Tom Waits – Kentucky Avenue (Ukulele)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
note: for most of the song, there's this B-A quaver appoggiatura thing that plays in all
of the A/C# and D chords.
Intro: A/C#, D (repeated)
A/C# D Eddie Grace's buick got four bullet holes in the side A/C# D E7 Charley Delisle is sittin' at the top of an avocado tree A/C# D Mrs Storm will stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn A/C# D E7 I got a half a pack of lucky strikes man, so come along with me A/C# D Let's fill our pockets with macadamia nuts A/C# D E7 And go over to Bobby Goodmanson's and jump off the roof A/C# D Hilda plays strip poker when her mama's across the street A/C# D E7 Joey Navinsky says she put her tongue in his mouth A/C# D C#7 Dicky Faulkner's got a switchblade and some gooseneck risers F#m7 B11 Bm7 E7 That eucalyptus is a hunchback, there's a wind down from the south A/C# D So let me tie you up with kite string, I'll show you the scabs on my knee A/C# Watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on, D E7 and come along with me A/C# D Let's follow that fire truck, I think your house is burning down A/C# D E7 Then go down to the hobo jungle and kill some rattlesnakes with a trowel A/C# D And we'll break all the windows in the old Anderson place A/C# D E7 We'll steal a bunch of boysenberries and smear 'em on your face A/C# D I'll get a dollar from my mama's purse, buy that skull and crossbones ring A/C# D E7 And you can wear it round your neck on an old piece of string A/C# D Then we'll spit on Ronnie Arnold and flip him the bird A/C# D E7 Slash the tires on the school bus, now don't say a word A/C# D I'll take a rusty nail, scratch your initials in my arm A/C# D E7 I'll show you how to sneak up on the roof of the drugstore A/C# D I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair, and a magpie's wings A/C# D E7 And I'll tie 'em to your shoulders and your feet A/C# D I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad, cut the braces off your legs A/C# D E7 And we'll bury them tonight out in the cornfield A/C# Just put a church key in your pocket D We'll hop that freight train in the hall A/C# D We'll slide all the way down the drain E7 A/C# To New Orleans in the fall
D A/C# D A/C# D A/C#
D A/C# D E7 Amaj9
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