On The Nickle chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

On the Nickle--Tom Waits

>From "Heartattack and Vine

Starts in the key of F#F# major:
Intro:
     BB    F#F#    BB    F#F#    BB    F#F# D#mD#m
e-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|
b-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|
G-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|
D-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|
A---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|
E-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|

 G# minorG#m C#C#  F#F#
e----------|-----||
b----------|-----||
G----------|-----||
D-8------6-|-----||
A---9--9---|9----||
E----------|-----||

Verse 1:
BB           F#F#
Stick ...
BB          F#F#
But ..
BB           F#F#    D#mD#m
And ..
        G# minorG#m       C#(sus4)--C#
I'll ..
BB              F#F#
And ..
BB          F#F#
Who ..
BB      G#(major)  F#F#     D#mD#m
Well ..
    G# minorG#m  C#C#  F#F#
On ...


Verse 2:
BB           F#F#
So ..
BB           F#F#
There ..
BB            F#F#  D#mD#m
And ..
      G# minorG#m       C#(sus4)--C#
Then ..
BB                 F#F#
And ..
BB          F#F#
Who ..
BB      G#(major)    F#F# D#mD#m
Well ...
    G# minorG#m  C#C#  F#F#
On ...

Key change to Ab:

     BB    G+G      DbDb    AbAb
e------|--------|------------|--------|-----||
b------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||
G------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||
D------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||
A--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||
E------|--------|------------|--------|-----||

Verse 3:
DbDb       AbAb
And ..
DbDb       AbAb
And ...,
DbDb               AbAb     F minorFm
Well ..
     BbmBbm          Eb MajorEb
Just ..
DbDb             AbAb
And ..
DbDb        AbAb
Can ..
DbDb Bb/DBb/D    Ab/Eb  F minorFm
And ..
     BbmBbm  Eb MajorEb  AbAb
Is ...


Verse 4:
DbDb         AbAb
So ...
DbDb          AbAb
You're ..
DbDb             AbAb   F minorFm
And ..
      Bb majorBb            Eb MajorEb
And ..
DbDb         AbAb
I ..
DbDb       AbAb
Roosevelt..
DbDb   Bb/DBb/D        Ab/Eb  F minorFm
You ..
    BbmBbm  Eb MajorEb  AbAb
On ...


Key change to Bb:
     DbDb    A augmentedA       Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
e--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||
b--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||
G--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||
D--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||
A--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||
E--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||

Verse 5:
Eb MajorEb                Bb majorBb
So ..
Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb
Who ..
Eb MajorEb            Bb majorBb   G minorGm
Well ..
C minorCm            FF
Once ..
Eb MajorEb             Bb majorBb
So ..
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
The ..
Eb MajorEb           Bb majorBb    G minorGm
Your ..
    C minorCm   FF  Bb majorBb
On ...


Verse 6:
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
So ..
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
And ..
Eb MajorEb      C/EC/E    Bb/FBb/F   G minorGm
I'll ..
    C minorCm    FF  Bb majorBb
On ...


Ending:
      Eb MajorEb      G+G        C majorC      G+G
e--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
b--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
G--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||
D--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||
A--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||
E--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||

Notes:
The tabs are not exactly guitar parts, but are string parts on the
song. I'm not a guitarist, so I don't know what are the best
fingerings, but these are the right notes.

Jeff Henscheid
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