Wrong Side Of The Road chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

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Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks,
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the Wolf-bains blooming by the tressels.
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Get the eyeball of a rooster and the stones from a ditch
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and wash 'em down with bilge water and say you'll never snitch.


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Take the buttons from a yellow jacket, the feather from a buzzard.
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The blood from the bounty hunters cold black heart.
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Catch the tears of a widow in a thimble made of glass.
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Tell your Mama and your Papa they can kiss your ass.

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Poison all the water in the wishin' well
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and hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree.
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Burn down all them honeymoons put 'em in a pillow case
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and wait next to the switch blades at the amusement park for me.


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Strangle all the Christmas carolers, scratch out all the prayers.
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Tie 'em up with barbed wire and push 'em down the stairs.
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I'll whittle you a pistol for keepin' nightmares off your blinds.
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Those sons 'o bitches always seem to sneak up from behind.

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Syphon all the gas from your Daddys pick-up truck.
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Fill up Johnnys T-Bird, I got a couple bucks.
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Put on a little perfume, rap a ribbon in your hair.
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Careful that you don't wake up the hounds.

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Tear a bolt of lightning off the side of the sky.
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Throw it in the cedar chest, if you want I'll tell you why.
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Bring the gear shift knob from a 49 Merc.
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Ly down here beside me and let me hold you in the dirt.


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You're gonna tremble, tear the throat out of the night.
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Sink your teeth into my shoulder, dig your nails into my back.
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Tell that little girl to let go of my sleeve.
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You'll be a woman when I catch you, come baby fall in love with me.


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With my double barrel shotgun, a whole box of shells,
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we'll celebrate the 4th of July.
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We'll do a 100 mph spendin' someone elses dough.
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Drive all the way to Reno on the wrong side of the road.


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On the wrong side of the road. The wrong side of the road.
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The wrong side of the road.
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Bap doo da, bap doo da. Bap doo da, bap doo da.

etc.

There's a bit more going on in this song than is written here such as
? E7E7
and such but this should help as a starter.