Tom Waits – Reeperbahn (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Fm
Around the curve of The Parrot Bar

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A broken-down old movie star

Fm
Hustling and Easterner

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Bringing out the beast in her

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A high dive on a swimming pool

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Filled with needles and with fools

Fm
The memories are short but the tales are long

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When you're in the Reeperbahn
[Verse 2]
Fm                                          
Well, they called her Rosie when she was a girl

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For her bright red cheeks and her strawberry curls

Fm
When she would laugh the river would run

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She said she'd be a comedian

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Oh what a pity, oh what a shame

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When she said, 'come calling', nobody came

Fm
Now her bright red cheeks are painted on

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And she's laughing her head off in the Reeperbahn
[Verse 3]
Fm
Now little Hans was always strange

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Wearing womens underthings

Fm
His father beat him but he wouldn't change

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ran off with a man one day

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Now his lingerie is all the rage

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In the black on every page

Fm
His father proudly calls his name

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Down there in the Reeperbahn
[Vers 4]
Fm
Now if you've lost your inheritance

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And all you've left is common sense

Fm
And you're not too picky about the crowd you keep

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Or the mattress where you sleep

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Behind every window, behind every door

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The apple has gone but there's always the core

Fm
And the seeds will sprout up right through the floor

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Down there in the Reeperbahn
[Verse 5]
Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

C7       Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

C7       Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

Bbm      Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

C7       Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

C7                Fm
Down there in the Reepherbahn
[Verse 6]
Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

C7       Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

C7       Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

Bbm      Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

C7       Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

Fm
Lai lai lai lai lai lai

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Down there in the Reeeeeeeeeeepherbahn