Purple Avenue chords by Tom Waits

Verse:
G     Em      Am    D
  I slow down, Purple Avenues,
G      Em    Am   B
  to march around in April's shoes
Am     D    G   Bm7
  Weather vanes remind
    Am       A      Em  D
of the summetimes that I've left behind
G       Em    Am    D
  The money's gone for auld lang syne
G  Em        Am       B
  I spent on Eastern Standard Time
     Am    B   Em
What ever happened to my role?
     Am     B      Em
September fell right through the hole
     Am   B  Em    D
All I've got is empty po-ckets now

G      Em   Am   D
  Why does August try so hard
G       Em  Am     B
  to hoist me on my own petard?
Am		  D     G   Bm7
  I've learned one thing from losing her  (alt: how we were)
    Am     A         Em    D
That an ounce of prevention's worth a pound of cure
G       Em   Am   D
  The shadows fall, I cannot thread
G      Em   Am     B
  the tenor of the things you said
      Am   B     Em
All that's left is flesh and bone
        Am   B    Em
The lights are on but no one's home
     Am   B   Em  D D#
All I've got is empty pockets now

 Cm       Fm      Bb
I spill myself another drink
D#       Cm    Fm   Bb
  I count the whiskers in the sink
  Fm  Bb   D#   Gm7
The orchestra is blind
     D#       Cm    Fm  Bb
But I've never been the worrying kind
D#     Cm   Fm   Bb
  Subsequently and furthermore
D#         Cm     Fm    Bb
  I'll sleep right here on the draining board
   Fm  G  Cm
I'll never be paroled
     Fm    G       Cm
I like to drink 'em while they're cold
     Fm   G   Cm Bb D#