Better Off Without A Wife Chords by Tom Waits

Better Off Without A Wife chords by Tom Waits

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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    ||||||

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 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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 --:--tcg
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