Capo: 1

...VIRGINIA AVENUE... by Tom Waits ---------------------............. *from 'Closing Time' (1973)* *CAPO 1st FRET* (Original Key: Fm) Intro: Em A7 (x6) Verse 1:

Well, I'm ^Emwalking on ^A7down Virginia ^EmAven-^A7ue, ^Em Trying to find some^A7body to tell my ^Em7troubles ^A7to. ^A7 Harold's club is ^D7closing and everybody's ^A7going on ^D7home; ^G7 What's a poor boy to ^B7do?

Verse 2:

I'll just get on ^Emback into my ^A7short; make it ^Emback to the ^A7fort, ^Em Sleep off all the ^A7crazy lizards ^Eminside of my ^A7brain. ^A7 There's got to be ^D7some place, that's ^A7better than ^D7this, This ^G7life I'm leading's driving me in-^B7sane. And let me tell you, I'm ^Emdreaming..^A7.

Solo: Em A7 (x3) A7 D7 (x2) G7, B7 (B7) Let me tell you that... Verse 3:

I'm ^Emdreaming to the ^A7twilight; this ^Emtown has got me ^A7down. ^Em I've seen all the ^A7highlights, I've been ^Emwalking all a-^A7round. ^A7 I won't make a ^D7fuss; I'll ^A7take a Greyhound ^D7bus, ^G7 Carry me away from here; ^B7tell me; what have I got to lose?

Verse 4:

'Cos I'm ^Emwalking on ^A7down Columbus ^EmAven-^A7ue, The ^Embars are all ^A7closing, 'cos it's ^Emquarter to ^A7two. ^A7 Every town I ^D7go to, is like a ^A7lock without a ^D7key, ^G7 The blues I leave behind are catching ^B7up on me. Let me tell you;

Coda:

They're catching up ^Emon me,^A7 they're catching up on ^Emme. ^A7 Catching up on ^Emme, ^A7 catching up on ^Emme, ^A7 B7 A7 G, Em Catching up on...

CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Em A7 D7 G7 B7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022000 x02223 xx0212 323000 x21202 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Tom Waits - Virgina avenue