Swordfishtrombone

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Song: Swordfishtrombone
Artist: Tom Waits
Composer: Tom Waits
Album: Swordfishtrombone
Tabbed by DJ 26th April 2017
CAPO: 5th fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Am)
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression.
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Emadd9 = 024000 B7 = x24242 F#7 = 242322
Em = 022000 Am = x02210 C7 = x35353
B = x24442 A4 = x02230
^ = Emphasise the beats
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
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=====================================================
[Intro]
Em Emadd9 Em B B7
||: / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
| / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / :||[x2]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
||: / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / :||[x3]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F#7 C7 B7
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Em Emadd9 Em
Well, he came home from the war...
B B7
With a party in his head,
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
And modified Brougham De - Ville,
Em Emadd9 Em
And a pair of legs that opened up...
B B7
Like butterfly wings,
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
And a mad dog that wouldn't sit still
[Verse 2]
Am
Went and took up with a...
A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
Sal - vation Army Band girl,
Am
Who played 'Dirty water'...
A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
From a sword - fish - trom - bone,
Am A4 Am
He went to sleep at the bot - tom of...
Em Emadd9 Em
Ten - killer Lake,
F#7 C7 B7
And he said, "Gee, but it's great to be home!"
[Verse 3]
Em Emadd9 Em
Well, he came home from the war,
B B7
With a party in his head,
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
And an idea for a fireworks dis - play,
Em Emadd9 Em
And he knew that he'd be ready...
B B7
With a stainless steel ma - chete,
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
And a half a pint of Ballentine's each day
[Verse 4]
Am
Then he holed up in room...
A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
A - bove a hardware store,
Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
Crying nothing there but Hol- ly- wood tears,
Am A4 Am
And he put a spell on some poor little...
Em Emadd9 Em
Crutchfield girl,
F#7 C7 B7
And stayed like that for twenty-seven years
[Verse 5]
Em Emadd9 Em
He'd packed up all his expect - ations,
B B7
He lit out for Cali - fornia,
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
With a flyswatter banjo on his knee,
Em Emadd9 Em
With 'Lucky Tiger' in his angel hair,
B B7
And benzedrine for getting there,
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
They found him in a eucalyptus tree
[Verse 6]
Am A4 Am
Lieutenant got him a cana - ry bird,
Em Emadd9 Em
And skanked her head with eve - ry word,
Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
And Chesterfielded moon - beams in a song,
Am A4
And he got 20 years for lovin' her,
Am Em Emadd9 Em
From some Oklahoma Gover - nor,
F#7 C7 B7
Said, everything this doughboy does is wrong
[Verse 7]
Em Emadd9 Em B B7
Now, some say he's doing 'The o- bitu - ary mambo',
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
Now, some say he's hangin' on the wall,
Em Emadd9 Em
Perhaps, this yarn's the only thing...
B B7
...That holds this man to - gether,
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
Some say that he was never here at all
[Verse 8]
Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
Some say they saw him down in Birmingham,
Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
Sleeping in a box - car going by,
Am A4 Am
And if you think that you can tell...
Em Emadd9 Em
A bigger tale,
F#7 C7 B7
I swear to God, you'd have to tell a lie
[Coda]
Em Emadd9 Em B B7
||: / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
| / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / :||[x2]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Em
||: / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / :||[x3]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F#7 C7 B7 Emadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / ||
====================================================
[Intro]
Em Emadd9 Em B B7
e |-------|----------------|---------------|
B |-------|----------------|----4-4-4-4----|
G |-------|----0-0--0-0----|----4-4-2-2----|
D |-------|----2-4--2-2----|----4-4-4-4----|
A |-0-h2--|----2-4--2-2----|-2-------------|
E |-------|-0--------------|---------------|
B7 B Em Emadd9 Em
e |---------------|---------------|
B |----4-4-4-4----|---------------|
G |----2-2-4-4----|----0-0-0-0----|
D |----4-4-4-4----|----4-4-2-2----|
A |-2-------------|----2-2-2-2----|
E |---------------|-0-------------|

Swordfishtrombone chords and lyrics

Free chords for Swordfishtrombone by Tom Waits. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Song: Swordfishtrombone
Artist: Tom Waits
Composer: Tom Waits
Album: Swordfishtrombone
Tabbed by DJ 26th April 2017
CAPO: 5th fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Am)
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression.
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Emadd9 = 024000   B7  = x24242   F#7 = 242322
Em     = 022000   Am  = x02210   C7  = x35353
B      = x24442   A4  = x02230   
^ = Emphasise the beats
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
=====================================================
[Intro]
     ^   ^ ^   ^ ^        ^  ^ ^  ^ ^
      ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^
     ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Verse 7]
[Verse 8]
[Coda]
     ^   ^ ^   ^ ^        ^  ^ ^  ^ ^
      ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^
     ^  ^ ^  ^ ^        ^   ^ ^   ^ ^

Swordfishtrombone Chords by Tom Waits

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