Tom Waits : Bad As Me

Em

The seeds are planted here, but they won't grow We won't have to say goodbye if we all go Maybe things will be better in Chicago To leave all we've ever known For a place we've never seen Maybe things will be better in Chicago Well, it's brave for us to stay, even braver to go Wherever she goes I go Maybe things will be better in Chicago What we need the Lord will give us All we want we carry with us You know where I can be found Where the rainbow hits the ground I'm not alone, I'm not afraid 'Cause this bird has flown from his cage There's so much magic we have known On this sapphire we call home With my coat and my hat I say goodbye to all that Maybe things will be better in Chicago Maybe things will be better in Chicago

Capo:

III

Am

There ain't enough raised right men There ain't enough raised right men It takes a raised right man to keep a happy hen I said there ain't enough raised right men

Am

Dm

Heavens to Murgatroyd, miners to coal

Am

E

A good women can make a diamond out of a measly lump of coal

Am

Dm

And you need the patience of a glacier, if you can wait that long

Am

E

Open up his window and admit it when you're wrong There ain't enough raised right men There ain't enough raised right men It takes raised right men to keep a happy hen There ain't enough raised right men Mackey Debiasi was a complicated man He quarreled with his woman, and she quarreled with her man His head was just too thick, so she knocked out a tooth He's that lonely man on the Turnpike in the toll taker's booth They ain't enough raised right men There ain't enough raised right men It takes a raised right man to keep a happy hen I said there ain't enough raised right men Gunplay Maxwell and Flat Nose George Ice Pick Ed Newcomb on a slab in the morgue Flat Nose looked at Gunplay and they all looked at me With a good woman's love we could have saved all three And there ain't enough raised right men And there ain't enough raised right men It takes raised right men to keep a happy hen There ain't enough raised right men

Dm

Gm

Dm

Get a job, save your money, listen to Jane

Dm

Gm

Dm

Everybody knows umbrellas cost more in the rain

Gm

Dm

Gm

All the news is bad, is there any other kind?

Dm

A

Dm

Everybody's talking at the same time

Dm

A

Dm

Everybody's talking at the same time

Gm

Dm

Well it's hard times for some, for others it's sweet

Gm

Dm

Someone makes money when there's blood in the street

Gm

Dm

Don't take any lip, stay in line

F/c

A

Everybody's talking at the same time Well the dog is in the kitchen and the war drags on The trees wait by the freeway, all the money is gone Well she told me she would leave me, I ignored all the signs And now everybody's talking at the same time Everybody's talking at the same time Ain't no one coming to pull you from the mud You gotta build your nest high enough to ride out the flood I know you're leaving and there's no more next time Everybody's talking at the same time A tiny boy sat and he played in the sand He made a sword from a stick and a gun from his hand Well we bailed out all the millionaires They've got the fruit, we've got the rind And everybody's talking at the same time Everybody's talking at the same time

I don't want to feel all cooped up I feel like I'm on a chain I got my ride all souped up We're never coming back again Time it don't mean nothing Money means even less Don't bring nothin' baby You're better then all the rest I wanna go get lost I wanna go get lost I wanna go get lost When you wear that real tight sweater You know I can't resist It's been that way forever baby Ever since we kissed Roll down all the windows Turn up Wolfman Jack Please, please love me tender Ain't nothin' wrong with that Let's go get lost I wanna go get lost I wanna go get lost I wanna go get lost Whatever that they told you about me Well all of it's true You're never gonna be without me baby I'm never gonna be without you Top it off, fill it with high test Think about it whatcha gonna tell your boss? And get lost I just wanna get lost All night long...

