Tom Waits – Gun Street Girl (Guitar)

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---------------------............. *from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)* Intro: Dm Verse 1:

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 Falling James, in the Tahoe mud,

                                A7
Stick around to tell us all the tale.

         Dm
Well, he fell in love with a Gun Street girl,

And now he's dancing in the Birmingham jail; Dancing in the Birmingham jail. Verse 2:

   Dm
He took a hundred dollars off a, Slaughterhouse Joe,

                             A7
Brought a brand new Michigan twenty-gauge.

       Dm
He got all liquored up on that road house corn,

Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette, A hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette. Interlude: Dm A7 Dm Verse 3:

            Dm
He bought a second-hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese,

                                       A7
And dyed his hair in the bathroom of a Texaco.

        Dm
With a pawnshop radio, quarter past four,

He left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door, Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door. Chorus 1:

       Dm
I said John, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home. I said John, John; he's long gone, Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home. Verse 4:

     Dm
He's sitting in a sycamore, in St. John's wood,

                              A7
Soaking day-old bread in kero-sene.

             Dm
Well, he was blue as a robin's egg and brown as a hog,

He's staying out of circulation, 'till the dogs get tired, Out of circulation, 'ti'l the dogs get tired. Verse 5:

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 Shadow fixed the toilet with an old trombone,

                                    A7
He never get up in the morning on a Saturday.

Dm
 Sitting by the Erie with a bull-whipped dog,

Telling everyone he saw; "they went that-a-way, boys", Telling everyone he saw; "they went that-a-way, boys". Verse 6:

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Now the rain's like gravel on an old tin roof,

                            A7
Burlington Northern pulling out of the world.

      Dm
Now a head full of bourbon and a dream in the straw,

And a Gun Street girl was the cause of it all, A Gun Street girl was the cause of it all. Verse 7:

          Dm
Well he's riding in the shadow by the St. Joe ridge,

                                     A7
Hearing the click-clack tapping of a blind man's cane.

       Dm
He was pulling into Baker on a New Year's Eve,

One eye on a pistol and the other on the door, One eye on a pistol and the other on the door. Verse 8:

     Dm
Miss Charlotte took her satchel down to King Fish Row,

                                A7
Smuggled in a brand new pair of alligator shoes,

         Dm
With her fireman's raincoat and her long yellow hair,

Well, they tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire, They tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire. Chorus 2:

       Dm
I said John, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home. I said John, John; he's long gone, Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home. Verse 9:

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 Banging on the table with an old tin cup,

Sing; I'll never kiss a Gun Street girl again. Never kiss a Gun Street girl again, I'll never kiss a Gun Street girl again. Chorus 3:

       Dm
I said John, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home. I said John, John; he's long gone, Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home. Outro: Dm CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Dm A7 EADGBE EADGBE xx0231 x02223 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])