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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 ..
/---------------------------  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 ...
of ..
   mirror                       ..


               |--------------|---------------------|
               |-------5---5--|------------5----5---|
               |-------5---5--|------------6----6---|
               |-----5---5----|---------5----5------|
               |--0-----------|------0--------------|
               |--------------|---------------------|

that's ...


|----------------|-------|-----------------------|-------|
|-------7-----7--|-------|--------------7-----7--|-------|
|-------8-----8--|--bis--|--------------7-----7--|--bis--|
|----7-----7-----|-------|-----------6-----6-----|-------|
|----------------|-------|-----------------------|-------|
|--7-------------|-------|---------0-------------|-------|

   didn't ..-> 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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