Tom Waits – Two Sisters (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
E                          A             E
There was an old woman, lived by the seashore

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
There was an old woman, lived by the seashore

  A                           B7
A number of daughters: one, two, three, four

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 2]
E                          A             E
There was a young man come there to see them

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
There was a young man come there to see them

  A                           B7
And the oldest one got stuck on him

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 3]
E                          A     E
He bought the youngest a beaver hat

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
He bought the youngest a beaver hat

  A                           B7
And the oldest one got mad at that

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 4]
E                          A             E
Oh, sister oh, sister let's walk the seashore

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
Oh, sister oh, sister let's walk the seashore

  A                           B7
And see the ships as they're sailing on

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 5]
E                          A             E
While these two sisters were walking the shore

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
While these two sisters were walking the shore

  A                           B7
The oldest pushed the youngest o'er

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 6]
E                             A            E
Oh, sister oh, sister please lend me your hand

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
Oh, sister oh, sister please lend me your hand

  D                           E7
And you will have Willy and all of his land

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 7]
E                            A           E
I'll never, I'll never will lend you my hand

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
I'll never, I'll never will lend you my hand

  A                           B7
But I'll have Willy and all of his land

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 8]
E                            A         E
Some time she sank and some time she swam

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
Some time she sank and some time she swam

  A                           E7
Untill she came to the old mill dam

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 9]
E                   A          E
The miller, he got his fishinghook

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
The miller, he got his fishinghook

  A                           B7
And fished that maiden out of the brook

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 10]
E                          A             E
Oh, miller oh, miller here's five gold rings

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
Oh, miller oh, miller here's five gold rings

  A                           B7
To push the maiden in again

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 11]
E                          A           E
The miller received those five gold rings

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
The miller received those five gold rings

  A                          B7
And pushed that maiden in again

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me
[Verse 12]
E                          A         E
The miller was hung in the old mill gate

A        E       C#m
Bow and balance me

      A                       E
The miller was hung in the old mill gate

  A                           B7
For drowning little sister Kate

    E    B7   E         A
And I'll be true to my love

    E  B7                   E
If my love will be true to me