Virgina Avenue chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

...VIRGINIA AVENUE... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: F minorFm)


Intro:

A7A7 (x6)

Verse 1:

     A7A7
Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Aven-ue,
A7A7
 Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to.
D7D7
 Harold's club is closing and everybody's going on home;
B7B7
 What's a poor boy to do?

Verse 2:

         A7A7
I'll just get on back into my short; make it back to the fort,
A7A7
 Sleep off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain.
D7D7
 There's got to be some place, that's better than this,
   B7B7
This life I'm leading's driving me in-sane.
             A7A7
And let me tell you, I'm dreaming...

Solo:

A7A7 (x3)
D7D7 (x2)
B7B7

(B7B7)
 Let me tell you that...

Verse 3:

  A7A7
I'm dreaming to the twilight; this town has got me down.
A7A7
 I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all a-round.
D7D7
 I won't make a fuss; I'll take a Greyhound bus,
B7B7
 Carry me away from here; tell me; what have I got to lose?

Verse 4:

     A7A7
'Cos I'm walking on down Columbus Aven-ue,
  A7A7
The bars are all closing, 'cos it's quarter to two.
D7D7
 Every town I go to, is like a lock without a key,
B7B7
 The blues I leave behind are catching up on me. Let me tell you;

Coda:

          A7A7
They're catching up on me,
            A7A7
They're catching up on me.
        A7A7
Catching up on me,
        A7A7
Catching up on me,
        E minorEm
Catching up on...


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  B7B7

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 022000 x02223 xx0212 323000 021200


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007