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Dead And Lovely Tab by Tom Waits

Dead And Lovely tab by Tom Waits

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Artist: Tom Waits
Song: Dead and Lovely
Track 8
Real Gone 2004

Intro:
e|-----------------|---------------|--------|--------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|--------|--------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|--------|--------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|-5/6--5-|--------------|-------------------|
A|-3-5--6-5-3--5h6-|---3-5-5/6-5-3-|--------|-----3-5--5/6-|-----5/6--4/5--3---|
E|-----------------|-3-------------|--------|--3-----------|-3/4---------------|

Verse 1:
  She was a middle class girl, She was in over her head              She thought she would
e|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----1------------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---1--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5-|--------------------------5h6-5----|-3------3---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------------6-|------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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  stand up in the deep end  He had a bullet proof smile     He had money to burn
e|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|---------------------------8---|-----------------------------8---|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------8-|-------------------5---7--5--8---|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------6h8--6----------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

   She thought she had the moon in her pocket
e|-1----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-1----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-3----------------------------|-------6\5-------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------6\5--3------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Chorus:
  But now she's dead          She's so dead            Forever dead and lovely now
e|---------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------|
B|----------------------3----|-------------------3--4-|-----------------4--3--------|-----13------|
G|--------------------5----5-|--------------5--5----5-|---------5-------5--4--------|-------------|
D|------------------5------4-|----------------------4-|-----------------5--3---1----|--13---------|
A|---------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------3--|-------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------|

Bridge:
      I've always been told to remember this:         Don't let a fool kiss you
e|----------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----9------------|------8---------4------------|
G|----------------------------|--10------10------|----8-----------5------------|
D|----------------------------|----------11---11-|-10-------------6------------|
A|-6/8------------------------|------------------|----------------6------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------|----------------4------------|

  Never marry for love
e|------------------------3-----|
B|------------------------3-----|
G|-5--------------4-------4-----|
D|-6--------------5-------5-----|
A|-6--------------5-------5-----|
E|-4--------------3-------3-----|

Verse 2:
  He was hard to impress                  He knew everyone's secrets
e|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------3---|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------5-|
D|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------5h6-5-----|
A|-----------------------6-8--8/10-8-6---|---------------------------5-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------------8-|-----------------------------------------|

  He wore her on his arm just like jewelry
e|-----------------------------------------8---------------------------------|
B|-8h9---------------------------------------11-9--6/8-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  He never gave but he got     He kept her on a leash                     He's not the kind of wheel
e|--------------------------8-|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------8------------8-8--8-|-----------------------4--------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------8------------8-7--5-|-------------------------7/8\7----5---|-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------------5-|-5/6---------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

  you fall asleep at
e|----------------------------|
B|-----8-----------8h9-----8--|
G|-----8-----------8---10--8--|
D|-----10----------10--10--10-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Chorus:
  But now she's dead              She's so dead             Forever dead and lovely now
e|--------------------8----------|-------------8--11-10-8--|--------------------3--------|
B|-------------------------------|-----------------------9-|------------8----4--3--------|
G|-------------------8---8\7--8--|-------------------------|----------8------5--4----5---|
D|----------------------------10-|-------------------------|-----------------4--3----5---|
A|----------------------------9--|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

                                 Come closer,      look deeper
e|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------9-------------9------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------10------------10-----|
D|--------------------------|-----------------11---------------10-----|
A|-8/10-8/10-8/10-8/10--8-6-|-6/8-------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

  You've fallen fast                   Just like a plane on a     stormy sea
e|----------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------------11-9-11-|-8----------------------|-----------------3------|
G|----------------------------------|-8------------5---------|---5--------4-----------|
D|-------------------10/11----------|-10-----------6---------|-4----------5--------5~-|
A|----------------------------------|--------------6---------|------------5-----------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------4---------|------------3-----------|

Verse 3:
  She made up someone to be           She made up somewhere to be from
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------3-|
B|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------3-----|
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------5---|
D|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------5/6--5-------|
A|--------------------------8---5/6-|-6\5--------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

  This is one business in the world where that's no problem at all
e|-/4------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------4-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------5---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Every thing that is left              They will only plow under
e|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------4--4--6--|-----------------------------4--4--4--4h6---4-|
G|--------------------------5--5--5--|-----------------------------5--5--5--5-5---5-|
D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

     Soon everyone you knew will be gone
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-6-----------------------------------------3---3/4-------------------------|
G|-5---------------------------------------5---------------------------------|
D|-6-------------------------------------5-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
  And now she's dead             Forever dead           Forever dead and lovely now
e|------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------4-3---3--4-|----------------3--4-|-------------------4--3---1--|
G|-----------------------5----5-|--------------5----5-|-------------------5--4---0--|
D|----------------------------4-|------------5------4-|-------------------4--3---1--|
A|------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|


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