Better Off Without A Wife

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BETTER OFF WITHOUT A WIFE (Tom Waits)
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-- comp. Tom Waits (from _Nighthawks_at_the_Diner_)
-- "transcr." tcg, 198?
-- 4/4 // Key of G // Andante (pretty slow)
-- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat
"Odd" Voicings--
D7sus4 D7sus4/G C/G D7/F#
xxo___ __o___ ______ __o___
1 ||||1| 1 ||||1| 1 ||||1| 1 ||||1|
|||2|| |||2|| ||2||| 2x|3|4
|||||3 3x|||4 3x|||4 ||||||
INTRO: 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4
|
G D7sus4/G G D7sus4/G
/ / | / /
|
G D7/F#Em7 Am7 D7
/ | / /
VERSE 1:
G D7sus4
/ /
All my friends are married--
G D7sus4
/ /
Ev'ry Tom and Dick and Harry--
G D7/F#Em7 Am7 D7
/ / /
You must be strong if you're to go it alone--
G D7sus4
/ /
Here's to the bachelors and the Bow'ry bums--
G D7sus4
/ /
Those who feel that they're the ones that are
G Em Am7D7 G C/GG
/
Better off without a wife--
CHORUS:
C D7
/ /
I been sleepin' until the crack of noon--
G D7/F#Em
/
Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been
Am7 D7
/ /
Goin' out when I want to, (and I'm)
G G7
/ /
Comin' home when I please--
C D7
/ /
Don't have to ask permission
G D7/F#Em
/
If I wanna go out fishin'--
Am7 D7sus4D7
/ / / / /
Never have to ask for the keys--
VERSE 2:
G D7sus4
/ /
Well, I never been no Valentino--
G D7sus4
/ /
But I had a girl who lived in Reno--
G D7/F#Em7 Am7 D7
/ / /
Left me for a trumpet player, but it didn't get me down--
G D7sus4
/ /
He was wanted for assault, and though he
G D7sus4
/ /
Said it weren't his fault--
G Em Am7 D7 G C/GG
/
You know the coppers rode him right outa town--
CHORUS:
C D7
/ /
I been sleepin' until the crack of noon--
G D7/F#Em
/
Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been
Am7 D7
/ /
Goin' out when I want to, (and I'm)
G G7
/ /
Comin' home when I please--
C D7
/ /
Don't have to ask permission
G D7/F#Em
/
If I wanna go out fishin'--
Am7 D7sus4D7
/ / / / /
Never have to ask for the keys--
VERSE 3: [_underlined_phrases_are_spoken_, ad-lib style]
G D7sus4 G D7sus4
/ / / /
_Ah,_yu'_see,_I'm_kinda_selfish_about_my privacy_--
G D7/F#Em7 Am7
/ /
Now as long as I can be with me, _we_get_along_so_well,_I_can_
D7
/
_hardly_believe_it_--
G D7sus4
/ /
Love to chew the fat with folks--
G D7sus4
/ /
I been list'nin' to all your dirty jokes--
G Em Am7 D7 G C/GG
/
I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive--
CHORUS:
C D7
/ /
I been sleepin' until the crack of noon--
G D7/F#Em
/
Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been
Am7 D7
/ /
Goin' out when I want to, (and I'm)
G G7
/ /
Comin' home when I please--
C D7
/ /
Don't have to ask permission
G D7/F#Em
/
If I wanna go out fishin'--
Am7 D7sus4D7
/ / / / /
Never have to ask for the keys--
[...recording ends (& begins) with some "Here Comes the Bride" piano!]

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BETTER OFF WITHOUT A WIFE (Tom Waits)
========================
-- comp. Tom Waits (from _Nighthawks_at_the_Diner_)
  -- "transcr." tcg, 198?
  -- 4/4 // Key of G // Andante (pretty slow)
  -- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat
 "Odd" Voicings--
       1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|
         |||2||        |||2||        ||2|||        2x|3|4
         |||||3        3x|||4        3x|||4        ||||||
 INTRO:  1     2        3        4  |  1       2        3        4
                                    |
         G     /     D7sus4/G    /  |  G       /     D7sus4/G    /
                                    |
         G   D7/F#    Em7        /  |  Am7     /       D7        /
VERSE 1:
CHORUS:
VERSE 2:
CHORUS:
VERSE 3: [_underlined_phrases_are_spoken_, ad-lib style]
CHORUS:
  [...recording ends (& begins) with some "Here Comes the Bride" piano!]

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