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Waits Tom - Blue Valentines guitar tab

This is my transcription of 'Blue Valentines' by Tom Waits, on

the album 'Blue Valentine' ( actually one of the songs that hooked me

to Tom Waits !).

It is note-for-note for the intro and the first verse ( first

80 seconds of the song on the album). Then there are some slight

variations I didn't want to tab.

As the rhythm of this song is not very regular, I didn't try to

match the words on the notes(I think it wouldn't make sense with

such a song). Though, the first note of each 'measure' should be

played together with the word that is just below it.

The complete lyrics are included in the album so I didn't write them all.

Title : Blue Valentines

Author : Tom Waits

Album : Blue Valentine (1978)

Intro

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/------------ twice ----------------\\

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||--12----|-------------|---------------12--|-----------------|

||--10----|--------7----|---------------10--|--------7-----7--|

||--10----|--------7----|---------------10--|--------7-----7--|

||--0-----|-----6-------|-------------------|-----6-----6-----|

||--------|--0----------|-------------------|--0--------------|

||--------|-------------|--~~~~10---10------|-----------------|

(long slide)

1st Verse

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She sends me...

/----------- three times -------------\\

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|-------5---6--|-----------------------|

|-------6---6--|---------------7---7---|

|-----5---5----|---------------7---7---|

|--------------|------------6----6-----|

|--5-----------|-----------------------|

|--------------|---------0-------------|

blue valen-tines

a-way from phila-delphia

to mark the anni-versary

/--------------------------- three times ---------------------------\\

| |

|--------------|------------------|--------5-----5--|------------------|

|-------5---5--|---------5----5---|--------6-----6--|-----------7---7--|

|-------5---5--|---------6----6---|--------5--5-----|-----------7---7--|

|-----5---5----|------5----5------|-----------------|--------6----6----|

|--0-----------|---0--------------|-~~5--5----------|------------------|

|--------------|------------------|-----------------|------0-----------|

of someone that I used to be and it feels like there's a warrant out

of my arrest, got me checkin' in my rear view-

mirror and i'm always on the run

|--------------|---------------------|

|-------5---5--|------------5----5---|

|-------5---5--|------------6----6---|

|-----5---5----|---------5----5------|

|--0-----------|------0--------------|

|--------------|---------------------|

that's why I changed my name and I

|----------------|-------|-----------------------|-------|

|-------7-----7--|-------|--------------7-----7--|-------|

|-------8-----8--|--bis--|--------------7-----7--|--bis--|

|----7-----7-----|-------|-----------6-----6-----|-------|

|----------------|-------|-----------------------|-------|

|--7-------------|-------|---------0-------------|-------|

didn't think you'd ever find me here -> goto beginning

Tabbed by :

Richard Taillet

LAPP(Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules)

Chemin de Bellevue, BP 110

74941 Annecy-le-Vieux

FRANCE

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