I'm going away I'm going away The cradle wants a baby Kitchen wants a pan The heart wants a certain kind of lover if it can Ocean wants a sailor Gun wants a hand Money wants a spender And the road wants a man I turned my face to the highway And I turn my back on you Devil wants a sinner Sky wants a bird Table wants the dinner Lips want a word Glass wants the wine Fist wants to hurt Clock wants the time And the shovel wants to work I turned my face to the highway And I turn my back on you I'm going away I'm going away Coal wants a miner Soldier takes a stand The walls of the prison Want a solitary man The window wants a curtain The plow wants the land Diamond ring wants to Fit upon the finger Of her hand I turned my face to the highway And I turned my back on you I'm going away I'm going away I'm going away

F

Am/e

They pay me not to come home

Dm

C

Keeping me stoned, I won't run away

F

Am/e

They say it's easy to get

Dm

Bb

Stuck in this town, just like Joan

Dm

Am

Dm

Am

You know I gave it all up for the stage They fill my cup up in the cage It's nobody's business but mine when I'm low To hold yourself up is not a crime here you know

C

Dm

At the end of the world

F

Am

Dm

Am

And I kick my foot at the lights

Bb

Eb

C

I breathe it in all night

F

Am

Dm

Am

There's a light on a canvas tree

Bb

Eb

C

And money from home supporting me

F

Am/e

They pay me not to come hone

Dm

C

I won't eat crow, I'll stay away

F

C

F

Bb

And though all roads will not lead you home my girl

F

Dm

C

C7

F

All roads lead to the end of the world

F

C

F

Bb

I sewed a little luck up in the hem of my gown

F

Dm

C

C7

F

The only way down from the gallows is to swing

F

C

F

Bb

And I'll wear boots instead of high heels

F

Dm

C

C7

F

And the next stage that I am on it will have wheels

C

If you don't want these arms to hold you

C

If you don't want these lips to kiss you

C

C7

If you've found somebody new

Dm

G

Put me back in the crowd

Dm

G

Put the sun behind the clouds

C

Put me back in the crowd

Dm

G

There's a battle going on

C

Am

Between the blue and the grey

Dm

And if you don't want my love

Bb

G

Don't make me stay

Capo:

I

Em

You're the head on the spear You're the nail on the cross You're the fly in my beer

B7

You're the key that got lost

Em

You're the letter from Jesus On the bathroom wall You're mother superior

B7

With only a bra

B7

You're the same, you're the same

Em

You're the same kind of bad as me

B7

Em

You're the same kind of bad as me

Em

I'm the hat on the bed I'm the coffee instead

B7

I'm the fish or cut bait I'm the detective up late

Em

I'm the blood on the floor The thunder and the roar

B7

I'm the boat that won't sink I just won't sleep a wink

B7

Em

You're the same kind of bad as me You're the same kind of bad as me You're the same kind of bad as me

B7

Em

B7

You're the same kind of bad as me No good you say? Ha, ha, ha, well that's good enough for me

Em

You're the wreath that caught fire You're the preach to the choir You bite down on the sheet

B7

But your teeth have been wired

Em

You skid in the rain You're trying to shift You're grinding the gears

B7

You're trying to shift

Em

You're the same kind of bad as me

B7

Em

You're the same kind of bad as me You're the same kind of bad as me You're the same kind of bad as me They told me you were no good I know you'll take care of all my needs You're the same kind of bad as me

Em

I'm the mattress in the back I'm the old gunnysack

B7

I'm the one with the gun

B7

Em

Most likely to run

B7

I'm the car in the weeds

Em

If you cut me I'll bleed

B7

Em

You're the same kind of bad as me You're the same kind of bad as me The same kind of bad as me

Em

You're the same kind of bad as me You're the same kind of bad as me Uno, dos, tres, quatro

Em

B7

The same kind of bad as me

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Em9

B

Em

Am

B

Em

The fire's dyin' out, all the embers have been spent

Em

Am

B

C

B7

Outside on the street, lover's eyes in the shadows

Em

Am

B

Em

You look at me, I look at you

Em9

Am

B

(

C

)

B7

There's only one thing I want you to do

Em

Kiss me

Em9

B

Em9

I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again

Em9

B

Em

Kiss me like a stranger once again

Am

I won't believe that our love's a mystery

Em

I won't believe our love's a sin

Em9

B

Em

Em9

I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again You wear the same kind of perfume you wore when we met I suppose there's something comforting in knowing what to expect But when you brushed up against me, before I knew your name Everything was thrilling, 'cause nothin' was the same Now I want you to kiss me I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again Kiss me like a stranger once again I won't believe that our love's a mystery I won't believe our love's a sin I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again

Em

B

I want you to kiss me like a stranger

Em

B

Em(9)

