Better Off Without A Wife chords by Tom Waits

• Key: G

BETTER OFF WITHOUT A WIFE (Tom Waits)
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 -- comp. Tom Waits (from _Nighthawks_at_the_Diner_)
   -- "transcr." tcg [recently divorced!], 198?
   -- 4/4 // Key of G // Andante (pretty slow)
   -- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat


 "Odd" Voicings--
         D7sus4       D7sus4/G        C/G          D7/F#
         xxo___        __o___        ______        __o___
       1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|      1 ||||1|
         |||2||        |||2||        ||2|||        2x|3|4
         |||||3        3x|||4        3x|||4        ||||||

 INTRO:  1     2        3        4  |  1       2        3        4
                                    |
         G     /     D7sus4/G    /  |  G       /     D7sus4/G    /
                                    |
         G   D7/F#    Em(7)      /  |  Am(7)   /       D(7)      /


 VERSE 1:
   G        /          D7sus4    /
   All ...
          G       /        D7sus4    /
   Ev'ry ...
                 G      D7/F#  Em(7)  /    Am(7)    /    D(7)    /
   It ...
                  G        /       D7sus4  /
   Here's ...
  G           /         D7sus4     /
   Those ..
    G     Em      Am(7) D(7)  G   C/G  G  /
   Better ..


 CHORUS:
            C         /        D(7)         /
   I been ...
    G       D7/F#   Em         /
   Midnight ..
    Am(7)  /          D(7)    /
   Goin'  ..
    G      /            G7     /
   Comin' ..
          C      /      D(7)      /
   Don't ..
         G    D7/F#    Em        /
   If ...
    Am(7) /      /    /       D7sus4  /   D7   /
   Never ..


 VERSE 2 [!!]:
            G     /       D7sus4    /
   Well, ..
          G     /        D7sus4       /
   But ..
    G      D7/F#  Em(7)    /           Am(7)    /        D(7)    /
   Left ..
           G      /     D7sus4  /
   He was ..
    G       /               D7sus4    /
   Said ..
                 G      Em       Am(7)   D(7)  G   C/G  G  /
   You ...


 CHORUS


 VERSE 3: [_underlined_phrases_are_spoken_, ad-lib style]

           G          /     D7sus4   /              G / D7sus4 /
   _Ah,_..
           G     D7/F#  Em(7)      /          Am(7)   /
   Now ..
             D(7)               /
           _hardly_..
    G        /       D7sus4          /
   Love ..
           G           /        D7sus4      /
   I been ..
            G       Em         Am(7)   D(7)  G    C/G  G  /
   I'm ...


 CHORUS
   [...recording ends (& begins) with some "Here Comes the Bride" piano!]

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