Tom Waits – Jockey Full Of Bourbon (Guitar)

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Tom Waits from the album 'Rain Dogs' [Verse]

Am
Edna Million in a drop-dead suit

                E7
Dutch pink on a downtown train

Two-dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot

                         Am
I'm in the corner on the pouring rain

16 men on a deadman's chest

                              E7
And I've been drinking from a broken cup

Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest

                       Am
I'm full of bourbon; I can't stand up

[Chorus]

Dm                Am
Hey little bird, fly away home

     E7                     Am
Your house is on fire; your children are alone

Dm                Am
Hey little bird, fly away home

     E7                     Am
Your house is on fire; your children are alone

[Verse] Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head And I've been stepping on the devil's tail Across the stripes of a full moon's head Through the bars of a Cuban jail Bloody fingers on a purple knife A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife Come admire the view from up on top of the mast [Chorus]

Dm                Am
Hey little bird, fly away home

     E7                     Am
Your house is on fire; your children are alone

Dm                Am
Hey little bird, fly away home

     E7                     Am
Your house is on fire; your children are alone

[Verse] Yellow sheets on a Hong Kong bed Stayzbo horn and a Slingerland ride "To the carnival" is what she said A hundred dollars makes it dark inside Edna Million in a drop-dead suit Dutch pink on a downtown train Two-dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot I'm in the corner on the pouring rain