Intro
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
with improvisations in D MajorD minor
Dmin Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7alt A7A7
e|-x----------x----------|-----------x-----x-----|
BB|-----10---------10-----|----10-----6-----5-----|
G+G|-10---------10---------|-7---------8-----6-----|
D MajorD|-12---------8----------|-6---------5-----5-----|
A augmentedA|-x----------x----------|-x---------0-----0-----|
E MajorE|-10---------8----------|-6---------x-----x-----|
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Chords::
A7(#11,b13) x-0-5-8-6-x
A7A7 x-0-5-6-5-x
A7(#11) x-0-5-6-4-x
Bm7b5 Bm7b5 x-2-3-2-3-x (this is a non-essential passing chord)
verse: and chorus: over:
|DmDm |Dm/C |Bb7Bb7 |A7(#11,b13 A7A7 |
Verse:
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
Nighthawks at the diner of Emma's Forty-Niner There's a rendez-
DmDm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bm7b5 Bb7Bb7 (arpeggio) A7(#11) A7A7
vous of strangers around the coffee urn tonight All the g**** hacks
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
and the insomniacs and now the paper's been read, now the waitress said
Chorus:
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7A7
'Eggs and sausage and a side of toast Coffee and a roll
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7A7
hash browns over easy, Chile in a bowl
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7A7
with burgers and fries What kind of pie? sigh...'
Verse:
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7A7
It's a graveyard charade, it's a late shift masquerade And it's two for a
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7A7
quarter, dime for a dance Woolworth's rhinestone
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
diamond earrings and a sideways glance Now the register ri---
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
nnnnngggsnnnnngggnnnnggnng, now the waitress sings
Chorus:
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
Eggs and sausage and a side of toast, coffe and a roll, Hash brow-
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
ns over easy, Chile in a bowl burgers and
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
fries what kind of pie? Yeah
Solo:
|DmDm |Dm/C |Bb7Bb7 |A7(#11,b13 A7A7 |
Verse:
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
Now well, the classified section offers no direction It's a cold
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
caffeine in a nicotine cloud Now the touch of your
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
fingers lingers burning in my memory I've been eighty-
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
sixed from your scheme Now I'm in a melodramatic nocturnal scene Now I'm a
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
refugee from a disconcerted affair Now the lead pipe morning falls,
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
now the waitress calls
Chorus:
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13)
'Eggs and sausage, another side of toast
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
Coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy Chille in a
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
bowl with burgers and fries Now what kind of pie?
Verse:
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
À la mode if you will Just come in and join the crowd Had
DmDm Dm/C Bb7Bb7 A7(#11,b13) A7A7
some time to kill, yeah You see, I just come in to join the crowd Had some time to killz
(fermata)
DmDm Dm/c Bb7Bb7 A7A7
Just come in to join the crowd Cause I had some time to kill
Coda:
(instrumental)
|DmDm |Dm/C |Bb7Bb7 |A7(#11,b13 A7A7 |