Tom Waits – Rosie (Guitar)

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------------............. *from 'Closing Time' (1973)* (Original Key: Eb) Intro: D G (x3), E A7 D A D Verse 1:
          D              G           D          G
Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,

D         G              E        A7
 Nobody's up, except the moon and me.

      D        G            D        G
And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,

D            G             E  A7 D  G  D
 All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.
Chorus 1:
D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?

D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I per-suade?

D   D/F# G  D  G  D
 Rosie...
Interlude: D G E A7 D Verse 2:
    D          G   D        G
The moon's all up, full and big,

D        G          E      A7
 Apricot tips in an indigo sky.

       D          G                D         G
I been lovin' you Rosie, since the day I was born,

     D       G               E   A7 D   G  D
I'll love ya Rosie, till the day I  die.
Chorus 2:
D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?

D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I per-suade?

D   D/F# G  D  G  D
 Rosie...
Interlude: D G (x3), E A7 D G (x3), E A7 D G D Chorus 3:
D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?

D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I per-suade?

D   D/F# G  D  G  D
 Rosie...
Verse 2:
          D              G           D          G
Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,

D         G              E        A7
 Nobody's up, except the moon and me.

      D        G            D        G
And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,

D            G             E  A7 D  G  D
 All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.
Chorus 4:
D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?

D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I per-suade?

D   D/F# G  D  G  D
 Rosie...
Outro: D D/F# G D G D CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- D G E A7 A D/F# EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0232 320003 022100 x02223 x02220 2x0232 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])