Tom Waits – Time (Guitar)

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'Time', from the CD 'Rain Dogs' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] |D A7 | [Verse] |D |D |G A7 |D | |G A7 |D |G |A7 | [Chorus] |D A7 |D |G Em9 |A7 |
|D     Dmaj7  |G     Em    |D     A7    |D           |
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[Verse 1]
D
The smart money's on Harlow

D
And the moon is in the street

    G               A7               D
The shadow boys are breaking all the laws

           G                  A7
And you're east of East Saint Louis

        D
And the wind is making speeches

        G                           A7
And the rain sounds like a round of applause

D
Napoleon is weeping

D
In the carnival saloon

       G        A7             D
His invisible fiance's in the mirror

        G             A7
And the band is going home

             D
It's raining hammers, it's raining nails

     G                                  A7
It's true there's nothing left for him down here
[Chorus]
         D     A7    D
And it's time, time, time

         G     Em9    A7
And it's time, time, time

         D     Dmaj7 G              Em
And it's time, time, time, that you love

         D     A7    D
And it's time, time, time
[Verse 2]
D
And they all pretend they're orphans

D
And their memory's like a train

        G              A7                   D
You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away

        G                  A7
And the things you can't remember

         D
Tell the things you can't forget

     G                             A7
That history puts a saint in every dream

D
Well, she said she'd stick around

D
Until the bandages came off

          G                A7                 D
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit

       G              A7
And Matilda asks the sailors

          D
Are those dreams or are those prayers?

    G                             A7
So close your eyes, son, and this won't hurt a bit
[Chorus]
         D     A7    D
And it's time, time, time

         G     Em9    A7
And it's time, time, time

         D     Dmaj7 G              Em
And it's time, time, time, that you love

         D     A7    D
And it's time, time, time
[Verse 3]
D
Well, things are pretty lousy

D
For a calendar girl

    G                    A7               D
The boys just dive right off the cars and splash into the street

    G                 A7
And when they're on a roll

            D
She pulls a razor from her boot

      G                                A7
And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet

D
So put a candle in the window

D
And a kiss upon his lips

       G                A7                D
As the dish outside the window fills with rain

G                A7
Just like a stranger

         D
With the weeds in your heart

    G                               A7
And pay the fiddler off till I come back again
[Chorus]
         D     A7    D
And it's time, time, time

         G     Em9    A7
And it's time, time, time

         D     Dmaj7 G              Em
And it's time, time, time, that you love

         D     A7    D     A
And it's time, time, time

         D     A7    D
And it's time, time, time

         G     Em9    A7
And it's time, time, time

         D     Dmaj7 G              Em
And it's time, time, time, that you love

         D     A7    D
And it's time, time, time