Wainwright Loudon - Tip That Waitress guitar tab

Tip That Waitress

Loudon Wainwright III

C

She's been on her feet nearly half the damn night

Am

Bringing you beverage and your late night bite

F

She remains cheerful when you're nasty and tight

G

Makes change for a fifty in dim candlelight.

C

Ignoring your groping hoping you might

Am F G

Come across with a tip and sympathize with her plight.

C

Tip that waitress.

Shes getting her masters supporting her mom

Amidst the confusion she remains cool and calm

She knows exits in case of a fire or bomb

She knows all the words to the 23rd psalm

She handles her tray with panache and aplomb

Her brothers a Quaker, her dad was in Naa-aaa-aaa-aam

Tip that waitress.

Bridge 1

Em

Tip that waitress,

C

She's been waiting on you.

Em

Skip the small change,

G

Slap down a dollar or two.

Her arches are aching, her lower backs shot

Her varicose vein hurts like hell when its hot

Her uniform's too tight, tasteful its not

She knows the specials and they are not a lot.

The cook is on Qualudes the bus boy deals pot

If she had a real job she'd quit on the spot

So tip that waitress.

This plea for gratuity's gone on way too long,

Theres a time and a place where them things belong

The stage ain't a soap box, this is only a song,

To dwell on the matter much more would be wrong.

And people get by, she'll get along

But I think she gets off when I come on

Stro--ooo-ooo- ong

So tip that waitress.

Bridge 2

Tip that waitress,

She's been waiting on you.

Skip the small change,

Slap down a fiver or two.

She's been on her feet nearly half the damn night

Bringing you beverage and your late night bite

She remains cheerful when you're nasty and tight

Makes change for a fifty in dim candlelight.

Ignoring your groping hoping you might

Come across with a tip and sympathize with her plight.

Tip that waitress.