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Altar Boy Chords by Tom Waits

Altar Boy chords by Tom Waits

Guitar chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

Eb         Ab
   He's an ol' altar boy

  Bbm           Eb7
   Lying out there in the street

Ab             F7          Bbm7
   He's an ol' altar boy

Eb          Db7                    Gb7
   Bound up in leather and chains

Cm        F7                 Bbm7
   That's why I'm feeling so blue

   Eb7              Ab
   I'm an old altar boy

  F7             Bb
   What about you?


Verse 2:

 Eb7                Ab
   Now, I can order in Latin

  F7           Bbm7          Eb7
   Make 'em au gratin, Joe

   Ab
   I'm an old altar boy

F         Bbm7         Eb7
   That's why I'm so depressed

     Db7           Gb7
   I never got the rest of the dream

Cm7              F7
   Just the ritual

        Bbm7      Eb
   Now I'm habitual

     Ab            F7                Bbm7
   Majoring in crimes that are unspeakable

  Eb7                  Ab
   Cause I'm an old altar boy

  F7                   Bbm7
   That's what happened to me


Verse 3:

Eb7       Ab             F7
   I'm an old altar boy

        Bbm7                Eb7                   Db
   He's hoping he can meet      a woman dressed like a nun

   Gb7               Cm7             F7
   He knows there's got to be some around here

   Bb7                    Eb7
   Drinking across from the church

     Ab               F
   A little Father Cribari wine

Bbm        Eb7       Ab
   On a Sunday morn' time


Verse 4:

Db            Gb
   I'm an old altar boy

Cm     F7            Bb7
   Why is he winking at this time in his life?

 Eb7                Ab                 F7
   He never took a wife, cause he's an old altar boy

   Bbm   Eb
   Oh, yeah...

              Ab
   What about you?

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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