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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 ----- /------------ twice ----------------\ | | ||--12----|-------------|---------------12--|-----------------| ||--10----|--------7----|---------------10--|--------7-----7--| ||--10----|--------7----|---------------10--|--------7-----7--| ||--0-----|-----6-------|-------------------|-----6-----6-----| ||--------|--0----------|-------------------|--0--------------| ||--------|-------------|--~~~~10---10------|-----------------| (long slide) 1st Verse --------- She ... /----------- three times -------------\ | | |-------5---6--|-----------------------| |-------6---6--|---------------7---7---| |-----5---5----|---------------7---7---| |--------------|------------6----6-----| |--5-----------|-----------------------| |--------------|---------0-------------| blue .. a-way .. to ..
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