Tom Waits - Jockey full of bourbon
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Date: 02.20.2020
JOCKEY FULL OF BOURBON
Intro:
Em B7 Em
e|----------------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------------|-----------------------|
D|--------2-------------------|---/4------2--1--2-----|
A|------------2---------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------3---2~-----|-----------------------|
B7 Em
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|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------/5-4--3-2~~----|------4--4-4--4--------|
|--/5-4--3-2------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------0~---|
Verse 1:
Em
e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------|
Edna Million in a drop-dead suit
B7
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|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------x-----|-1--4-------------|
|----------------------------x--/2-|------2~----------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
Dutch Pink on a downtown train
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|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|---------------------------------------4--4-2--0-|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|-4-|
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|-------------------------------------------------|---|
Two-dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot
Em
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------x-2---|------------|
|----------------------------------x---3-|-0~---------|
I'm in the corner in the pouring rain
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------4--5-5--5-|\4~--------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
16 men on a dead man's chest
B7
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|-----------------------------------------|-2--0------|
|-----------------------------------------|------4~---|
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And I've been drinking from a broken cup
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|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|-0--------------|
|------------------------------------|----4\1---------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest
Em
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|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------2-2-|
|------------------------------------------0--2-3-----|
I'm full of bourbon, I can't stand up
Chorus:
Am Em
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-0----------------------------0-|-h2----------------|
E|-----------------------0--0-3---|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|----------------------------------4--4-2--0-|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--/2----|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Am Em
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------0--|-2-----------------|
|-----------------------0--0-3----|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|------------------------------------7--7-7-|-5-5b7---|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Verse 2:
Em
e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------|
Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head
B7
e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------|
And I've been stepping on the devil's tail
e|------------------------------------|---------------|
B|------------------------------------|---------------|
G|------------------------------------|---------------|
D|----------------------------------x-|----1-4--------|
A|----------------------------------x-|-/2-----2------|
E|------------------------------------|---------------|
Across the stripes of a full moon's head
Em
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|------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------4-3-4-3-4-3-2-|-0--------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
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And through the bars of a Cuban jail
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|----------------------------5-5-----|----------------|
|---------------------------------4--|----------------|
|-----------------------------------5|--2-------------|
|------------------------------------|----2-----------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
Bloody fingers on a purple knife
B7
e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------------|------------------|
A|-----------------------------x-0-|-1/2--------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------|
Flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass
e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------------------|--x-0-------------|
E|---------------------------------|--x---3-2---------|
I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife
Em
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|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|-7--7-7-|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
Admire the view from up on top of the mast
Chorus:
Am Em
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-7-0---------------2--2-0-0-----|-------------------|
E|----------------------------3-/-|--/-7--------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
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|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|--------------------------------------2--0-------|---|
|-------------------------------------------4-4\2-|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Am Em
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------0|-2-----------------|
|-------------------------0--0-3--|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
House is on fire, your children...
Solo:
B7
e|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
B|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
G|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
D|--------5-7-|--/9-----------/9------|-------5-/9-7~-|
A|----7-7-----|------7-7--7--7---7-7--|--7--7---------|
E|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
...are alone
Em
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|---/5-5-4---5-5--5-5--5------|
|-------------/5-4-2----|----------4------------------|
|--/5-4-2-1----------4--|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
B7
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----4---4----4---4-4-3-4-3-4-|-3-4-3-2-0-------------|
|--2---2----2---2-------------|------------4~-4~------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
Em
|----------------|-----------------------------|------|
|----------------|-------------------------5---|------|
|----------------|-4-5-4-----------------4---4-|------|
|--------4-4-----|-------7-5-4---------5-------|-5/7~-|
|-2~//6-------2~-|--------------7-6-7----------|------|
|----------------|-----------------------------|------|
Chorus:
Am Em
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-2~----------------|
E|----------------------------0-3-|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|---------------------------------------------2-2-|-0-|
|-------------------------------0-0--2-2--3-3-----|---|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Am Em
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------2--2-2-2-|--1~-|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|----------------------------------------------0-|-2\-|
|--------------------------------------0--0-h3---|----|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Verse 3:
Em
e|----------------------------------------------|-----|
B|----------------------------------------------|-----|
G|-------------------------------------4--4-2-0-|-----|
D|----------------------------------------------|-2~--|
A|----------------------------------------------|-----|
E|----------------------------------------------|-----|
Yellow sheets on a Hong Kong bed
B7
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|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-2---------------------------------------------|-----|
|---2----------------------------x-0-h1/2~------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
Stazybo horn and a Slingerland ride
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|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------------------------4-5-|--4~-|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
To the carnival is what she said
Em
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|-2~-|
|----------------------------------------------2-|----|
|----------------------------------------0-0h3---|----|
A hundred dollars makes it dark inside
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|----------------------------------------1-------|-0--|
|-------------------------------------------2----|----|
|----------------------------------------------3-|----|
Edna Million in a drop-dead suit
B7
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|---------------------------------------------1-|/4~--|
|-2~--------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
Dutch Pink on a downtown train
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|---------------------------------------------4-|-4~--|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
Two-dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot
Em
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|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-----------------------------------------------2-|-0-|
|-----------------------------------0-0--2-2--3---|---|
I'm in the corner in the pouring rain
Chorus:
Am Em
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|---------------------4-4--4-2-0-|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-4-----------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|---------------------------------5b6r5-3-5-3-0-3-|-5-|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Am Em
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|--------------------------------------5---------|----|
|---------------------------------/6h7---/6h7-7--|-2--|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|-0-------|
|----------------------------------0-0-0--3-|---0-----|
Your house is on fire, your children...
End/Solo:
Em B7
e|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---4-4---4-4-4--4-4-4-|-4--4-4-2-0------------------|
D|----------------------|------------4~~--------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|
...are alone
Em
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|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|-x-4-5-6-7-8-9-10~-9--|-9-8-7-----------------------||
|----------------------|-----x-10-9-8-7-6-7----------||
|----------------------|------------------x-7-5-3-0~-||
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B E
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
t - right hand tap
x - muted, played far down in the mix,
- harmonics (12th fret, in this case)