Tom Waits – Diamonds On My Windshield (Bass Tab)

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   G |-----------0--2---------------|-----------0--2--------------|
   D |--0--2--3---------------------|--0--2--3--------------------|
   A |-----------------0--0--2--4---|-----------------0--0--2--4--|
   E |------------------------------|-----------------------------|

It's the same the whole way through, and dampening the first open note you play on the A string helps it shuffle Different versions of this song are played in different keys ***** IF YOU LIKE IT........ RATE IT ******* These are also the lyrics to the version on THE EARLY YEARS album DIAMONDS ON MY WINDSHIELD [INTRO] **PLAY RIFF THREE TIMES** Diamonds on my windshield, Tears from heaven Pulling into town on the Interstate, Pulling a steel train in the rain **PLAY RIFF ONCE** Wind bites my cheek through the wing Fast flying and freeway driving, Always makes me sing Duster tryin' to change my tune, Pulling up fast on the right Rolling restlessly, Twenty-four hour moon ** RIFF FOUR TIMES ** Wisconsin hiker with a cue-ball head, Wishing he's home in a Wisconsin bed Fifteen feet of snow in the East, Colder than a welldiggers ass Oceanside it ends the ride, San Clemente comin' up Sunday desperadoes slip by Check station closed, An' you cruise by, With a dry back **PLAY RIFF ONCE** Orange drive-in, Neon billin', Theatre's fillin' to the brim Slave girls in hot spur, Bucket full of sin **PLAY RIFF ONCE** Metropolitan area, Interchange and connections, Fly-by-nights from Riverside Black and white plates, Out of state, Runnin' a little late **RIFF FOUR TIMES** Sailors jockey for the fast lane, 1-0-1, Don't miss it Rolling hills and concrete fields, Broken line on your mind The eights go east, And the fives go north, And the merging exits back and forth See a sign you cross the line, Signal with a blink Radio's gone off the air, And it gives you time to think Ease it out, And you creep across, Intersection lights goes out Hear the rumble, As you fumble, For a cigarette Blazing through the neon jungle, Remember someone that you met One more block, The engine talks, And whispers home at last Whispers, Whispers, Whispers, Home at last, Home at last **REPEAT RIFF TO FADE**