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Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker guitar tab

Subject: CRD Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis/Tom Waits

Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

From Blue Valentines1977

Bb9: EADGHe: X10111

Bb/C: EADGHe: X3X331

Fadd9/A: EADGHe: X03213

C11: EADGHe: 033333

Intro: Gm Am7 Bb Bb/C

F A7

hey Charlie I'm pregnant

Bb9

and living on the 9th street

F A7

right above a dirty 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 plays the trombone

Bb9 Bb/C F C11 F

and works out at the track

F A7

and he says that he loves me

Bb9

even though its not his baby

F A7

and he says that he'll raise him up

Bb9

like he would his own son

F A7

and he gave me a ring

Dm7 F/Eb

that was worn by his mother

Bb9 Bb/C

and he takes me out dancin

Bb9 C11 F C11 F C11

every saturday night.

F A7

and hey Charlie I think about you

Bb9

everytime I pass a fillin station

F A7

on account 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

now how do you like that?

Dm7 F/C

hey Charlie I almost went crazy

Gm7 Fadd9/A

after mario got busted

Bb9 Bb/C C7

so I went back to omaha to

F A7

live with my folks

Dm7 F/C

but everyone I used to know

Bb9

was either dead or in prison

Gm7 Fadd9/A

so I came back to Minneapolis

Bb9 Bb/C C7

this time I think i'm gonna stay.

F A7

hey Charlie I think I'm happy

Bb9

for 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 buy me a used car lot

Dm7 F/Eb

and I wouldn't sell any of em

Bb9

i'd just drive a different car

C11 Bb9 C11

every day, dependin on how I feel

F C11 F C11

F A7

hey Charlie 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

Charlie, hey

Bb9

i'll be eligible for parole

C11 F

come valentines day

--

Anders Mikkelsen Fåborggade 1,4 8000 Šrhus 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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