On The Nickle
Tom Waits
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # From: Date: Thu 15 Feb 1996 18:09:40 -0600 (CST) Subject: Tom Waits_On the Nickel On the Nickle--Tom Waits >From "Heartattack and Vine Starts in the key of F# major: Intro: e-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------| b-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------| G-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----| D-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-| A---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---| E-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------| e----------|-----|| b----------|-----|| G----------|-----|| D-8------6-|-----|| A---9--9---|9----|| E----------|-----|| Verse 1: Stick and Stones will Break my Bones But I always will be true And when your mama is dead and gone I’ll Sing this Lulabye just for you And what becomes of all the little boys Who never comb their hair Well they’re lined up all around the block On the Nickel over there. Verse 2: So you better bring a bucket There is a hole in the pail And if you don’t get my letter Then you’ll know that I’m in jail And what becomes of all the little boys Who never say their prayers Well they’re sleepin’ like a baby On the Nickel over there. Key change to Ab: e------|--------|------------|--------|-----|| b------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----|| G------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---|| D------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----|| A--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----|| E------|--------|------------|--------|-----|| Verse 3: And if you chew tobacco And wish upon a star Well you’ll find out where the scarecrows sit Just like puchlines between the cars And I know a place where a royal flush Can never beat a pair And even Thomas Jefferson Is on the Nickel over There. Verse 4: So ring around the rosie You’re sleepin in the rain And you’re always late for supper And man you let me down let me down again I thought I heard a mocking bird Roosevelt knows where You can skip the light with Grady Tuck On the Nickel over There. Key change to Bb: e--------|---------|--------------|---------|------|| b--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------|| G--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---|| D--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------|| A--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------|| E--------|---------|--------------|---------|------|| Verse 5: So what becomes of all the little boys Who run away from home Well the world just keeps gettin’ bigger Once you get out on your own So here’s to all the little boys The sandman takes you where Your sleepin’ with the pillow of man On the Nickel over There. Verse 6: So climb up thru that buttonhole And fall right up the stairs I’ll show you where the short(?) dogs grow On the Nickel...over There. Ending: e--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----|| b--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----|| G--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--|| D--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----|| A--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----|| E--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----|| Notes: The tabs are not exactly guitar parts but are string parts on the song. I’m not a guitarist so I don’t know what are the best fingerings but these are the right notes. Jeff Henscheid
