Eyeball Kid Chords by Tom Waits

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_ _ [Dbm] _ _ I'm going to sing a song called, The Story of a Child. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ There's a small barrier in the courtyard of the pilot's house.
16 children in the usual style.
They had a courtyard museum and they had no guile.
All they ever wanted was a showcase child.
The 7th of December, _ _ [N] 1949,
they got to give their wishes for all of the children.
Grew up in a [F] trailer, by the time it was nine.
Rolled off the Thunder Circuit, stealing fortunes on [N] the side. _
Hangin' hair, _ _ eyeball skin.
_ _ Woo!
[Db] Well the first time I saw him was at Saigon Jail.
[Bbm] Cost [C] me $27 just before [N] he was dead.
I said, your name will be in the license.
And that's no doubt.
But you got to have a manager, that's what it's all about.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ Well people would point, people would stare.
I always been too protective to cut down the glare.
[C] I know you can't speak, I know [Bb] you can't sign.
So try [B] right here on the [G] dotted line.
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Hell, hell.
[Ab] _ _ Eyeball skin.
[F] _ _ _ _ Well he was born without a body, not even [N] a brow.
I made a killer promise, I made a killer vow.
He's not conventionally handsome, he'll never be tall.
He said, all he got to do is look man, [F] to call it a yaw. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] Woo!
He's just a little [C] bitty thing, [Db] he's just a little guy.
Women go crazy for [E] the big blue eyes.
How does he dream?
How does he think?
[N] When he can't even speak, [C] when he can't even blink.
I said, hell, hell.
_ _ [Cm] Eyeball [G] skin.
Hell, _ [N] hell. _ _ _
Eyeball skin. _ _ _ _
_ _ Hell, hell. _ _
Eyeball skin.
_ Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid.
_ Everybody wants to see the eyeball.
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_ [G] Woo!
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_ [G] _ He _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ said, [Bb] how does he dream?
How does he think?
When he can't even speak, and he [Gm] can't even blink.
We [D] are lost in the wilderness, [C] we're blind as can be.
[Ab] He come down to teach us how to really [E] see.
_ _ [F] Eyeball skin. Eyeball skin.
[C] So give [Bb] it up [C] and throw me down a couple of quid.
[Fm] Everybody wants [N] to see the eyeball. _
Give it up and throw me down a couple of quid.
Everybody [Bbm] [C] wants to see the eyeball.
_ Give [Bbm] it up.
_ [Cm] Give it up.
_ Give it [Db] up and [B] throw me [G] down a couple of [C] quid.
Everybody wants to see the eyeball. _
_ _ Eyeball skin.
Eyeball skin.
Woo, the eyeball _ skin.
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[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
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Eyeball _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Ab] _ skin.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _