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Drunk On The Moon by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

but the only thing he gets right are the words. So yeah. It's not an easy tab, and I'm not even
to go near that insane solo saxophone bit. This is just the basic chord
progression driving the song.

In my opinion this sounds much better without hitting any open strings.. most of the time.

It's in 6/8 time. Or 3/4. I never get that right.

Intro
| Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramDbm7b5Dbm7b5 | Chord diagramDm7Dm7 Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7 |
| Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7 | Chord diagramE7E7 Chord diagramAm7Am7 |
| Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7 Chord diagramF7F7 | Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 Chord diagramA7A7 |
| Chord diagramDm7Dm7 Chord diagramG9G9 | Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramC7C7 |
| Chord diagramBm7Bm7 Chord diagramE7E7 | Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramAm7/GAm7/G D7sus2/F# |
| Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7 Chord diagramF7F7 | Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 Chord diagramA7A7 |
| Chord diagramD9D9 Chord diagramG9G9 | Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 Chord diagramA7A7 |
| Chord diagramD9D9 Chord diagramG9G9 |
Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7       Chord diagramDbm7b5Dbm7b5    Chord diagramDm7Dm7    Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7
Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift
      Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7
'Neath the cement stroll
     Chord diagramE7E7    Chord diagramAm7Am7
Catch the midnight drift
Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7     Chord diagramF7F7
Cigar chewing Charlie
    Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramA7A7
In that newspaper nest
     Chord diagramDm7Dm7      Chord diagramG7G7
grifting hot horse tips
     Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7      Chord diagramC7C7
On who's running the best

    Chord diagramBm7Bm7      Chord diagramE7E7
And I'm blinded by the neon
Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramAm7/GAm7/G   D7sus2/F#
Don't try and change my tune
Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7           Chord diagramF7F7
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramA7A7  Chord diagramD9D9 Chord diagramG9G9 Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Chord diagramD9D9 Chord diagramG9G9
I'm drunk on the moon

Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7          Chord diagramDbm7b5Dbm7b5
And the moon's a silver slipper
       Chord diagramDm7Dm7    Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7
It's pouring champagne stars
Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7
Broadway's like a serpent
    Chord diagramE7E7       Chord diagramAm7Am7
Pulling shiny top-down cars
Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7   Chord diagramF7F7
Laramer is teeming
     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramA7A7
With that undulating beat
     Chord diagramDm7Dm7      Chord diagramG9G9
And some Bonneville is screaming
     Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7      Chord diagramC7C7
It's way wilder down the street

    Chord diagramBm7Bm7      Chord diagramE7E7
And I'm blinded by the neon
Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramAm7/GAm7/G   D7sus2/F#
Don't try and change my tune
Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7           Chord diagramF7F7
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramA7A7  Chord diagramD9D9 Chord diagramG9G9 Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Chord diagramD9D9 Chord diagramG9G9
I'm drunk on the moon

Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7       Chord diagramDbm7b5Dbm7b5
Hearts flutter and race
  Chord diagramDm7Dm7      Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7
The moon's on the wane
Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
  Chord diagramE7E7     Chord diagramAm7Am7
The night will ordain
Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7       Chord diagramF7F7
Come schemers and dancers
Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramA7A7
Cherry delight
   Chord diagramDm7Dm7       Chord diagramG9G9
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
    Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7         Chord diagramC7C7
And it cuts through the night
     Chord diagramBm7Bm7         Chord diagramE7E7
And I've harked all my yesterdays
Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramAm7/GAm7/G   D7sus2/F#
Don't try and change my tune
Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7           Chord diagramF7F7
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramA7A7  Chord diagramD9D9 Chord diagramG9G9 Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Chord diagramD9D9 Chord diagramG9G9 Ab6/9
I'm drunk on the moon


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The way I play the chords

Chord diagramA7A7 5x565x
Chord diagramA minorAm x02210
Chord diagramAm7/GAm7/G 302010
Chord diagramAm7Am7 575555
Ab6/9 4x334x
Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 x35453
Chord diagramDbm7b5Dbm7b5 x4545x
D7sus2/F# 2x0210
Chord diagramD9D9 x5455x
Chord diagramDm7Dm7 x57565
Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7 x67575
Chord diagramE7E7 x79797
Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 x79787
Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7 x8(10)9(10)8
Chord diagramF7F7 x8(10)8(10)8
Chord diagramG7G7 3x343x

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