Tom Waits : Orphans: Bawlers

Capo:

I

D

A

The sky is as deep as it can be

A

D

Bend down the branches

D

A

Close your eyes and you will see

A

D

Bend down the branches

D7

G

You're like a willow

E7

A

Once you were gold

F#

Bm

We're made for bending

E

A

Even beauty gets old

D

A

Climb the stairs, they're not so steep

A

D

Bend down the branches

D7

G

Close your eyes and go to sleep

A

D

Bend down the branches

The original is in Eb

E/g#

B

E

B

C#m

A

You can never hold back spring

E

B

C#m

A

You can be sure I will never stop believing

A

E

The blushing rose, it will climb

A

E

Spring ahead or fall behind

A

F#m

Winter dreams the same dream, every time

E

B7

E

Baby you can never hold back spring

E

Asus4

A

Even though you've lost your way

F#m

G#/c

G#

The world is dreaming, dreaming of spring

C#m

G#m

So close your eyes

E6

B6

Open your heart

A

F#m

F#m7/e

To the one who's dreaming of you

E

B7

Cdim

C#m

A

And you can never hold back spring

E

B

Cdim

C#m

A

Remember everything that spring can bring

E

B7

Cdim

C#m

A

Baby you can never hold back spring

E

B7

B/a

E(vii)

Baby you can never hold back spring

Capo:

I

A

Well I stumbled in the darkness

A

I'm lost and alone

A

Though I said I'd go before us

A

F#m

And show the way back home

F#m

D

A

There a light up ahead

A

D

I can't hold on very long

A

Forgive me pretty baby

E

A

But I always take the long way home

A

Money's just something you throw

A

Off the back of a train

A

Got a head full of lightning

A

F#m

A hat full of rain

F#m

D

A

And I know that I said

A

D

I'd never do it again

A

And I love you pretty baby

E

A

But I always take the long way home

A

I put food on the table

A

And roof overhead

A

But I'd trade it all tomorrow

A

F#m

For the highway instead

F#m

D

E

Watch your back, keep your eyes shut tight

A

D

Your love's the only thing I've ever known

D

A

One thing for sure pretty baby

E

A

I always take the long way home

E

A

D

E

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

E

A

You know I love you baby

A

More than the whole wide world

A

You are my woman

A

F#m

I know you are my pearl

F#m

D

E

Let's go out past the party lights

A

D

Where we can finally be alone

D

A

E

A

Come with me... and we can take the long way home

A

D

A

Mm mm mmm, come with me

E

A

Together we can take the long way home

A

D

A

Mm mm mmm, come with me

E

A

Together we can take the long way home

|

A

|

C#m

|

F#m

|

C#m

|

F#m

|

C#m

|

Esus4

|

E

|

A

C#m

F#m

C#m

I met you in the saddle, and I rode you in the dust

F#m

C#m

Esus4

E

Held your hand to the heavens, pulled your heart to the earth

A

C#m

F#m

C#m

There was something that blinded me more than the mist

F#m

C#m

Esus4

E

And breath of the cotton was but lighter yet

F#m

C#m

And you rode the maypole of dance hall legs

F#m

C#m

And galloped to another's embrace

D

A

And I bit the flowers from your wrist corsage

Bm

You waltzed too slowly, too slowly you waltzed

Esus4

E

With that girl from Widow's Grove

A

E

A

E

Oh I'd follow you to the river

A

E

A

E

That washes out to the sea

A

Bm

E

A

Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night

Bm

E

A

That's where I'll be Near the breath of a swallow, petals dropped as you fell And you grabbed me then shyly held me against the stone cold well In your hand was a glass you held the ice against the night It dripped and it sparkled and I laughed a wish Before it all slipped down the dark tunneled well I heard it melt quietly I looked at you Bent to the earth with just one pleading wish Your skirts brushed to the furious pounding I'd follow you to the river that washes out to the sea Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night That's where I'll be

Instrumental

I hid in the elm and raised the bough that hung even with your neck I chased you and drowned you there deep in the well And when your mouth was full and wet I swallowed all your reckless fate And with your last breath you moaned, too drunk to wake I'd follow you to the river that washes out to the sea Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night That's where I'll be

I like my town with a little drop of poison Nobody knows they're lining up to go insane I'm all alone I smoke my friends down to the filter But I feel much cleaner after it rains She left in the fall that's her picture on the wall She always had that little drop of poison Did the devil make the world while god was sleeping You'll never get a wish from a bone Another long goodbye and a hundred sailors That deep blue sky is my home She left in the fall that's her picture on the wall She always had that little drop of poison Well the rat always knows when he's in with weasels Here you loose a little every day Well I remember when a million was a million They all have ways to make you pay She left in the fall that's her picture on the wall She always had that little drop of poison She left in the fall that's her picture on the wall She always had that little drop of poison

From the "Woyzeck" musical

G

D

G

The things a crow puts in his nest

G

C

G

D

They are always things he finds that shine best

C

D

G

Em

Somehow he'll find a shiny dime

Am

D

G

Em

A silver twine from a valentine

Am

D

G

The crows all bring them shiny things Leave me alone you big old moon The light you cast is just a liar You're like the crows, 'cause if it glows You're dressed to go, you guessed I know You'll always bring them shiny things Well I'm not dancing here tonight But things are bound to turn around The only thing I want that shines Is to be king there in your eyes To be your only shiny thing

On our anniversary There'll be someone else where you used to be The world don't care and yet it clings to me The moon is gold and silvery Who knows where the sidewalk ends? Well the road will turn and the road will bend They always say he marks the sparrow's fall How can anyone believe it all Well the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning On his hand he wore the ring of another The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning We broke the bank and we tore up the place We disappeared without a trace Now the sun it falls into the sea I know I'm the only one for me I was so green and the dress you wore was yellow The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning The sun is down and the moon is in the meadow The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning Put a hat on your head Will you paint the whole damn town red with me? Well the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning On his hand he wore the ring of another The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

They say you're seeing someone You're wearing his ring They say you laughed When you heard my name They say he takes you dancing He holds you so near They say he'll buy you anything Tell me am I foolish? I don't believe these stories I'll be coming home soon Louise, Louise If it's true Tell it to me I know you will not see me But I know you have a daughter I hear she has my eyes They say she calls him father And he's proud of her Even believes all your lies But for all your faithless beauty I'd give all my tomorrows If you're still thinking of me Louise, Louise If it's true Tell it to me

Capo:

