Eggs And Sausage In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson tab by Tom Waits

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

with improvisations in D minor

  Dmin        Dm/C         Bb7      A7alt  A7
e|-x----------x----------|-----------x-----x-----|
B|-----10---------10-----|----10-----6-----5-----|
G|-10---------10---------|-7---------8-----6-----|
D|-12---------8----------|-6---------5-----5-----|
A|-x----------x----------|-x---------0-----0-----|
E|-10---------8----------|-6---------x-----x-----|

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Chords::
A7(#11,b13) x-0-5-8-6-x
A7 x-0-5-6-5-x
A7(#11) x-0-5-6-4-x
Bm7b5 x-2-3-2-3-x   (this is a non-essential passing chord)



verse: and chorus: over:

|Dm                        |Dm/C                      |Bb7                       |A7(#11,b13      A7      |




Verse:
Dm       Dm/C               Bb7                       A7(#11,b13)    A7
    Nighthawks at the diner     of Emma's Forty-Niner                      There's a rendez-
Dm               Dm/C               Bm7b5  Bb7 (arpeggio) A7(#11)     A7
vous of strangers     around the coffee   urn  tonight        All the g**** hacks
Dm                Dm/C                              Bb7        A7(#11,b13)     A7
 and the insomniacs  and now the paper's been read,                   now the waitress said
Chorus:
Dm           Dm/C                         Bb7        A7
   'Eggs and sausage and a side of toast             Coffee and a roll
Dm                   Dm/C     Bb7              A7
    hash browns over easy,       Chile in a bowl
      Dm               Dm/C                   Bb7       A7
with burgers and fries      What kind of pie?             sigh...'
Verse:
        Dm                       Dm/C                      Bb7      A7
It's a graveyard charade, it's a late shift masquerade                 And it's two for a
Dm      Dm/C           Bb7        A7
quarter,    dime for a dance      Woolworth's rhinestone
 Dm                 Dm/C                      Bb7   A7(#11,b13)   A7
   diamond earrings    and a sideways glance            Now the register ri---
Dm                    Dm/C                   Bb7              A7(#11,b13)   A7
nnnnngggsnnnnngggnnnnggnng,          now the waitress sings
Chorus:
          Dm      Dm/C                  Bb7                A7(#11,b13)    A7
Eggs and sausage  and a side of toast,  coffe and a roll,                   Hash brow-
Dm         Dm/C     Bb7                A7(#11,b13)     A7
ns over easy,         Chile in a bowl                  burgers and
Dm               Dm/C      Bb7             A7(#11,b13)   A7
fries what kind of pie?          Yeah
Solo:
|Dm                        |Dm/C                      |Bb7                       |A7(#11,b13      A7      |
Verse:
          Dm            Dm/C        Bb7                 A7(#11,b13)     A7
Now well,    the classified section      offers no direction             It's a cold
Dm         Dm/C            Bb7        A7(#11,b13)   A7
 caffeine       in a nicotine cloud                 Now the touch of your
Dm       Dm/C          Bb7             A7(#11,b13)   A7
 fingers     lingers burning in my memory               I've been eighty-
Dm                      Dm/C              Bb7                          A7(#11,b13)   A7
 sixed from your scheme      Now I'm in a melodramatic nocturnal scene               Now I'm a
  Dm           Dm/C                 Bb7              A7(#11,b13)  A7
refugee from a disconcerted affair      Now the lead pipe morning falls,
Dm          Dm/C        Bb7             A7(#11,b13)   A7
               now the waitress calls
Chorus:
          Dm      Dm/C                    Bb7    A7(#11,b13)
'Eggs and sausage,   another side of toast
Dm                  Dm/C        Bb7            A7(#11,b13)    A7
 Coffee and a roll,     hash browns over easy           Chille in a
Dm        Dm/C                      Bb7            A7(#11,b13)    A7
bowl with burgers and fries Now what kind of pie?
Verse:
Dm     Dm/C    Bb7                                   A7(#11,b13)    A7
À la mode if you will   Just come in and join the crowd                 Had
Dm                     Dm/C                          Bb7            A7(#11,b13)  A7
some time to kill, yeah  You see, I just come in to join the crowd      Had some time to killz
                                                 (fermata)
Dm                  Dm/c                   Bb7      A7
   Just come in to join the crowd  Cause I had some time to kill
Coda:
(instrumental)
|Dm                        |Dm/C                      |Bb7                       |A7(#11,b13      A7      |