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	F	A7
	hey C	harlie I'm pregnant

	Bb9
	and living on the 9th street

	F	A7
right above	a di	rty bookstore

	Bb9
	of euclid avenue

	F	A7
	and I	stopped takin dope

	Bb9
	and I quit drinkin whiskey

	Gm7	F/A
and my	old man pla	ys the trombone

	Bb9	Bb/C	F	C11	F
and wor	ks out at the t	rack

	F	A7
a	nd he	says that he loves me

	Bb9
	even though its not his baby

	F	A7
	and h	e says that he'll raise him up

	Bb9
li	ke he would his own son

	F	A7
	and h	e gave me a ring

	Dm7	F/Eb
tha	t was worn	by his mother

	Bb9	Bb/C
and	he takes me out dan	cin

	Bb9	C11	F	C11	F	C11
ever	y satu	rday night	.

	F	A7
	and h	ey Charlie I think about you

	Bb9
eve	rytime I pass a fillin station

	F	A7
	on ac	count of all the grease

	Bb9
	you used to wear in your hair

	F	A7
	and I	still have that record

	Dm7	F/Eb
	of little	anthony & the Imperials

	Bb9
	but someone stole my record player

	C11	F	C11	F	A7
no	w how do you like that?

	Dm7	F/C
	hey Ch	arlie I almost went crazy

	Gm7	Fadd9/A
	after ma	rio got busted

	Bb9	Bb/C	C7
	so I went b	ack to omah	a to

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	live	with my folks

	Dm7	F/C
	but every	one I used to know

	Bb9
was ei	ther dead or in prison

	Gm7	Fadd9/A
	so I came b	ack to Minneapolis

	Bb9	Bb/C	C7
	this time I	think i	'm gonna stay.

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	hey C	harlie I think I'm happy

	Bb9
fo	r the first time since my accident

	F	A7
	and I	wish I had all the money

	Bb9
that	we used to spend on dope

	F	A7
	i'd b	uy me a used car lot

	Dm7	F/Eb
an	d I w	ouldn't sell any of em

	Bb9
i'd ju	st drive a different car

	C11	Bb9	C11
	every day, d	ependin on how I	feel

	F	C11	F	C11	F	A7
					hey C	harlie for chrissakes

	Bb9
	do you want to know the truth of it?

	F	A7
	i don	't have a husband

	Bb9
	he don't play the trombone

	F	A7
	and I	need to borrow money

	Dm7
	to pay this lawyer

	F/Eb
Ch	arlie, hey

	Bb9
	i'll be eligible for parole

	C11	F
com	e valent	ines day

	--
	Anders Mikkelsen Fåborggade 1,4 8000 Århus C

email: andersam@imv.aau.dk

"Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat,

never drive a car when you're dead" -Tom Waits

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Christmas Card From A Hooker

Tom Waits

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