Wrong Side Of The Road Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
76.1 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
E
G
F#
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [A#m] [D] [B] [G] [F#m] [E]
[D] [A#] [F#m] [A] [G#] [E] Wow.
[D] [A] [Bm] [C#] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
[A#] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
[F#m] Put a [Bm] dead cat on a [A] railroad [Bm] track.
[F#m] Wolf pains [Bm] blooming by the [E] trestle.
[F] I bought a rooster.
[F#] Stones from the ditch.
[G] Wash him down with bilge [E] water.
Say you'll never [Bm] snitch.
Take the buttons [A] from a yellow [D] jockey.
[G] [A] Feather from [Bm] a buzzard.
[E] [Bm] Blood from a bounty hunter's
[A] cold black [G#] heart.
[E] [G] Get the tears of a widow
[F#] in a single-meter glass.
[G] Your mama and your papa,
[F#] they can kiss [F#m] your ass.
[Bm] Poison all the [A#] water
[Bm] [G] in the [F] wishing [E] well.
[E] [Bm] Hang all [A] them [Bm] [G#] scarecrows
from a sickle [Am] or a [E] tree.
[G] Burn down all them honeymoons.
[F#] Put them in a pillowcase.
[G] Wave next to the switchblaze
[E] at the [A] amusement park for me.
[Bm] Strangle all the Christmas carols.
[Em] Scratch out all the [Bm] prayers.
Bubble the barbed wire.
[C] Push [G#] them down the stairs.
[E] [G] I always knew a pistol
would [F#] keep the nightmares
off your blinds.
[G] Them sons of bitches
always [A] limbed our sneak up from behind.
[Dm] [Bm] Siphon all the gas
from your [C#m] daddy's pickup [Bm] truck.
Fill up Johnny's T-bag.
[Em] I got [E] a couple bucks
[F#m] for [G] a poor little [F#] perfume.
Wear a ribbon in your hair.
[B] [Em] Careful that you [Bm] don't wake
[A] up the hounds.
[Bm] Tear a bolt of lightning
from [E] the side of the sky.
[D] Throw it [A#m] in a cedar [D] chest.
[Em] You won't know [Bm] till you walk.
[E] Bring [G] the gas shift now.
[F#] My 49 Mike
[G] lies down here beside me.
[F#] Let me hold [D] you in a night
you're gonna tremble.
[G#] Tear [C#m] the throat out [Bm] of the night.
Send your teeth into my shoulder.
Stick those nails [G] into my back.
Tell that little girl
to let [F#] go of my sleeve.
You'll be [B] a woman
when I catch you.
Come [F#] baby fall in love with [A#] me.
With [Bm] my double barrel [D] shotgun.
[G] [C#m] Hold [E] back the shell.
[Bm] Celebrate [Bm] for [A] the future life.
[D] Well through [G] a hundred miles an hour.
[F#] Spending someone else's dough.
[G] Drive all the way to Reno.
[F#] On the wrong side of the [Bm] road.
[F#]
[D] [D] [A#m] [G] Wrong side of the [D] road.
[C#m]
[Bm] [A] [E] Wrong side of [C#m] [Bm]
[G#] [Bm] the road.
Wrong side of, wrong side of the road.
[F#m] [E] [G#] [F#] [Bm] [C#] [G]
[C#m] [E] [Bm] [A#] [Bm]
[C#] [G#] [Bm] [Bm]
[Bm]
[C#m] [Bm] [E]
[F#m] [Bm] [F#] [D] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[B] [E] [D] [D] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] [E]
[F#] [Bm] [F#m]
[D] [A#] [F#m] [A] [G#] [E] Wow.
[D] [A] [Bm] [C#] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
[A#] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
[F#m] Put a [Bm] dead cat on a [A] railroad [Bm] track.
[F#m] Wolf pains [Bm] blooming by the [E] trestle.
[F] I bought a rooster.
[F#] Stones from the ditch.
[G] Wash him down with bilge [E] water.
Say you'll never [Bm] snitch.
Take the buttons [A] from a yellow [D] jockey.
[G] [A] Feather from [Bm] a buzzard.
[E] [Bm] Blood from a bounty hunter's
[A] cold black [G#] heart.
[E] [G] Get the tears of a widow
[F#] in a single-meter glass.
[G] Your mama and your papa,
[F#] they can kiss [F#m] your ass.
[Bm] Poison all the [A#] water
[Bm] [G] in the [F] wishing [E] well.
[E] [Bm] Hang all [A] them [Bm] [G#] scarecrows
from a sickle [Am] or a [E] tree.