Kiss me like a stranger once again

F#

When I'm gone When I'm gone Roll my vertebrae out like dice Let my skull be a home for the mice Let me bleach like the bones on a beach I'll be hard like a pit from a peach Now the ground has a branch Now the hound has a ranch The old trestle's just junk The Edsel is on blocks The old said so... won't talk I'm a blimp that's straining, cut her ties I'm a moth in training, flutter by Huh... When I'm gone When I'm gone I said I will have satisfaction I will be satisfied I said I will be satisfied When I'm believing: satisfaction When I'm grieving: satisfaction When I'm shaking: satisfaction When I'm praying: satisfaction When I'm staying: satisfaction When I'm carousing When I'm a thousand I said I will have satisfaction I will be satisfied Before I'm gone Before I'm gone I will have satisfaction I will be satisfied I will have satisfaction I will be satisfied Now Mr Jagger and Mr Richards I will scratch where I've been itching Now Mr Jagger and Mr Richards I will scratch where I've been itching Before I'm gone Before I'm gone Before I'm gone Before I'm gone Let me go back into the barrel Let the bullet go back into the barrel Let the bullet go back into the barrel Let the bullet go back into the barrel Before I'm gone Before I'm gone I said I will have satisfaction Let the bullet go back into the barrel Let the bullet go back into the barrel Take a left off the straight and the narrow Let the bullet go back into the barrel Before I'm gone Before I'm gone

Capo:

V

C

G7

C

/g

I'm the last leaf on the tree

F

The autumn took the rest

C

Am

But they won't take me

C

G7

C

/g

I'm the last leaf on the tree

C

When the autumn wind blows

Am

They're already gone

F

They flutter to the ground

G

'Cause they can't hang on There's nothing in the world That I ain't seen I greet all the new ones That are coming in green I'm the last leaf on the tree... They say I got staying power Here on the tree But I've been here since Eisenhower And I've outlived even he I'm the last leaf on the tree... I fight off the snow I fight off the hail Nothing makes me go I'm like some vestigial tail I'll be here through eternity If you want to know how long If they cut down this tree I'll show up in a song I'm the last leaf on the tree...

I had a good home but I left I had a good home but I left, right, left That big fucking bomb made me deaf, deaf A Humvee mechanic put his Kevlar on wrong I guarantee you'll meet up with a suicide bomb Hell broke luce Hell broke luce Big fucking ditches in the middle of the road You pay a hundred dollars just for fillin' in the hole Listen to the general every goddamn word How many ways can you polish up a turd Left, right, left, left, right Left, right Hell broke luce Hell broke luce Hell broke luce How is it that the only ones responsible for making this mess Got their sorry asses stapled to a goddamn desk Hell broke luce Hell broke luce Left, right, left What did you do before the war? I was a chef, I was a chef What was your name? It was Geoff, Geoff I lost my buddy and I wept, wept I come down from the meth So I slept, slept I had a good home but I left, left Pants'd at the wind for a joke I pranced right in with the dope Glanced at her shin she said nope Left, right, left Nimrod Bodfish have you any wool Get me another body bag the body bag's full My face was scorched, scorched I miss my home I miss my porch, porch Left, right, left Can I go home in March? March My stanch was a chin full of soap That rancid dinner with the pope Left, right, left Kelly Presutto got his thumbs blown off Sergio's developing a real bad cough Sergio's developing a real bad cough Hell broke luce Hell broke luce Hell broke luce Boom went his head away And boom went Valerie What the hell was it that the president said? Give him a beautiful parade instead Left, right, left When I was over here I never got to vote I left my arm in my coat My mom she died and never wrote We sat by the fire and ate a goat Just before he died he had a toke Now I'm home and I'm blind And I'm broke What is next

C

G

The door was open I was seething

C

F

Your mother burst in it was freezing

C

G

C

She said it looks like it's trying to rain I was lost I felt sea sick You convinced me that he'd left You said keep talking but don't use any names

