Tom Waits – Dont Go Into That Barn (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
Em
Don't go into that barn, yeah

Am
Don't go into that barn, yeah
[Verse 1]
      Am
Black cellophane sky at midnight
Big blue moon with three gold rings I called Champion to the window And I pointed up above the trees
Dm
That's when I heard my name in a scream
Coming from the woods out there I let my dog run off of the chain I locked my door real good with a chair [Chorus]
Em
Don't go into that barn, yeah

Am
Don't go into that barn, yeah
[Verse 2]
Am
Everett Lee broke loose again
It's worse than the time before 'Cause he's high on potato and tulip wine Fermented in the muddy rain, of course
Dm
A drunken wail, a drunken train
Blew through the birdless trees
           Am
Oh, you're alone alright, you're alone alright
How did I know? How did I know? [Chorus]
Em
Don't go into that barn, yeah

        Am
I said, don't go into that barn, yeah
[Verse 3]
Am
An old black tree scratching up the sky
With bony, claw-like fingers A rusty black rake digging up the turnips Of a muddy cold grey sky
Dm
Shiny tooth talons coiled for grabbing a stranger happening by

Am
And the day went home early
And the sun sank down into the muck of a deep, dead sky [Chorus]
Em
Don't go into that barn, yeah

        Dm
I said, don't go into that barn, yeah
[Verse 4]
Am
Back since Saginaw Calinda was born
It's been cotton, soybeans, tobacco, and corn Behind the porticoed house of a long-dead farm They found the falling down timbers of a spooky old barn
Dm
Out there like a slave ship upside down
Wrecked beneath the waves of grain
Am
When the river is low, they find old bones
And when they plow they always dig up chains [Chorus]
Em
Don't go into that barn, yeah

Am
I said, don't go into that barn, yeah
[Bridge]
Am
Did you bury your fire?
Yes sir Did you cover your tracks? Yes sir Did you bring your knife? Yes sir Did they see your face? No sir
        Dm
Did the moon see you?
No sir Did you go 'cross the river? Yes sir
        Am
Did you fix your rake?
Yes sir Did you stay downwind? Yes sir
        Em
Did you hide your gun?
Yes sir Did you smuggle your rum? Yes sir
Am
How did I know?
How did I know? How did I know? [Outro]
Em
Don't go into that barn, yeah

        Am
I said, don't go into that barn, yeah

Dm
Don't forget that I warned ya

Em
I said, don't go into that barn, yeah

Am
Don't go into that barn, yeah

Em
I said, don't go into that barn, yea
[Coda]
Am
No shirt, no coat
Take me on a flat boat Dover down to Covington Covington to Louisville Louisville to Henderson Henderson to Smithland Smithland to Memphis Memphis down to Vicksburg Vicksburg to Natchez Going down to Natchez Put me on a flat boat Dover down to Covington Covington to Louisville Louisville to Henderson Henderson to Smithland Smithland to Memphis Memphis down to Vicksburg Vicksburg to Natchez (fade)