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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- All The Time – Tom Waits ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: cg10 This song is a traditional 12-bar blues structure on those (power) chords: F5–A#5–C5 F5: 133xxx A#5: x133xx C5: x355xx (If you prefer to use full chords, my feeling would be to play the song in Fm-A#m-C, but I might be wrong so play what you think sounds good!) The bass riffs are: F5 e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|----------1-1-3-3---------1-1-3-3--| E|--1-1-4-4---------1-1-4-4----------| A#5 e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|----------1-1-3-3---------1-1-3-3--| A|--1-1-4-4---------1-1-4-4----------| E|-----------------------------------| C5 e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|----------3-3-5-5---------3-3-5-5--| A|--3-3-6-6---------3-3-6-6----------| E|-----------------------------------| So for the ones who are less familiar with the 12-bar blues structure, here is what it should end up like (use the complete riffs shown above instead of the following chords and repeat as indicated): F5 x4 A#5 x2 F5 x2 C5 x1 A#5 x1 F5 x2 Repeat this in loop for the rest of the song... Lyrics: You're the tree That you can't eat the fruit from I heard horses come to ride me away I want shade And a good place to shoot from If I's a clock I'd be the end of the day You know you're not the boss of me You can lift your skirt You can shake your hair But I got all the time in the world You're the ditch In the road where the wheels keep spinning You're the same dead cat Clawing it's way back grinning You know You got a very bad reputation And you're nine lives Way down the line I got a jacket to put on and a hat to wear I wouldn't waste a gallon on you out there And I got all the time in the world A bridge is only there for you to jump off of And there ain't no rain clouds that are blue I do declare my independence Baby I shot off all my fireworks for you The river's burning and the trees are on fire There's lots of good rubber left on these tires And I've got all the time in the world SOLO Baby you're the light that won't change that I got stuck at You're the fan that won't work at the motel They were all out of red so I got me a blue one Baby you're always using mine why you get you one? I know you won't go very far You left your blonde wig in the car And I got all the time in the world SOLO ************** Now here is a second version with the chords as indicators of how the lyrics match the riffs:
You're the tF5ree That you can't eat the fruit from F5 I heard horses come to ride me away I want sA#5hade And a good place to shoot from F5 If I's a clock I'd be the end of the day You C5know you're not the boss of me You can lA#5ift your skirt You can shake your hair But I got F5all the time in the world
You're the dF5itch In the road where the wheels keep spinning You're the sF5ame dead cat Clawing it's way back grinning You kA#5now You got a very bad reputation And you're F5nine lives Way down the line I got a jC5acket to put on and a hat to wear I wouA#5ldn't waste a gallon on you out there And I got F5all the time in the world
A bF5ridge is only there for you to jump off of And there aF5in't no rain clouds that are blue I A#5do declare my independence Baby I sF5hot off all my fireworks for you The river's bC5urning and the trees are on fire There's lots of gA#5ood rubber left on these tires And I've got F5all the time in the world
SOLO
Baby you're the lF5ight that won't change that I got stuck at You're the fF5an that won't work at the motel They were A#5all out of red so I got me a blue one Baby you'reF5 always using mine why you get you one? I know you C5won't go very far You left your bA#5londe wig in the car And I got F5all the time in the world
SOLO