Tom Waits – Eggs And Sausage In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson (Guitar)

  Dmin        Dm/C         Bb7  A7(#11,b13) A7
e|-x----------x----------|-----------x-----x-----|
B|-----10---------10-----|----10-----6-----5-----|
G|-10---------10---------|-7---------8-----6-----|
D|-12---------8----------|-6---------5-----5-----|
A|-x----------x----------|-x---------0-----0-----|
E|-10---------8----------|-6---------x-----x-----|

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[Chords]:
A7(#11,b13) x-0-5-8-6-x
A7 x-0-5-6-5-x
A7(#11) x-0-5-6-4-x
Bm7b5 x-2-3-2-3-x   (this is a non-essential passing chord)

Dm       Dm/C               Bb7                       A7(#11,b13)    A7
    Nighthawks at the diner     of Emma's Forty-Niner                      There's a rendez-

Dm               Dm/C               Bm7b5  Bb7 (arpeggio) A7(#11)     A7
vous of strangers     around the coffee   urn  tonight        All the g**** hacks

Dm                Dm/C                              Bb7        A7(#11,b13)     A7
 and the insomniacs  and now the paper's been read,                   now the waitress said

Dm           Dm/C                         Bb7        A7
   'Eggs and sausage and a side of toast             Coffee and a roll

Dm                   Dm/C     Bb7              A7
    hash browns over easy,       Chile in a bowl

      Dm               Dm/C                   Bb7       A7
with burgers and fries      What kind of pie?             sigh...'

        Dm                       Dm/C                      Bb7      A7
It's a graveyard charade, it's a late shift masquerade                 And it's two for a

Dm      Dm/C           Bb7        A7
quarter,    dime for a dance      Woolworth's rhinestone

 Dm                 Dm/C                      Bb7   A7(#11,b13)   A7
   diamond earrings    and a sideways glance            Now the register ri---

Dm                    Dm/C                   Bb7              A7(#11,b13)   A7
nnnnngggsnnnnngggnnnnggnng,          now the waitress sings

          Dm      Dm/C                  Bb7                A7(#11,b13)    A7
Eggs and sausage  and a side of toast,  coffe and a roll,                   Hash brow-

Dm         Dm/C     Bb7                A7(#11,b13)     A7
ns over easy,         Chile in a bowl                  burgers and

Dm               Dm/C      Bb7             A7(#11,b13)   A7
fries what kind of pie?          Yeah

|Dm                        |Dm/C                      |Bb7                       |A7(#11,b13      A7      |

[Verse]

          Dm            Dm/C        Bb7                 A7(#11,b13)     A7
Now well,    the classified section      offers no direction             It's a cold

Dm         Dm/C            Bb7        A7(#11,b13)   A7
 caffeine       in a nicotine cloud                 Now the touch of your

Dm       Dm/C          Bb7             A7(#11,b13)   A7
 fingers     lingers burning in my memory               I've been eighty-

Dm                      Dm/C              Bb7                          A7(#11,b13)   A7
 sixed from your scheme      Now I'm in a melodramatic nocturnal scene               Now I'm a

  Dm           Dm/C                 Bb7              A7(#11,b13)  A7
refugee from a disconcerted affair      Now the lead pipe morning falls,

Dm          Dm/C        Bb7             A7(#11,b13)   A7
               now the waitress calls

Dm                  Dm/C        Bb7            A7(#11,b13)    A7
 Coffee and a roll,     hash browns over easy           Chille in a

Dm        Dm/C                      Bb7            A7(#11,b13)    A7
bowl with burgers and fries Now what kind of pie?

Dm     Dm/C    Bb7                                   A7(#11,b13)    A7
À la mode if you will   Just come in and join the crowd                 Had

Dm                     Dm/C                          Bb7            A7(#11,b13)  A7
some time to kill, yeah  You see, I just come in to join the crowd      Had some time to killz

Dm                  Dm/c                   Bb7      A7
   Just come in to join the crowd  Cause I had some time to kill