Dead and Lovely Tom Waits
This song has a capo on the third fret. In order to keep things easy, I will name the
as if the capo is the nut of the neck. ex)what is considered c minor will now be called
minor.
There are a few things to remember for playing this song.
First)There is an alternating bass line between the root of a chord and the string above
ex)for a c chord alternate the lowest c note with a g.
Second)There is a walkdown at the end of the intro and chorus that starts with a c add
and walks the c note down to a b then the chord changes to an a minor. The catch is the
c add nine isn't played the usual way. You don't add your fourth finger to any string
instead take off the finger you have on the d string. Making the walkdown look like this
e-0--0--0----------------------| b-1--1--1----------------------| g-0--0--2----------------------| d-0--0--2----------------------| a-3--2--0----------------------| e------------------------------|
Am9 Cadd9 (walkdown) Am9
[Am9]She was a middle class girl
She was in over her head
[Dm9]She thought she would
Stand up in the [Am9]deep end
He had a bullet proof smile
He had money to burn
[Dm9]She thought she had the moon
[Am9]In her pocket
But now she's dead[F]
She's so [Am9]dead[F]
Cadd9(walkdown) Am9
Forever dead and lovely now
[Dm9]I've[B] always been t[Dm9]old to
Remember [B]this...
[Am9]Don't let [F]a fool kiss [B7sus4]you
Never marry for [E]love
He was hard to im[Am9]press
He knew everyone's secrets[Dm9]
He wore her on his arm[Am9]
Just like jewelry
He never gave but he got
He kept her on a leash[Dm9]
He's not the kind of wheel
You [Am9]fall asleep at
But now she's dead[F]
Forever [Am9]dead[F]
Am9 Cadd9(Walkdown) Am9
Forever dead and lovely now
[Dm9]Come close[B]r, look dee[Dm9]per
You've fallen [B]fast
[Am9]Just like a plane on [F]a
[B7sus4]Stormy [E]sea
She made up someone to [Am9]be
She made up somewhere to be from[Dm9]
This is one business in the
World where that's [Am9]no
Problem at all
Everything that is left
They will only plow under[Dm9]
Soon every one you know
Will be [Am9]gone
And now she's dead[F]
Forever [Am9]dead
Cadd9(walkdown)
Forever dead and lovely now
[Am9] [Dm9] [Am9] [Dm9]
Now she's dead[F]
Forever [Am9]dead
Cadd9(walkdown)Am9
Forever dead and lovely now
[Dm9]I've[B] always been t[Dm9]old to
Remember [B]this...
[Dm9]Don't let [F]a kiss fool [B7sus4]you
Never marry for [E]love
Everything has its [Am9]price
Everything has its place[Dm9]
What's more romantic
Then dying in the moon[Am9]light?
Now they're all watching the sea
What's lost can never be broken[Dm9]
Her roots were sweet
But they were so s[Am9]hallow
And now she's dead[F]
Forever [Am9]dead
Cadd9(walkdown) Am9
Forever dead and lovely now
And now she's dead[F]
Forever [Am9]dead
Cadd9(Walkdown) Am9
And she's so dead and lovely now
*B7sus4 e----------| b----------| g---2------| d---2------| a---2------| e---2------|
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