Tom Waits – Jockey Full Of Bourbon (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SONG: BAND OR ARTIST: FROM THE ALBUM: TRANSCRIBED BY: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guitar Tuning: E A D G B E h - hammer on p - pull off b - bend string up r - release bend / - slide up \ - slide down v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~) t - right hand tap x - play 'note' with heavy damping <12>- harmonics (12th fret, in this case) Intro:

e-----------------------------|-----------------------|
B-----------------------------|-----------------------|
G-----------------------------|-----------------------|
D---------2-------------------|----4------2--1--2-----|
A-------------2---------------|-----------------------|
E----0-------------3---2------|-----------------------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------5-4--3--2~~---|-----4--4--4--4\-------|
|---5-4--3-2------------------|------------------2----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|

Verse 1:

  Em
e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-2----------------|
A|---------------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------|
   Edna Millon in a drop dead suit

               B7                
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|-2--4-------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
  Dutch pink in a downtown train

|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|--------------------------------------4--4--2----|---|
|-------------------------------------x---------5-|-4-|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
  Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot

                          Em
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
  I'm in the corner in the pouring rain

|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------4-5--5--5-|-4~--------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
  16 men on a deadman's chest

                              B7
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-2---------|
|-----------------------------------------|---5-4~----|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
  And I've been drinking from a broken cup

|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|-5-4-1----------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
  Two pair of pants and a mohair vest

                          Em
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------2-0----|
|----------------------------------------0-2-3--------|
  I'm full of bourbon, I can't stand up

Chorus:

    Am                        Em         
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-0----------------------------0-|s2-----------------|
E|-----------------------0--0-3---|-------------------|
   Hey little bird, fly away home

       B7                Em
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------------4--4--2--|--------|
|-------------------------------------------5|-2------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
  Your house is on fire, your children are alone

    Am                      Em
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------0--|0s2----------------|
|-----------------------0--0-3----|-------------------|
  Hey little bird, fly away home

       B7                 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-----------------------------------7--7-7-5|--5b-----|
  Your house is on fire, your children are alone

Verse 2: Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head And I've been stepping on the devil's tail

e|------------------------------------|---------------|
B|------------------------------------|---------------|
G|------------------------------------|---------------|
D|------------------------------------|---1-4---------|
A|------------------------------------|s2-----2-------|
E|------------------------------------|---------------|
  Across the stripes of a full moon's head

|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------4-3-4-3-4-3---|----------------|
|-----------------------------------6|-5--------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
  Through the bars of a Cuban jail

|------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------5--5----|----------------|
|---------------------------------4--|----------------|
|-----------------------------------5|-4--------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
  Bloody fingers on a purple knife

A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife

|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------------7|-7-7-7--|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
  Come admire the view from upon the top of the mast

Chorus:

    Am                        Em         
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-0--------------------2--2--0---|-------------------|
E|-------------------------------3|-s7----------------|
   Hey little bird, fly away home

       B7                Em
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-----------------------------------4--2----------|---|
|-----------------------------------------5-4--2s-|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
  Your house is on fire, your children are alone

    Am                      Em
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|-0------------------------------0|-2-----------------|
|-------------------------0--0-3--|-------------------|
  Hey little bird, fly away home

       B7                 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
  Your house is on fire, your children...

Solo:

e|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|----------2-|4-----------4------|---------4-2~------|
D|---2--2-5---|--2--2-2--2---2-2--|--2--2-5-----------|
A|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
  ...are alone

|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------1-0------|--5h4-5-4-0--5~5~~5~5~-5-----|
|--0---------------2----|-----------------------------|
|----4-2-1-----------4--|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----4----4----4-----4-4---3-4|3-4-3-4-3--------------|
|--2----2----2----2-----------|----------6-4-3--3-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|

|----------------|-----------------------0------|-----|
|----------------|-0-1-0---------------0---0----|-----|
|----------------|-------2-0---------0-------0-0h2----|
|--------4---4---|-----------4-2-1-2------------|-----|
|-2--s6----------|------------------------------|-----|
|--------------7-|------------------------------|-----|

Chorus:

    Am                        Em         
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|0h2~----------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-2-----------------|
E|----------------------------0-3-|-------------------|
   Hey little bird, fly away home

       B7                Em
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-----------------------------------------------0-|-0-|
|-----------------------------------------0-2-3---|---|
  Your house is on fire, your children are alone

    Am                      Em
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------2--2-2-2-|--1~-|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
  Hey little bird, fly away home

       B7                 Em
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|----------------------------------------------0-|0h2-|
|---------------------------------------0--0-3---|----|
  Your house is on fire, your children are alone

Verse 3:

e|----------------------------------------------|-----|
B|----------------------------------------------|-----|
G|--------------------------------------4-4-2---|-----|
D|--------------------------------------------5-|-2~--|
A|----------------------------------------------|-----|
E|----------------------------------------------|-----|
  Yellow sheets in a Hong Kong bed

|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|------------------0h2--------------------------|-----|
|----------------------0------------------------|-----|
|---------------------------------------------5-|5b---|
  Stayzbo horn and a Singerland slide

|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------------------------4-5-|--4~-|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
  To the carnival is what she said

|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|-2--|
|----------------------------------------------2-|----|
|------------------------------------------0-3---|----|
  A hundred dollars makes it dark inside

|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|----------------------------------------1-------|-0--|
|-------------------------------------------2----|----|
|----------------------------------------------3-|----|
  Edna Millon in a drop dead suit

|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|---------------------------------------------1-|-4---|
|-2---------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
  Dutch pink in a downtown train

|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|---------------------------------------------4-|-4~--|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
  Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot

|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-----------------------------------------------2-|-0-|
|----------------------------------------0--2-3---|---|
  I'm in the corner in the pouring rain

Chorus:

    Am                Em         
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|---------------------4-4--4-2---|-------------------|
D|------------------------------5-|-4-----------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------|
   Hey little bird, fly away home

       B7                Em
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|-2-|
|----------------------------------------7/-/-5s2-|---|
  Your house is on fire, your children are alone

    Am                      Em
|--------------------------------------------------|--|
|--------------------------------------------------|--|
|--------------------------4-----------------------|--|
|----------------------------------5--5-----5------|--|
|-----------------------------5h6h7---5h6h7-5h6h7--|--|
|--------------------------------------------------|--|
  Hey little bird, fly away home

       B7                 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|---------|
|-------------------------------------0-3---|---------|
  Your house is on fire, your children...

End/Solo:

e|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---4-4---4-4-4--4---4-|-4--4-4---4--2---------------|
D|----------------------|----------------5--4~~-------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|
  ...are alone

|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------2~-----------|-----------------------||
|----------2--4------4--------|-----------------------||
|---4~--5---------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||