Fannin Street

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FANNIN STREET (Tom Waits) [tab by: AL #13]
capo on 3rd fret
(A*->A4->F#m is a variation (1 finger) on E string: E:-5-4-2- )
A
intro:
D E A
There's a crooked street in Houston town
D E A
It's a well long path I've traveled down
D E A A4 F#m
* ()
Now there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train
D E A
I wished I'd listened to the words you said
A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D A A4 F#m
* ()
Don't go down...to Fannin Street...oh yeah
A D
You'll be lost and never found
A D
You can never turn around
A E A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D E A
Once I held you in my arms, I was sure
D E A
And I took that silent step through the gilded door
D E A A4 F#m
* ()
The desire to have much more, all the glitter and the roar
D E A
Now I know just where the sidewalk ends
A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D A A4 F#m
* ()
Don't go down...to Fannin Street...oh yeah
A D
You'll be lost and never found
A D
You can never turn around
A E A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D E A
When I was young I thought only of getting out
D E A
I said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house
D E A A4 F#m
* ()
Give a man gin, give a man cards, give an inch he takes a yard
D E A
And I rue the day that I stepped off this train
A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D A A4 F#m
* ()
Don't go down...to Fannin Street...oh yeah
A D
You'll be lost and never found
A D
You can never turn around
A E A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
D A A4 F#m
* ()
Don't go down...to Fannin Street...oh yeah
A D
Cause you'll be lost and never found
A D
You can never turn around
A E A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
A E A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street
A E A
Don't go down...to Fannin Street.

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FANNIN STREET  (Tom Waits)   [tab by: AL #13]
intro: A

Fannin Street Chords by Tom Waits

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