Swordfishtrombone chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
e |----------|
BB |----------|
G+G |----------|
D MajorD |----------|
A augmentedA |----0--2--|
E MajorE |--4-------|

 E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm    BB   B7B7   B7B7  BB   E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
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  A minorAm A4 A minorAm   E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
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  F#7F#7  C7C7    B7B7
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Verse 1:
       E minorEm  EmAdd9Emadd9  E minorEm      BB      B7B7
Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head,
   B7B7    BB      E minorEm  EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
And modified Brougham De - Ville,
   E minorEm   EmAdd9Emadd9   E minorEm        BB    B7B7
And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings,
   B7B7       BB      E minorEm   EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
And a mad dog that wouldn't sit still!


Verse 2:
     A minorAm       A4  A minorAm   E minorEm       EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Went and took up with a Sal - vation Army Band girl,
          A minorAm          A4  A minorAm   E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Who played 'Dirty water' from a sword -fish - trom - bone,
      A minorAm        A4 A minorAm    E minorEm     EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
He went to sleep at the bot - tom of Ten - killer Lake,
       F#7F#7      C7C7     B7B7
And he said, "Gee, but it's great to be home!"


Verse 3:
        E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9  E minorEm      BB        B7B7
Well, he came home from the war, with a party in his head,
    B7B7      BB      E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
And an idea for a fireworks dis - play,
    E minorEm    EmAdd9Emadd9  E minorEm       BB         B7B7
And he knew that he'd be ready with a stainless steel ma - chete,
    B7B7       BB        E minorEm  EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
And a half a pint of Ballentine's each day!

Verse 4:
     A minorAm       A4  A minorAm   E minorEm      EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Then he holed up in room a - bove a hardware store,
     A minorAm           A4  A minorAm  E minorEm   EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Crying nothing there, but Hol - ly - wood tears,
    A minorAm          A4  A minorAm   E minorEm      EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
And he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl,
   F#7F#7         C7C7     B7B7
And stayed like that for twenty-seven years!


Verse 5:
        E minorEm        EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
He'd packed up all his expect - ations,
    BB        B7B7
He lit out for Cali - fornia,
    B7B7      BB        E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
With a flyswatter banjo on his knee,
      E minorEm      EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
With 'Lucky Tiger' in his angel hair,
    BB       B7B7
And benzedrine for getting there,
    B7B7      BB     E minorEm  EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
They found him in a eucalyptus tree!


Verse 6:
      A minorAm        A4 A minorAm
Lieutenant got him a cana - ry bird,
   E minorEm           EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
And skanked her head with eve - ry word,
    A minorAm         A4  A minorAm  E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
And Chesterfielded moon - beams in a song,
      A minorAm          A4
And he got 20 years for lovin' her,
 A minorAm     E minorEm      EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
From some Oklahoma Gover - nor,
    F#7F#7       C7C7       B7B7
Said, everything this doughboy does is wrong!


Verse 7:
          E minorEm      EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm  BB   B7B7
Now, some say he's doing 'The o - bitu - ary mambo',
   B7B7       BB         E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Now, some say he's hangin' on the wall,
        E minorEm       EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Perhaps, this yarn's the only thing...
     BB          B7B7
...That holds this man to - gether,
   B7B7        BB      E minorEm  EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Some say that he was never here at all!


Verse 8:
 A minorAm        A4  A minorAm    E minorEm    EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Some say they saw him down in Birmingham,
 A minorAm         A4  A minorAm  E minorEm  EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
Sleeping in a box - car going by,
  A minorAm          A4  A minorAm   E minorEm    EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale,
  F#7F#7         C7C7       B7B7
I swear to God, you'd have to tell a lie!


Coda:
 E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm    BB   B7B7   B7B7  BB   E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
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  A minorAm A4 A minorAm   E minorEm EmAdd9Emadd9 E minorEm
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  F#7F#7  C7C7    B7B7      EmAdd9Emadd9
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