Tom Waits - Invitation to the blues

Well s^Dmhe's up against the regist^Bbmer with an apron and a spatula, Wit^Fh yesterday's deliveries^Bdim and the tickets for the bachelors She^Gm7's a moving violation f^A7sus4rom her con^A7k down to her shoes, But i^Dmt's just an^Gm inv^A7itati^Dmon to the blues

And^Gm you feel just like Cagn^C7ey, she looks like Rita Hayworth At ^Fthe counter of the Schwab's drugstore You wo^Gmnder if she might be single, she's^C7 a loner and likes to mingle G^Fot to be patient, try an^Ad p^A7ick^Dm up^A7 a clue

She sa^Dmid "How you gonna like ^Bbm'em, over medium or scrambled?", You say^F "Anyway's the only w^Gay", be careful not to gamble On a ^Gm7guy with a suitcase ^A7sus4and a ticket g^A7etting out of here In a ti^Dmred bus station in ^Bbman old pair of shoes This ai^A7sus4n't nothing but^A7 an invit^Dmation to the blues But you ca^Gmn't take your eyes off ^C7her, get another cup of java, And i^Ft's just the way she pours it for you, joking with the customers Mer^Gmcy mercy, Mr. Percy, there^C7 ain't nothing back in Jersey But^F a broken-down jal^Aopy of^A7 a man I left behind And^Dm a dream that I was chasing, a b^Bbmattle with booze And an ^A7sus4open in^A7vitation t^Dmo the blues

But she used^Gm to have a sugar daddy^C7 and a candy-apple Caddy, And^F a bank account and eve^Frything, accustomed to the finer things He probab^Gmly left her for a socialite, and ^C7he didn't love her 'cept at night, And th^Fen he's drunk and never even tol^Ad her that he cared So ^Dmthey took the registration, And th^Bbme car-keys and her shoes And ^A7sus4left her with ^A7an invitati^Dmon to the blues(...solo sax)

'Cause there'^Gms a Continental Trailways le^C7aving local bus tonight, good evening Y^Fou can have my seat, I'm stick^Fing round here for a while Get ^Gmme a room at the Squi^C7re, the filling station's hiring, And ^FI can eat here every night, what the ^Ahell have I got to lose? Got^Dm a crazy sensation, Go ^Bbmor stay? now I gotta choose, And ^A7sus4I'll accept your ^A7invitation ^Dmto the blues