Chords for Tom Traubert's Blues by Tom Waits, One Bad Day cover
Tempo:
81.875 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
D
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Am]
[G] [C] [G]
[Am] [D]
[C] Wasted and [G] wounded, [Bm] it ain't worth the [Am] mooning.
[D] God, what I paid [G] for now,
[Am] [G] [C] see you tomorrow.
[G] Hey Frank, can [Bm] I borrow [A] a couple of bucks [D] from you to go?
[G] [Am] Waltzing Matilda, [G] [C] waltzing Matilda, [G] you come waltzing [A] [D] Matilda with me.
[C] I'm an innocent victim [G] of a blinded alley, [Am] and I'm tired [D] of all these [G] soldiers here.
[Am] No [G]
[C] one speaks English, [G] and everything's broken, [A] and my stace is a [D]-soaking wet.
To [G] go [Am] waltzing [G] Matilda, [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you [Bm] come waltzing [A]
[D] Matilda with me.
[C] Now the dogs are barking, [G] and the taxi cab's parking, [Am] and all [D] they can do [G] for me
[Am] is [G] [C] beg you to stab me, [G] and you tore my shirt open, [A] and I'm down on my knees [D] tonight.
[C] Old bush mills are [G] staggered, now you buried the dagger [A] in your silhouette [D] window light.
To [G] go waltzing [Am] Matilda, [G] waltzing [C] Matilda, [G] you come [A] waltzing [D] Matilda with me.
[C] Now I lost my Saint [G] Christopher, now that I've kissed her, [Am] and the one-armed [D] [G] bandit knows.
[Am] [Bm] [C]
Maverick China, bending [G] the cold [Bm]-blooded [G] sign, [Am] and the [A] girls down by [D] the strip,
and the show's [G] gone.
To go [Am] waltzing Matilda, [G] [C] waltzing Matilda, [G] you come waltzing [Am] Matilda [D] with me.
[C] No, I don't want your [G] sympathy, fugitives say, [Am] that the [D] streets aren't for [G] dreaming now.
[Am] [G] [C] Manslaughter, [G] dragness, and the ghosts that sell memories, [A] they want a piece of the [D] action anyhow.
To go [G]
[Am] waltzing Matilda, [G] [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you come [Am] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
And [C] you can ask any sailor, [G] and the keys from the [Am] jailer, and the old [D] men in [G]
wheelchairs know.
[Am] [G] [C] Matilda's the defendant, [G] you know she killed about a hundred, [A] and she follows wherever
[D] you may go.
[G]
[Am] Waltzing Matilda, [G] [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you come waltzing [Am] Matilda [D] with me.
[C] And it's a battered old suitcase, [Bm] to a hotel [G] someplace, [Am] and a wound [D] that will [G] never [Am] heal.
[G] [C] No, prima donna, [G] perfume is on, [Am] an old shirt [D] that is stained [G] with blood [Am] and [G] whiskey.
[C] So goodnight to the street [G] sweepers, the night watchmen, flame keepers, [Am] and goodnight [D] [G] Matilda.
[D] Good [G] [Am] [G] [C] night.
[Bm] [G] [Am] [D]
[G]
[G] [C] [G]
[Am] [D]
[C] Wasted and [G] wounded, [Bm] it ain't worth the [Am] mooning.
[D] God, what I paid [G] for now,
[Am] [G] [C] see you tomorrow.
[G] Hey Frank, can [Bm] I borrow [A] a couple of bucks [D] from you to go?
[G] [Am] Waltzing Matilda, [G] [C] waltzing Matilda, [G] you come waltzing [A] [D] Matilda with me.
[C] I'm an innocent victim [G] of a blinded alley, [Am] and I'm tired [D] of all these [G] soldiers here.
[Am] No [G]
[C] one speaks English, [G] and everything's broken, [A] and my stace is a [D]-soaking wet.
To [G] go [Am] waltzing [G] Matilda, [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you [Bm] come waltzing [A]
[D] Matilda with me.
[C] Now the dogs are barking, [G] and the taxi cab's parking, [Am] and all [D] they can do [G] for me
[Am] is [G] [C] beg you to stab me, [G] and you tore my shirt open, [A] and I'm down on my knees [D] tonight.
