On the Nickel (A Wino's Lullabye) Based on this live performance from 1979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6V5DXk6TbA Chorded by GWiZ (gwiz665@gmail.com) Capo on 4th Fret. Verse 1:

^GSticks and stones will ^Dbreak my bones, ^GBut I always will be ^Dtrue, G D /c# Bm When your mama is dead and gone, I'll sing this ^Emlullaby just for ^A7sus4you,

^A7 ^GSo what becomes of li^Dttle boys, ^GWho never say their ^Dprayers, ^GWell they're sleepin' like a ^Dba^Bmby, On the ^Em7Nickel ^A7over ^Dthere.

^GAnd if you chew tob^Dacco, ^GAnd wish upon the s^Dtar, G D /c# Bm Well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit, Man they look like p^Emunchlines between the c^A7sus4ars,

^A7 ^GAnd I know a place where a ^Droyal flush, ^GCan never beat a ^Dpair, ^GAnd even Thomas J^Deffers^Bmon, Is on the ^Emnickel o^A7ver T^Dhere.

^GSo ring around the ^Drosie, ^GYou're sleepin in the ^Drain, ^GAnd you're always late for s^Dupp^Bmer, And man you^Em let me down ag^A7ain, ^GI thought I heard a ^Dmocking bird, ^GRoosevelt knows w^Dhere, ^GThey're whisteling past the g^Drave y^Bmard And they're on the ^Emnickel o^Aver t^Dhere.

^GSo what becomes of l^Dittle boys, ^GThat run away from ^Dhome, ^GWell the world keeps getti^Dn' big^Bmger, ^EmOnce you get out on you^A7sus4r own,

^A7

^GSo climb up thru that button^Dhole, ^GAnd fall right up the st^Dairs, ^GI'll show you where the sh^Dort dogs ^Bmgo, On the ^Emnickel...^A7sus4over the^A7re. ^D

Seque into riff from Waltzing Matilda (not Tom Traubert's Blues) D F#7 Bm G D Bm Em A D F#7 Bm G D Bm A D Notes: Since this is played on the Piano originally, there's a lot of fiddling with singular tones to widen the sound, generally you can feel free to experiment with 7's and sus4 and sus2s. The ending Waltzing Matilda chord progression is a little different than the chords I found anywhere, the F#7 is a Tom Waits substitution but just sounds great.