Swordfishtrombone

Song: Swordfishtrombone Artist: Tom Waits Composer: Tom Waits Album: Swordfishtrombone Tabbed by DJ (’DiddyD’ on ultimateGuitar.com)  26th April 2017 CAPO: 5th fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Am) NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below: Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Emadd9 = 024000     = x24442    = x02210    = 242322      = 022000    = x24242    = x02230     = x35353 ^ = Emphasise the beats Please select a star rating for this tab many thanks ====================================================================== [Intro] e |----------| B |----------| G |----------| D |----------| A |----0--2--| E |--4-------| ||: /  /_/   /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / | /  /_/   /_/ / :||[x2]     ^  ^ ^   ^ ^     ^ ^ ^ ^ ^     ^ ^ ^ ^ ^     ^  ^ ^   ^ ^ ||: /  /_/ /_/  /  | /  /_/  /_/  / :||[x3]      ^  ^ ^ ^ ^        ^  ^ ^  ^ ^ |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  | [Verse 1] Well he came home from the war with a party in his head And modified Brougham De - Ville        And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings And a mad dog that wouldn’t sit still           [Verse 2] Went and took up with a Sal - vation Army Band girl         Who played ’Dirty water’ from a sword -fish - trom - bone         He went to sleep at the bot - tom of Ten - killer Lake         And he said "Gee but it’s great to be home!" [Verse 3] Well he came home from the war with a party in his head   And an idea for a fireworks dis - play          And he knew that he’d be ready with a stainless steel ma - chete And a half a pint of Ballentine’s each day            [Verse 4] Then he holed up in room a - bove a hardware store          Crying nothing there but Hol - ly - wood tears          And he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl        And stayed like that for twenty-seven years [Verse 5]                Em               Emadd9  Em He’d packed up all his expect - ations He lit out for Cali - fornia With a flyswatter banjo on his knee                           Em            Emadd9 Em With ’Lucky Tiger’ in his angel  hair And benzedrine for getting there They found him in a eucalyptus tree           [Verse 6] Lieutenant got him a cana - ry bird     Em                          Emadd9 Em And skanked her head with eve - ry     word And Chesterfielded moon - beams in a song          And he got 20 years for lovin’ her From some Oklahoma Gover - nor     Said everything this doughboy does is wrong [Verse 7] Now some say he’s doing ’The o - bitu - ary mambo’ Now some say he’s hangin’ on the wall                             Em              Emadd9  Em Perhaps this yarn’s the only thing... ...That holds this man to - gether Some say that he was never here at all           [Verse 8] Some say they saw him down in Birmingham          Sleeping in a box - car going by          And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale         I swear to God you’d have to tell a lie [Coda] ||: /  /_/   /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / | /  /_/  /_/ / :||[x2]     ^  ^ ^   ^ ^     ^ ^ ^ ^ ^     ^ ^ ^ ^ ^     ^  ^ ^  ^ ^ ||: /  /_/ /_/  /  | /  /_/  /_/  / :||[x3]      ^  ^ ^ ^ ^        ^  ^ ^  ^ ^ |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |   /   ||