[C] Old bush mills are [G] staggered, now you buried the dagger [A] in your silhouette [D] window light.
To [G] go waltzing [Am] Matilda, [G] waltzing [C] Matilda, [G] you come [A] waltzing [D] Matilda with me.
[C] Now I lost my Saint [G] Christopher, now that I've kissed her, [Am] and the one-armed [D] [G] bandit knows.
[Am] [Bm] [C]
Maverick China, bending [G] the cold [Bm]-blooded [G] sign, [Am] and the [A] girls down by [D] the strip,
and the show's [G] gone.
To go [Am] waltzing Matilda, [G] [C] waltzing Matilda, [G] you come waltzing [Am] Matilda [D] with me.
[C] No, I don't want your [G] sympathy, fugitives say, [Am] that the [D] streets aren't for [G] dreaming now.
[Am] [G] [C] Manslaughter, [G] dragness, and the ghosts that sell memories, [A] they want a piece of the [D] action anyhow.
To go [G]
[Am] waltzing Matilda, [G] [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you come [Am] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
And [C] you can ask any sailor, [G] and the keys from the [Am] jailer, and the old [D] men in [G]
wheelchairs know.
[Am] [G] [C] Matilda's the defendant, [G] you know she killed about a hundred, [A] and she follows wherever
[D] you may go.
[G]
[Am] Waltzing Matilda, [G] [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you come waltzing [Am] Matilda [D] with me.
[C] And it's a battered old suitcase, [Bm] to a hotel [G] someplace, [Am] and a wound [D] that will [G] never [Am] heal.
[G] [C] No, prima donna, [G] perfume is on, [Am] an old shirt [D] that is stained [G] with blood [Am] and [G] whiskey.
[C] So goodnight to the street [G] sweepers, the night watchmen, flame keepers, [Am] and goodnight [D] [G] Matilda.
[D] Good [G] [Am] [G] [C] night.
[Bm] [G] [Am] [D]
[G]
Key:
G
Am
D
C
A
G
Am
D
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ Wasted and [G] wounded, [Bm] it ain't worth the [Am] mooning.
[D] God, what I paid [G] for now, _
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] see you tomorrow.
[G] Hey Frank, can [Bm] I borrow [A] a couple of bucks [D] from you to go?
[G] _ [Am] Waltzing Matilda, [G] _ [C] waltzing Matilda, [G] you come waltzing [A] [D] Matilda with me. _ _
[C] I'm an innocent victim [G] of a blinded alley, [Am] and I'm tired [D] of all these [G] soldiers here.
[Am] No [G] _
[C] one speaks English, [G] and everything's broken, [A] and my stace is a [D]-soaking wet. _
To _ [G] go [Am] waltzing [G] Matilda, [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you [Bm] come waltzing [A]
[D] Matilda with me.
_ _ [C] Now the dogs are barking, [G] and the taxi cab's parking, [Am] and all [D] they can do [G] for me
[Am] is [G] _ [C] beg you to stab me, [G] and you tore my shirt open, [A] and I'm down on my knees [D] tonight.
_ _ [C] Old bush mills are [G] staggered, now you buried the dagger [A] in your silhouette _ [D] window light.
_ To [G] go waltzing [Am] Matilda, [G] waltzing [C] Matilda, [G] you come [A] waltzing [D] Matilda with me.
_ _ _ [C] Now I lost my Saint [G] Christopher, now that I've kissed her, [Am] and the one-armed [D] [G] bandit knows.
[Am] _ [Bm] _ [C]
Maverick China, bending [G] the cold [Bm]-blooded [G] sign, [Am] and the [A] girls down by [D] the strip,
and the show's [G] gone.
To go [Am] waltzing Matilda, [G] _ [C] waltzing Matilda, [G] you come waltzing [Am] Matilda [D] with me. _ _ _
_ [C] No, I don't want your [G] sympathy, fugitives say, [Am] that the [D] streets aren't for [G] dreaming now.
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] _ Manslaughter, [G] dragness, and the ghosts that sell memories, [A] they want a piece of the [D] action _ anyhow.
