"Virginia Avenue","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/876956-virginia-avenue-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/876956?type=chord","rating":4.94368,"votes":25,"content":"...VIRGINIA AVENUE... by Tom Waits\r\n---------------------.............\r\n\r\n*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*\r\n\r\n\r\n*CAPO 1st FRET*\r\n\r\n(Original Key: [ch]Fm[/ch])\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch] (x6)\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm walking on down Virginia Aven-ue,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n Harold's club is closing and everybody's going on home;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n What's a poor boy to do?[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'll just get on back into my short; make it back to the fort,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Sleep off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n There's got to be some place, that's better than this,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThis life I'm leading's driving me in-sane.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd let me tell you, I'm dreaming...[/tab]\r\n\r\nSolo:\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch] (x3)\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch] (x2)\r\n[ch]G7[/ch], [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]B7[/ch])\r\n Let me tell you that...[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm dreaming to the twilight; this town has got me down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all a-round.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n I won't make a fuss; I'll take a Greyhound bus,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n Carry me away from here; tell me; what have I got to lose?[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n'Cos I'm walking on down Columbus Aven-ue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe bars are all closing, 'cos it's quarter to two.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n Every town I go to, is like a lock without a key,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n The blues I leave behind are catching up on me. Let me tell you;[/tab]\r\n\r\nCoda:\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey're catching up on me, they're catching up on me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nCatching up on me,  catching up on me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCatching up on...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\r\n 022000  x02223  xx0212  323000  x21202\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"...VIRGINIA AVENUE... by Tom Waits\n---------------------.............\n\n*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*\n\n\n*CAPO 1st FRET*\n\n(Original Key: Fm)\n\n\nIntro:\n\nEm  A7 (x6)\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo:\n\nEm  A7 (x3)\nA7  D7 (x2)\nG7, B7\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCoda:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n   Em      A7      D7      G7      B7\n\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\n 022000  x02223  xx0212  323000  x21202\n\n\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["Fm","Em","A7","Em7","D7","G7","B7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}