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All The Time – Tom Waits
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Tabbed by: cg10

This song is a traditional 12-bar blues structure on those (power) chords: F5–A#5–C5

F5:    133xxx
A#5:   x133xx
C5:    x355xx

(If you prefer to use full chords, my feeling would be to play the song in Fm-A#m-C, but
I might be wrong so play what you think sounds good!)

The bass riffs are:

   Chord diagramF5F5
e|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------1-1-3-3---------1-1-3-3--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--1-1-4-4---------1-1-4-4----------|

   Chord diagramA#5A#5
e|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------1-1-3-3---------1-1-3-3--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--1-1-4-4---------1-1-4-4----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------|

   Chord diagramC5C5
e|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------3-3-5-5---------3-3-5-5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--3-3-6-6---------3-3-6-6----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------|

So for the ones who are less familiar with the 12-bar blues structure, here is what it
should end up like (use the complete riffs shown above instead of the following chords
and repeat as indicated):

Chord diagramF5F5    x4
Chord diagramA#5A#5   x2
Chord diagramF5F5    x2
Chord diagramC5C5    x1
Chord diagramA#5A#5   x1
Chord diagramF5F5    x2

Repeat this in loop for the rest of the song...

Lyrics:

You're the tree
That you can't eat the fruit from
I heard horses come to ride me away
I want shade
And a good place to shoot from
If I's a clock
I'd be the end of the day
You know you're not the boss of me
You can lift your skirt
You can shake your hair
But I got all the time in the world

You're the ditch
In the road where the wheels keep spinning
You're the same dead cat
Clawing it's way back grinning
You know
You got a very bad reputation
And you're nine lives
Way down the line
I got a jacket to put on and a hat to wear
I wouldn't waste a gallon on you out there
And I got all the time in the world

Chord diagramA augmentedA bridge is only there for you to jump off of
And there ain't no rain clouds that are blue
I do declare my independence
Baby I shot off all my fireworks for you
The river's burning and the trees are on fire
There's lots of good rubber left on these tires
And I've got all the time in the world

SOLO

Baby you're the light that won't change that I got stuck at
You're the fan that won't work at the motel
They were all out of red so I got me a blue one
Baby you're always using mine why you get you one?
I know you won't go very far
You left your blonde wig in the car
And I got all the time in the world

SOLO

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Now here is a second version with the chords as indicators of how the lyrics match the riffs:
            Chord diagramF5F5
You're the tree
                                       Chord diagramF5F5
That you can't eat the fruit from
I heard horses come to ride me away
        Chord diagramA#5A#5
I want shade
                                    Chord diagramF5F5
And a good place to shoot from
If I's a clock
I'd be the end of the day
    Chord diagramC5C5
You know you're not the boss of me
         Chord diagramA#5A#5
You can lift your skirt
You can shake your hair
          Chord diagramF5F5
But I got all the time in the world


            Chord diagramF5F5
You're the ditch
In the road where the wheels keep spinning
            Chord diagramF5F5
You're the same dead cat
Clawing it's way back grinning
     Chord diagramA#5A#5
You know
You got a very bad reputation
           Chord diagramF5F5
And you're nine lives
Way down the line
         Chord diagramC5C5
I got a jacket to put on and a hat to wear
     Chord diagramA#5A#5
I wouldn't waste a gallon on you out there
          Chord diagramF5F5
And I got all the time in the world


   Chord diagramF5F5
Chord diagramA augmentedA bridge is only there for you to jump off of
           Chord diagramF5F5
And there ain't no rain clouds that are blue
  Chord diagramA#5A#5
I do declare my independence
        Chord diagramF5F5
Baby I shot off all my fireworks for you
             Chord diagramC5C5
The river's burning and the trees are on fire
                 Chord diagramA#5A#5
There's lots of good rubber left on these tires
             Chord diagramF5F5
And I've got all the time in the world

SOLO

                 Chord diagramF5F5
Baby you're the light that won't change that I got stuck at
            Chord diagramF5F5
You're the fan that won't work at the motel
          Chord diagramA#5A#5
They were all out of red so I got me a blue one
           Chord diagramF5F5
Baby you're always using mine why you get you one?
           Chord diagramC5C5
I know you won't go very far
               Chord diagramA#5A#5
You left your blonde wig in the car
          Chord diagramF5F5
And I got all the time in the world

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