_ To go [G] _
[Am] waltzing Matilda, [G] _ [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you come [Am] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
And _ [C] you can ask any sailor, [G] and the keys from the [Am] jailer, and the old [D] men in [G] _
wheelchairs know.
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] Matilda's the defendant, [G] you know she killed about a hundred, [A] and she follows wherever _
[D] you may go.
_ _ [G] _
[Am] Waltzing Matilda, [G] _ [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you come waltzing [Am] Matilda [D] with me.
_ _ _ [C] And it's a battered old suitcase, [Bm] to a hotel [G] someplace, [Am] and a wound [D] that will [G] never [Am] heal.
[G] _ [C] No, prima donna, [G] perfume is on, [Am] an old shirt [D] that is stained [G] with blood [Am] and [G] whiskey.
[C] So goodnight to the street [G] sweepers, the night watchmen, flame keepers, [Am] and goodnight _ [D] _ _ [G] Matilda. _
_ [D] Good _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [C] night.
_ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ Wasted and [G] wounded, [Bm] it ain't worth the [Am] mooning.
[D] God, what I paid [G] for now, _
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] see you tomorrow.
[G] Hey Frank, can [Bm] I borrow [A] a couple of bucks [D] from you to go?
[G] _ [Am] Waltzing Matilda, [G] _ [C] waltzing Matilda, [G] you come waltzing [A] [D] Matilda with me. _ _
[C] I'm an innocent victim [G] of a blinded alley, [Am] and I'm tired [D] of all these [G] soldiers here.
[Am] No [G] _
[C] one speaks English, [G] and everything's broken, [A] and my stace is a [D]-soaking wet. _
To _ [G] go [Am] waltzing [G] Matilda, [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you [Bm] come waltzing [A]
[D] Matilda with me.
_ _ [C] Now the dogs are barking, [G] and the taxi cab's parking, [Am] and all [D] they can do [G] for me
[Am] is [G] _ [C] beg you to stab me, [G] and you tore my shirt open, [A] and I'm down on my knees [D] tonight.
_ _ [C] Old bush mills are [G] staggered, now you buried the dagger [A] in your silhouette _ [D] window light.
_ To [G] go waltzing [Am] Matilda, [G] waltzing [C] Matilda, [G] you come [A] waltzing [D] Matilda with me.
_ _ _ [C] Now I lost my Saint [G] Christopher, now that I've kissed her, [Am] and the one-armed [D] [G] bandit knows.
[Am] _ [Bm] _ [C]
Maverick China, bending [G] the cold [Bm]-blooded [G] sign, [Am] and the [A] girls down by [D] the strip,
and the show's [G] gone.
To go [Am] waltzing Matilda, [G] _ [C] waltzing Matilda, [G] you come waltzing [Am] Matilda [D] with me. _ _ _
_ [C] No, I don't want your [G] sympathy, fugitives say, [Am] that the [D] streets aren't for [G] dreaming now.
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] _ Manslaughter, [G] dragness, and the ghosts that sell memories, [A] they want a piece of the [D] action _ anyhow.
_ To go [G] _
[Am] waltzing Matilda, [G] _ [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you come [Am] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
And _ [C] you can ask any sailor, [G] and the keys from the [Am] jailer, and the old [D] men in [G] _
wheelchairs know.
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] Matilda's the defendant, [G] you know she killed about a hundred, [A] and she follows wherever _
[D] you may go.
_ _ [G] _
[Am] Waltzing Matilda, [G] _ [C] waltzing [G] Matilda, you come waltzing [Am] Matilda [D] with me.
_ _ _ [C] And it's a battered old suitcase, [Bm] to a hotel [G] someplace, [Am] and a wound [D] that will [G] never [Am] heal.
[G] _ [C] No, prima donna, [G] perfume is on, [Am] an old shirt [D] that is stained [G] with blood [Am] and [G] whiskey.
[C] So goodnight to the street [G] sweepers, the night watchmen, flame keepers, [Am] and goodnight _ [D] _ _ [G] Matilda. _
_ [D] Good _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [C] night.
_ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _