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Tom Waits - The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House) From the album "The Heart of Saturday Night" Often simply referred to as "The Ghosts of Saturday Night" the official title as found on the album is actually "The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)" Here is the basic chord pattern found throughout. It is played in 6/4 timing. Also shown are possible chord voicings. Chord Voicing: Bb7/6 Eb9 Am7 D7 e|-3----| e|-1----| e|-0----| e|-2----| B|-3----| B|-2----| B|-1----| B|-1----| G|-1----| G|-0----| G|-0----| G|-2----| D|-3----| D|-1----| D|-2----| D|-0----| A|-1----| A|------| A|-0----| A|------| E|------| E|------| E|------| E|------| Bb7/6 Eb9 A cab combs the snake, Bb7/6 Eb9 Tryin' to rake in that last night's fare, Bb7/6 And a solitary sailor
Who spends the facts of Am7his life like small cD7hange on strangers... Bb7/6 Eb9 Paws his inside P-coat pocket for a welcome twenty-five cents, Bb7/6 Eb9 And the last bent butt from a package of Kents, Bb7/6 As he dreams of a waitress with Maxwell House eyes And marmalade thiAm7ghs with scrambled yelD7low hair.
Bb7/6 Eb9 Her rhinestone-studded moniker says, "Irene" Bb7/6 Eb9 Bb7/6 As she wipes the wisps of dishwater blonde from her eyes Am7 D7 Bb7/6 Eb9 And the Texaco beacon burns on, Bb7/6 Eb9 Bb7 The steel-belted attendant with a 'Ring and Valve Special'...
Cryin' "Fill'er up and Am7check that oil" "You know it could be a distributor and it coD7uld be a coil."
Bb7/6 Eb9 The early mornin' final edition's on the stands, Bb7/6 Eb9 And that town cryer's cryin' there with nickels in his hands. Bb7/6 Am7 D7 Pigs in a blanket sixty-nine cents, Bb7/6 Eb9 Eggs - roll 'em over and a package of Kents, Bb7/6 Eb9 Bb7/6 Adam and Eve on a log, you can sink 'em damn straight,
Am7Hash browns, hash browns, you kD7now I can't be late. Bb7/6 Eb9 And the early dawn cracks out a carpet of diamond Bb7/6 Eb9 Across a cash crop car lot filled with twilight Coupe Devilles, Leaving the town iAm7n a-keeping Of the one who is sweepiD7ng Bb7/6 Eb9 Up the ghost of Saturday night