[G] Burn down all them honeymoons.
[F#] Put them in a pillowcase.
[G] Wave next to the switchblaze
[E] at the [A] amusement park for me.
[Bm] Strangle all the Christmas carols.
[Em] Scratch out all the [Bm] prayers.
Bubble the barbed wire.
[C] Push [G#] them down the stairs.
[E] [G] I always knew a pistol
would [F#] keep the nightmares
off your blinds.
[G] Them sons of bitches
always [A] limbed our sneak up from behind.
[Dm] [Bm] Siphon all the gas
from your [C#m] daddy's pickup [Bm] truck.
Fill up Johnny's T-bag.
[Em] I got [E] a couple bucks
[F#m] for [G] a poor little [F#] perfume.
Wear a ribbon in your hair.
[B] [Em] Careful that you [Bm] don't wake
[A] up the hounds.
[Bm] Tear a bolt of lightning
from [E] the side of the sky.
[D] Throw it [A#m] in a cedar [D] chest.
[Em] You won't know [Bm] till you walk.
[E] Bring [G] the gas shift now.
[F#] My 49 Mike
[G] lies down here beside me.
[F#] Let me hold [D] you in a night
you're gonna tremble.
[G#] Tear [C#m] the throat out [Bm] of the night.
Send your teeth into my shoulder.
Stick those nails [G] into my back.
Tell that little girl
to let [F#] go of my sleeve.
You'll be [B] a woman
when I catch you.
Come [F#] baby fall in love with [A#] me.
With [Bm] my double barrel [D] shotgun.
[G] [C#m] Hold [E] back the shell.
[Bm] Celebrate [Bm] for [A] the future life.
[D] Well through [G] a hundred miles an hour.
[F#] Spending someone else's dough.
[G] Drive all the way to Reno.
[F#] On the wrong side of the [Bm] road.
[F#]
[D] [D] [A#m] [G] Wrong side of the [D] road.
[C#m]
[Bm] [A] [E] Wrong side of [C#m] [Bm]
[G#] [Bm] the road.
Wrong side of, wrong side of the road.
[F#m] [E] [G#] [F#] [Bm] [C#] [G]
[C#m] [E] [Bm] [A#] [Bm]
[C#] [G#] [Bm] [Bm]
[Bm]
[C#m] [Bm] [E]
[F#m] [Bm] [F#] [D] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[B] [E] [D] [D] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] [E]
[F#] [Bm] [F#m]
Key:
Bm
E
G
F#
D
Bm
E
G
[Bm] _ _ [A#m] _ [D] _ [B] _ [G] _ [F#m] _ [E] _
[D] _ _ [A#] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [G#] _ [E] Wow.
[D] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [A#] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] Put a [Bm] dead cat on a [A] railroad [Bm] track. _ _
[F#m] Wolf pains [Bm] blooming by the [E] trestle.
_ [F] I bought a rooster.
[F#] Stones from the ditch.
[G] Wash him down with bilge [E] water.
Say you'll never [Bm] snitch.
Take the buttons [A] from a yellow [D] jockey.
[G] [A] Feather from [Bm] a buzzard.
[E] _ [Bm] Blood from a bounty hunter's
[A] cold black [G#] heart.
[E] _ [G] Get the tears of a widow
[F#] in a single-meter glass.
[G] Your mama and your papa,
[F#] they can kiss [F#m] your ass.
[Bm] Poison all the [A#] water
[Bm] [G] in the [F] wishing [E] well.
[E] _ [Bm] Hang all [A] them [Bm] [G#] scarecrows
from a sickle [Am] or a [E] tree.
_ [G] Burn down all them honeymoons.
[F#] Put them in a pillowcase.
_ [G] Wave next to the switchblaze
[E] at the [A] amusement park for me.
[Bm] _ Strangle all the Christmas carols.
[Em] Scratch out all the [Bm] prayers.
_ Bubble the barbed wire.
[C] Push [G#] them down the stairs.
[E] [G] I always knew a pistol
would [F#] keep the nightmares
off your blinds.
[G] Them sons of bitches
always [A] limbed our sneak up from behind.
[Dm] [Bm] Siphon all the gas
from your [C#m] daddy's pickup [Bm] truck.
Fill up Johnny's T-bag.
[Em] I got [E] a couple bucks
[F#m] for [G] a poor little _ [F#] perfume.
Wear a ribbon in your hair.
[B] _ [Em] Careful that you [Bm] don't wake
[A] up the hounds.
[Bm] Tear a bolt of lightning
from [E] the side of the sky.
