The Ghosts Of Saturday Night After Hours At Napoleones Pizza House chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

Here is the basic chord pattern found throughout.
It is played in 6/4 timing. Also shown are possible chord voicings.

Chord Voicing:

Bb7/6      Eb9Eb9      Am7Am7     D7D7

e|-3----|   e|-1----|   e|-0----|  e|-2----|
BB|-3----|   BB|-2----|   BB|-1----|  BB|-1----|
G+G|-1----|   G+G|-0----|   G+G|-0----|  G+G|-2----|
D MajorD|-3----|   D MajorD|-1----|   D MajorD|-2----|  D MajorD|-0----|
A augmentedA|-1----|   A augmentedA|------|   A augmentedA|-0----|  A augmentedA|------|
E MajorE|------|   E MajorE|------|   E MajorE|------|  E MajorE|------|

Bb7/6    Eb9Eb9
A augmentedA cab combs the snake,
Bb7/6    Eb9Eb9
Tryin' to rake in that last night's fare,
Bb7/6
And a solitary sailor
            Am7Am7         D7D7
Who spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers...

Bb7/6               Eb9Eb9
Paws his inside P-coat pocket for a welcome twenty-five cents,
Bb7/6               Eb9Eb9
And the last bent butt from a package of Kents,
Bb7/6
As he dreams of a waitress with Maxwell House eyes
         Am7Am7          D7D7
And marmalade thighs with scrambled yellow hair.

Bb7/6               Eb9Eb9
Her rhinestone-studded moniker says, "Irene"
Bb7/6               Eb9Eb9    Bb7/6
As she wipes the wisps of dishwater blonde from her eyes
Am7Am7 D7D7

Bb7/6         Eb9Eb9
And the Texaco beacon burns on,
Bb7/6         Eb9Eb9             Bb7Bb7
The steel-belted attendant with a 'Ring and Valve Special'...
            Am7Am7
Cryin' "Fill'er up and check that oil"
                       D7D7
"You know it could be a distributor and it could be a coil."

Bb7/6                Eb9Eb9
The early mornin' final edition's on the stands,
Bb7/6                  Eb9Eb9
And that town cryer's cryin' there with nickels in his hands.
Bb7/6          Am7Am7  D7D7
Pigs in a blanket sixty-nine cents,
Bb7/6                Eb9Eb9
Eggs - roll 'em over and a package of Kents,
Bb7/6                Eb9Eb9  Bb7/6
Adam and Eve on a log, you can sink 'em damn straight,
Am7Am7              D7D7
Hash browns, hash browns, you know I can't be late.

Bb7/6                Eb9Eb9
And the early dawn cracks out a carpet of diamond
Bb7/6                Eb9Eb9
Across a cash crop car lot filled with twilight Coupe Devilles,
         Am7Am7
Leaving the town in a-keeping
            D7D7
Of the one who is sweeping
      Bb7/6     Eb9Eb9

The Ghosts Of Saturday Night After Hours At Napoleones Pizza House chords

Tom Waits - The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House) From the album "The Heart of Saturday Night".

Often simply referred to as "The Ghosts of Saturday Night" the official title as found on the album is actually "The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)".