F

I scolded your driver and your brother

C

We are old enough to know how long you've been hooked

F

And we've all been through the war, and each time you score

C

G

Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked, hmm It felt like four in the morning What sounded like fireworks Turned out to be just what it was The stars looked like diamonds Then came the sirens And everyone started to cuss All the noise was disturbing, and I couldn't find Irving It was like two stations on at the same time And then I hid your car keys, and I made black coffee And I dumped out the rest of the rum Nick and Socorro broke up And Candice wouldn't shut up Fin he recorded the whole thing Ray he said damn you And someone broke my camera And it was New Year's and we all started to sing

C

G

C

F

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind

C

G

C

G

C

Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of Auld Lang Syne I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas And I didn't plan to come back I had only a few things, two hundred dollars And my records in a brown paper sack I ran out on Sheila, everything's in storage Calvin's right I should go back to driving truck Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of Auld Lang Syne

Cm

A window left open and the pillow is soaking wet

Cm

G

Who says love ever comes without tolls?

Cm

She sends no kindness, no words of regret

Cm

G

Gm

When she put the fork in the road There's a ring with a diamond missing It was lost in the backseat of a car There's a dollar on the floor in the kitchen Christmas lights blinking on a long dead tree in the parlour Cheaters never prosper, cheaters never win Cheaters never prosper, cheaters never win Cheaters never prosper, cheaters never win Long hair, big eyes, and she always needs money Did I find her or was she the one who chose? I wanna drown like a fly in the honey And she stole the blush from the rose Long hair, big eyes, and she always needs money Did I find her or was she the one who chose? I wanna drown like a fly in the honey Because she stole the blush from the rose Because she stole the blush from the rose Remember, she stole the blush from the rose Because she stole the blush from the rose Because she stole the blush from the rose

D

Bm

D

Bm

D

A

D

Why plant a seed deep in the ground?

D

G

D

Why why why?

D

A

D

Why put a stone on a grave in town?

D

G

D

Why why why?

D

G

D

Tell me, tell me, tell me

D

A

Tell me why it's so

D

G

D

Tell me, tell me, tell me

D

A

Tell me so I'll know Why does the wedding ring have a heart of stone? Why why why? Why does a little dog bury its bone Why why why?

Em

A

So the river will not drown it

D

Bm

So the highway won't take it

Em

A

And the dust will not cover it

D

Bm

And the sun will not blind it

Em

A

D

And the wind won't blow it away Why put a songbird in a cage? Why why why? Why write "I love you" on every page? Why why why? Tell me why it's so Tell me, tell me, tell me Tell me so I'll know Why does a bird build its nest so high? Why why why? Why hold a baby when a baby cries? Why why why? So the river will not drown it So the highway won't take it And the dust will not cover it And the sun will not blind it And the wind won't blow it away So the river will not drown it So the highway won't take it And the dust will not cover it And the sun will not blind it And the wind won't blow it away

Em

Like a tin can feeding Like a skinned hand bleeding

Am

Like a tramp choir crying

Em

Like a camp fire dying

B7

Like a big dog breeding

Em

Like a pig hog feeding Like a top hat tipping Like a dropped rat skipping Like a tin horn glowing Like a gin storm blowing Like a neck tie flapping Like a rich guy clapping Like a big fool crawling Like a rig tool falling Like a back door squeaking Like a crack whore tweaking What is it like? What is it like after we die? Like a string that's broken Like a thing that's smoking Like a blue flame burning Like a new brain learning Like more cold coffee Like a poor old softie Like a declining graveyard Like a shining brave star Like a child that's fainting Like a wild ass painting What is it like? What is it like after we die?

Tom Waits : Bad As Me
2011

Chicago

Raised Right Men

Talking At The Same Time

Get Lost

Face To The Highway

Pay Me

Back In The Crowd

Bad As Me

Kiss Me

Satisfied

Last Leaf

Hell Broke Luce

New Year's Eve

She Stole The Blush From The Rose

Tell Me

After You Die

Tom Waits : Bad As Me 2011

Chicago

Raised Right Men

Talking At The Same Time

Get Lost

Face To The Highway

Pay Me

Back In The Crowd

Bad As Me

Kiss Me

Satisfied

Last Leaf

Hell Broke Luce

New Year's Eve

She Stole The Blush From The Rose

Tell Me

After You Die

Tom Waits : Bad As Me
2011