Tom Waits – Semi Suite (Guitar)

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Chords

          Gb7    F7     E7     E7add9
E---------2------1------0------0-------|
B---------2------1------0------3-------|
G---------3------2------1------1-------|
D---------2------1------0------0-------|
A---------4------3------2------2-------|
E---------2------1------0------0-------|
INTRO: (--quickly---) Am D7 Am D7 G Gb7 F7 E7 E7add9
Am                          D7
Well, you hate those diesels rollin'

Am                                   D7
And those Friday nights out bowlin'

G                   Gb7    F7    E7         E7add9
When he's off for a twelve hour lay overnight

Am                       D7
You wish you had a dollar

Am                      D7
For every time he hollered that he's 

G                Gb7   F7     E7    E7add9
Leaving and he's never comin' back

Am                          D7
But the curtain laced below

Am                          D7
And his hands on your pillow

       G            Gb7  F7   E7        E7add9
And his trousers are hangin' on the chair

Am                                D7
You're lyin' through your pain, babe

Am                                D7
But you're gonna tell him he's your man

        G            Gb7   F7    E7   E7add9
And you ain't got the courage to leave

Am                               D7
He tells you that you're on his mind

Am                                    D7
You're the only one he's ever gonna find

     G              Gb7      F7      E7          E7add9
It's kind-a special, understands his complicated soul

Am                               D7
But the only place a man can breathe

Am                    D7
And collect his thoughts is

G            Gb7    F7    E7    E7add9
Midnight and flyin' away on the road

Am                           D7
But you've packed and unpacked

Am                                D7
So many times you've lost track

       G             Gb7   F7   E7       E7add9
And the steam heat is drippin' off the walls

Am                           D7
But when you hear his engines

Am                                  D7
You're lookin' through the window in the kitchen and you know

      G            Gb7  F7    E7      E7add9
You're always gonna be there when he calls

             Am             D7
'Cause he's a truck drivin' man, 

Am                  D7
Stoppin' when he can

      Am                D7    Am               D7
He's a truck drivin' man, stoppin' when he can
Am D7 Am D7 G Gb7 F7 E7 END