_ [D] Throw it [A#m] in a cedar [D] chest.
[Em] You won't know [Bm] till you walk.
[E] Bring [G] the gas shift now.
_ [F#] My 49 Mike
_ [G] lies down here beside me.
[F#] Let me hold [D] you in a night
you're gonna tremble.
[G#] Tear [C#m] the throat out [Bm] of the night.
Send your teeth into my shoulder.
Stick those nails [G] into my back.
Tell that little girl
to let [F#] go of my sleeve.
_ You'll be [B] a woman
when I catch you.
Come [F#] baby fall in love with [A#] me.
With [Bm] my double barrel [D] shotgun.
[G] [C#m] Hold [E] back the shell.
_ _ [Bm] Celebrate [Bm] for [A] the future life.
[D] _ Well through [G] a hundred miles an hour.
[F#] Spending someone else's dough.
[G] Drive all the way to Reno.
[F#] On the wrong side of the [Bm] road.
[F#] _
[D] _ [D] _ [A#m] _ [G] Wrong side of the [D] road.
[C#m] _
[Bm] _ _ [A] [E] Wrong side of [C#m] _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G#] [Bm] the road.
Wrong side of, wrong side of the road.
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ [G#] _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [G] _
_ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A#] _ [Bm] _
_ [C#] _ [G#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A#] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [G#] _ [E] Wow.
[D] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [A#] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] Put a [Bm] dead cat on a [A] railroad [Bm] track. _ _
[F#m] Wolf pains [Bm] blooming by the [E] trestle.
_ [F] I bought a rooster.
[F#] Stones from the ditch.
[G] Wash him down with bilge [E] water.
Say you'll never [Bm] snitch.
Take the buttons [A] from a yellow [D] jockey.
[G] [A] Feather from [Bm] a buzzard.
[E] _ [Bm] Blood from a bounty hunter's
[A] cold black [G#] heart.
[E] _ [G] Get the tears of a widow
[F#] in a single-meter glass.
[G] Your mama and your papa,
[F#] they can kiss [F#m] your ass.
[Bm] Poison all the [A#] water
[Bm] [G] in the [F] wishing [E] well.
[E] _ [Bm] Hang all [A] them [Bm] [G#] scarecrows
from a sickle [Am] or a [E] tree.
_ [G] Burn down all them honeymoons.
[F#] Put them in a pillowcase.
_ [G] Wave next to the switchblaze
[E] at the [A] amusement park for me.
[Bm] _ Strangle all the Christmas carols.
[Em] Scratch out all the [Bm] prayers.
_ Bubble the barbed wire.
[C] Push [G#] them down the stairs.
[E] [G] I always knew a pistol
would [F#] keep the nightmares
off your blinds.
[G] Them sons of bitches
always [A] limbed our sneak up from behind.
[Dm] [Bm] Siphon all the gas
from your [C#m] daddy's pickup [Bm] truck.
Fill up Johnny's T-bag.
[Em] I got [E] a couple bucks
[F#m] for [G] a poor little _ [F#] perfume.
Wear a ribbon in your hair.
[B] _ [Em] Careful that you [Bm] don't wake
[A] up the hounds.
[Bm] Tear a bolt of lightning
from [E] the side of the sky.
_ [D] Throw it [A#m] in a cedar [D] chest.
[Em] You won't know [Bm] till you walk.
[E] Bring [G] the gas shift now.
_ [F#] My 49 Mike
_ [G] lies down here beside me.
[F#] Let me hold [D] you in a night
you're gonna tremble.
[G#] Tear [C#m] the throat out [Bm] of the night.
Send your teeth into my shoulder.
Stick those nails [G] into my back.
Tell that little girl
to let [F#] go of my sleeve.
_ You'll be [B] a woman
when I catch you.
Come [F#] baby fall in love with [A#] me.
With [Bm] my double barrel [D] shotgun.
[G] [C#m] Hold [E] back the shell.
_ _ [Bm] Celebrate [Bm] for [A] the future life.
[D] _ Well through [G] a hundred miles an hour.
[F#] Spending someone else's dough.
[G] Drive all the way to Reno.
[F#] On the wrong side of the [Bm] road.
[F#] _
[D] _ [D] _ [A#m] _ [G] Wrong side of the [D] road.
[C#m] _
[Bm] _ _ [A] [E] Wrong side of [C#m] _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G#] [Bm] the road.
Wrong side of, wrong side of the road.
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ [G#] _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [G] _
_ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A#] _ [Bm] _
_ [C#] _ [G#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _