Ice Cream Man Tom Waits
<br/> **ICE CREAM MAN (Tom Waits)**<br/> =============<br/> <br/> -- comp. Tom Waits (from _Closing_Time_) ["transcr." tcg, '86]<br/> -- 4/4 // Key of Dm (transposed from Cm) // Allegro [except Intro]<br/> -- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat <br/> <br/> CHORDS--<br/> Dm Dm BbM7 Bb7 A+ A7+ Gm7 A7 <br/> xxo___ x_x___ x_x___ x_x___ xox___ xoxo__ _x____ xoxo_o<br/> 1 |||||1 |||||1 |1===1 |1=1=1 |||||1 |||||1 |||||| ||||||<br/> |||2|| |||2|| |||2|| |||||| |||23| ||||2| |||||| ||2|3|<br/> ||||3| |3||4| ||||3| ||||3| |||||| |||||| 1=1111 ||||||<br/> |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> INTRO: (Moderately: ad-lib arpeggios [piano, really])<br/> Dm / Dm / BbM7 / A+ [5x ... 5th x, move A+ fingering up every <br/> 2 frets for neat effect; then pause...]<br/> (quicker tempo:)<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ / [2x]<br/> <br/> VERSE 1:<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> Well, I take 'em by your house about two forty-five--<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> Sidewalk sundaes, strawberry surprise--<br/> Dm / / / Gm7 / / /<br/> I got a cherry popsickle, right on time--<br/> A7 / / / A7+ / / /<br/> A big stick, mama, that'll blow your mind--<br/> <br/> CHORUS:<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> 'Cuz I'm an Ice Cream Man--<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> I'm a one-man band--<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> I'm an Ice Cream Man, honey, I'll be good to you.<br/> <br/> VERSE 2:<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> If you meet me in the alley, baby, don't you fret--<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> Come back around, and don't forget--<br/> Dm / / / Gm7 / / /<br/> When you're tired and you're hungry, and you want somethin' cool--<br/> A7 / / / A7+ / / /<br/> Got somethin' better than a swimmin' pool--<br/> <br/> CHORUS<br/> <br/> <br/> CHORUS<br/> <br/> VERSE 3:<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> If you see me comin', 'n'you ain't got no change--<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /<br/> Don't worry, baby, it can be arranged--<br/> Dm / / / Gm7 / / /<br/> Show me you can smile, baby, just for me--<br/> A7 / / / A7+ / / /<br/> Feed you with a drumstick, I'll do it for free-- <br/> [no Freudian stuff in THIS song, by God!]<br/> <br/> CHORUS<br/> Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> [... I'll be good to you.] --Be good to you--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --Be good to you--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --Good to you, yeh--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --Good to you, yeh--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --Good to you, yeh--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --Good to you, yeh--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --Good to you, yeh--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --Good to you--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --I'll be good to you--<br/> Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /<br/> --I'll be good to you-- [...fade]<br/> <br/> *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*<br/> | Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |<br/> * ------------------------------- _-^-_ ------------------------------- *<br/> | "--If I decide to practice a / o )=\ slight movement from right |<br/> | nobody's business but my \ (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) |<br/> *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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