III

C

G

C

G

Am

F

G

C

Am

F

G

Well, ring the bell backwards and bury the axe

C

F

G

Fall down on your knees in the dirt

C

Am

F

G

I'm tied to the mast between water and wind

C

F

G

Believe me, you'll never get hurt

Am

G

F

C

Our ring's in the pawnshop, the rain's in the hole

Am

G

F

G

Down at the Five Points I stand

C

Am

I'll lose everything

F

G

C

But I won't let go of your hand

C

Am

F

G

Well, Peter denied and Judas betrayed

C

F

G

I'll bail with the roll of the drum

C

Am

F

G

And the wind will tell the turn from the wheel

C

F

G

And the watchman is making his rounds

Am

G

F

C

Well, you'll leave me hanging by the skin of my teeth

Am

G

F

G

I've only got one leg to stand

C

Am

You can send me to hell

F

G

C

But I'll never let go of your hand

G

C

Swing from a rope on a cross-legged dream

G

C

Signed with One Eyed Jack's blood

F

G

From Temple to Union, to LA and Grand

F

G

Walking back home in the mud

C

Am

F

G

Now I must make my best of the only way home

C

F

G

Molly deals only in stone

C

Am

F

G

I'm lost on the midway, I'm reckless in your eyes

C

F

G

Just give me a couple more throws

Am

G

F

C

I'll dare you to dine with the cross-legged knight

Am

G

F

G

Dare me to jump and I will

C

Am

I'll fall from your grace

F

G

C

But I'll never let go of your hand

F

G

C

I'll never let go of your hand

C

/g

C

/g

F

G

C

There's a crooked street in Houston town

F

G

C

It's a well worn path I've traveled down

F

G

C

/b

Am

Now there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train

F

G

C

And I wish I'd listened to the words you said

C

Don't go down to Fannin Street

F

C

Don't go down to Fannin Street

F

C

/b

Am

Don't go down to Fannin Street

C

F

You'll be lost and never found

C

F

You can never turn around

C

G

C

Don't go down to Fannin Street Once I held you in my arms, I was sure And I took that silent step through the gilded door The desire to have much more, all the glitter and the roar Now I know just where the sidewalk ends Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street When I was young I thought only of getting out I said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house Give a man gin, give a man cards, give an inch he takes a yard And I rue the day that I stepped off this train Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street Don't go down to Fannin Street You'll be lost and never found You can never turn around Don't go down to Fannin Street

Sure as fire will burn There's one thing you will learn Is things you have cherished Are things that you have earned Luck is when opportunity Meets with preparation The same is true for every generation Little man As you climb on my knee The whole future lies in thee Little man Little man Never hurry, take it slow Things worthwhile need time to grow Little man Don't look back There are things that might distract Move ahead towards your goal And the answers will unfold Little man Love is always in the air It is there for those who care Little man

From the "Woyzeck" musical

I must have brought the bad weather with me The sky's the colour of lead All you've left me was a feather On an unmade bed It's always me whenever there's trouble The world does nothing but turn The ring it fell off my finger I guess I'll never learn It's over, it's over, it's over I'm getting dressed in the dark Our story ends before it begins I always confess to everyone's sins The nail gets hammered down It's over, let it go So don't go and make a big deal out of nothing It's just a storm on a dime I've always found there's nothing That money can not buy I've already gone to the place that I'm going There's no place left to fall There's something to be said About saying nothing at all 'Cause, baby, then it's over and it's over It's done forgotten and through Story ends before it begins I always confess to everyone's sins The nail gets hammered down It's over, let it go You got to let me go I wanna let it go I wanna let you go

If I have to go, will you remember me? Will you find someone else while I'm away? There's nothing for me in this world full of strangers It's all someone else's idea I don't belong here and you can't go with me You'll only slow me down Until I send for you don't wear your hair that way If you cannot be true I'll understand Tell all the others you'll hold in your arms That I said I'd come back for you I'll leave my jacket to keep you warm That's all that I can do If I have to go, will you remember me? Will you find someone else while I'm away?

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs Nothing wants to die Evelyn James they killed in a game With guns too big for their hands Just off St Charles in no man's land You'll have to find your own way home, boys You'll have to find your own way home The oldest was Troy, an eighteen year-old boy Shot dead in March in a robbery His brother started out to hell and to ruin Troy's killer was never caught they say Young Nick he just went bad that day Now he'll have to find his own way home, boys He'll have to find his own way home Why cook dinner? Why make my bed? Why come home at all? Out the door and through the woods There's a world where nothing grows It's hard to say grace and to sit in the place Of someone missing at the table Mom's hair sprayed tight and her face in her hands Watching TV for answers to me After all she's only human She's trying to find her own way home, boys She's trying to find her own way home My legs ache My heart is sore The well is full of pennies

