From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir) **ICE CREAM MAN (Tom Waits)** ============= -- comp. Tom Waits (from _Closing_Time_) ["transcr." tcg, '86] -- 4/4 // Key of Dm (transposed from Cm) // Allegro [except Intro] -- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat CHORDS-- Dm Dm<C bass> BbM7 Bb7 A+ A7+ Gm7 A7 xxo___ x_x___ x_x___ x_x___ xox___ xoxo__ _x____ xoxo_o 1 |||||1 |||||1 |1===1 |1=1=1 |||||1 |||||1 |||||| |||||| |||2|| |||2|| |||2|| |||||| |||23| ||||2| |||||| ||2|3| ||||3| |3||4| ||||3| ||||3| |||||| |||||| 1=1111 |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| INTRO: (Moderately: ad-lib arpeggios [piano, really]) Dm / Dm<c> / BbM7 / A+ [5x ... 5th x, move A+ fingering up every 2 frets for neat effect; then pause...] (quicker tempo:) Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / [2x] VERSE 1: Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / Well, I take 'em by your house about two forty-five-- Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / Sidewalk sundaes, strawberry surprise-- Dm / / / Gm7 / / / I got a cherry popsickle, right on time-- A7 / / / A7+ / / / A big stick, mama, that'll blow your mind-- CHORUS: Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / 'Cuz I'm an Ice Cream Man-- Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / I'm a one-man band-- Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / I'm an Ice Cream Man, honey, I'll be good to you. VERSE 2: Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / If you meet me in the alley, baby, don't you fret-- Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / Come back around, and don't forget-- Dm / / / Gm7 / / / When you're tired and you're hungry, and you want somethin' cool-- A7 / / / A7+ / / / Got somethin' better than a swimmin' pool-- CHORUS VERSE 3: Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / If you see me comin', 'n'you ain't got no change-- Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / Don't worry, baby, it can be arranged-- Dm / / / Gm7 / / / Show me you can smile, baby, just for me-- A7 / / / A7+ / / / Feed you with a drumstick, I'll do it for free-- [no Freudian stuff in THIS song, by God!] CHORUS Dm / Dm<C> / Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / [... I'll be good to you.] --Be good to you-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --Be good to you-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --Good to you, yeh-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --Good to you, yeh-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --Good to you, yeh-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --Good to you, yeh-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --Good to you, yeh-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --Good to you-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --I'll be good to you-- Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm<C> / --I'll be good to you-- [...fade] *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* | Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) | * ------------------------------- _-^-_ ------------------------------- * | "--If I decide to practice a / o )=\ slight movement from right | * to left . . . or from left { /===} to right . . . it's * | nobody's business but my \ (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) | *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*