E7/G# 4x243x

C

Am

F

C

Oh, take care of all of my children

C

Am

G

Don't let 'em wander and roam

C

Am

F

C

Oh, take care of all of my children

C

G

C

For I don't know when I'm comin' back home

F

C

E7/g#

Am

You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name

F

C

G

Nail a sign on the door

F

C

E7/g#

Am

Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane

F

G

C

I'm going up to see my Lord

C

Am

F

C

Oh, keep them together at the sundown

C

Am

G

Safe from the Devil's hand

C

Am

F

C

You gotta make them a pillow on the hard ground

C

G

C

I'll be goin' up to Beulah land

F

C

E7/g#

Am

You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name

F

C

G

Nail a sign on the door

F

C

E7/g#

Am

Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane

F

G

C

I'm going up to see my Lord

C

Am

F

C

Oh remember you never trust the Devil

C

Am

G

Stay clear of Lucifer's hand

C

Am

F

C

Oh and don't let 'em wander in the meadow

C

G

C

Or you'll wind up in the fryin' pan

F

C

E7/g#

Am

You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name

F

C

G

Nail a sign on the door

F

C

E7/g#

Am

Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane

F

G

C

I'm going up to see my Lord

F

C

E7/g#

Am

You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name

F

C

G

Nail a sign on the door

F

C

E7/g#

Am

Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane

F

G

C

I'm going up to see my Lord

E

E7

A

E

There's a place I know, where the train goes slow

E

A

B7

Where the sinners can be washed, in the blood of the lamb

A

E

A

There's a river by the trestle, over by Sinners Grove

E

E7

B7

A

E

Down where the willow and the dogwood grow

E

B7

Down there by the train, down there by the train

E

A

Down there by the train, down there by the train

E

B7

E

Down there, where the train goes slow

A

E

A

E

You can hear the whistle, you can hear the bell

E

E7

A

B7

From the halls of heaven, to the gates of hell

A

E

A

And there's room for the forsaken, if you're there on time

E

E7

A

You'll be washed of all your sins and all of your crimes If you're down there by the train, down there by the train Down there by the train, down there by the train Down there, where the train, goes slow

E

E7

A

E

There's a golden moon that shines up through the mist

E

A

B7

And I know that your name, Will be on that list

A

E

A

There's no eye for an eye, there's no tooth for a tooth

E

B7

A

I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth He was down there by the train, down there by the train Down there by the train, down there by the train He was down where the train goes slow

E

E7

A

E

So if you live in darkness, and If you live in shame

E

E7

A

B7

All of the passengers, will be treated the same

A

E

A

Oh, and old Humpty Jackson, and Gyp the Blood will sing

E

B7

A

And Charlie Witten is holding on to Dillenger's wings They're both down there by the train, down there by the train Down there by the train, down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow

E

E7

A

E

If you've lost all your hope, if you've lost all your faith

E

E7

A

B7

I know you can be cared for, and I know you can be safe

A

E

A

And all of the shamefuls, and all of the whores

E

B7

A

And even the soldier who pierced the side of the Lord Is down there by the train, down there by the train Down there by the train, down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow

E

A

E

Well I've never asked for forgiveness, I've never said a prayer

E

E7

A

B7

Never given of myself, and I've never truly cared

A

E

A

And I've hurt the ones who loved me, and I'm still raising Cain

E

B7

A

I've taken the low road, and if you have done the same Meet me down there by the train, down there by the train Down there by the train, down there by the train

B7

A

Down there where the train goes slow Is down there by the train, down there by the train Down there by the train, down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow

Danny says we gotta go Gotta go to Idaho But we can't go surfing 'Cause it's 20 below Sound check is at 5:02 Record stores and interviews I can't wait to be with you tomorrow Baby, oh oh oh, we got nowhere to go It may sound funny, but it's true Hanging out in 100-B Watching "Get Smart" on TV Thinking about you and me and you and me Hanging out in LA and there's nowhere to go It ain't Christmas if there ain't no snow Listening to Sheena on the radio, oh, oh Sound check is at 5:02 Record stores and interviews I can't wait to be with you tomorrow

The sky holds all our wishes The dish ran away with the spoon Chimney smoke ties the roofs to the sky There's a hole overhead, but it's only the moon Will there ever be a tree Grown from the seeds I've sown? Life is a path lit only By the light of those I've loved By the light of those I love

Tom Waits : Orphans: Bawlers
2006

Bend Down The Branches

You Can Never Hold Back Spring

Long Way Home

Widow's Grove

Little Drop Of Poison

Shiny Things

World Keeps Turning

Tell It To Me

Never Let Go

Fannin Street

Little Man

It's Over

If I Have To Go

The Fall Of Troy

Take Care Of All My Children

Down There By The Train

Danny Says

Jayne's Blue Wish

Tom Waits : Orphans: Bawlers 2006

Bend Down The Branches

You Can Never Hold Back Spring

Long Way Home

Widow's Grove

Little Drop Of Poison

Shiny Things

World Keeps Turning

Tell It To Me

Never Let Go

Fannin Street

Little Man

It's Over

If I Have To Go

The Fall Of Troy

Take Care Of All My Children

Down There By The Train

Danny Says

Jayne's Blue Wish

Tom Waits : Orphans: Bawlers
2006