Swordfishtrombone chords by Tom Waits

Intro:
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A |----0--2--|
E |--4-------|

 Em Emadd9 Em    B   B7   B7  B   Em Emadd9 Em
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  Am A4 Am   Em Emadd9 Em
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  F#7  C7    B7
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Verse 1:
       Em  Emadd9  Em      B      B7
Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head,
   B7    B      Em  Emadd9 Em
And modified Brougham De - Ville,
   Em   Emadd9   Em        B    B7
And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings,
   B7       B      Em   Emadd9 Em
And a mad dog that wouldn't sit still!


Verse 2:
     Am       A4  Am   Em       Emadd9 Em
Went and took up with a Sal - vation Army Band girl,
          Am          A4  Am   Em Emadd9 Em
Who played 'Dirty water' from a sword -fish - trom - bone,
      Am        A4 Am    Em     Emadd9 Em
He went to sleep at the bot - tom of Ten - killer Lake,
       F#7      C7     B7
And he said, "Gee, but it's great to be home!"


Verse 3:
        Em Emadd9  Em      B        B7
Well, he came home from the war, with a party in his head,
    B7      B      Em Emadd9 Em
And an idea for a fireworks dis - play,
    Em    Emadd9  Em       B         B7
And he knew that he'd be ready with a stainless steel ma - chete,
    B7       B        Em  Emadd9 Em
And a half a pint of Ballentine's each day!


Verse 4:
     Am       A4  Am   Em      Emadd9 Em
Then he holed up in room a - bove a hardware store,
     Am           A4  Am  Em   Emadd9 Em
Crying nothing there, but Hol - ly - wood tears,
    Am          A4  Am   Em      Emadd9 Em
And he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl,
   F#7         C7     B7
And stayed like that for twenty-seven years!


Verse 5:
        Em        Emadd9 Em
He'd packed up all his expect - ations,
    B        B7
He lit out for Cali - fornia,
    B7      B        Em Emadd9 Em
With a flyswatter banjo on his knee,
      Em      Emadd9 Em
With 'Lucky Tiger' in his angel hair,
    B       B7
And benzedrine for getting there,
    B7      B     Em  Emadd9 Em
They found him in a eucalyptus tree!


Verse 6:
      Am        A4 Am
Lieutenant got him a cana - ry bird,
   Em           Emadd9 Em
And skanked her head with eve - ry word,
    Am         A4  Am  Em Emadd9 Em
And Chesterfielded moon - beams in a song,
      Am          A4
And he got 20 years for lovin' her,
 Am     Em      Emadd9 Em
From some Oklahoma Gover - nor,
    F#7       C7       B7
Said, everything this doughboy does is wrong!


Verse 7:
          Em      Emadd9 Em  B   B7
Now, some say he's doing 'The o - bitu - ary mambo',
   B7       B         Em Emadd9 Em
Now, some say he's hangin' on the wall,
        Em       Emadd9 Em
Perhaps, this yarn's the only thing...
     B          B7
...That holds this man to - gether,
   B7        B      Em  Emadd9 Em
Some say that he was never here at all!


Verse 8:
 Am        A4  Am    Em    Emadd9 Em
Some say they saw him down in Birmingham,
 Am         A4  Am  Em  Emadd9 Em
Sleeping in a box - car going by,
  Am          A4  Am   Em    Emadd9 Em
And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale,
  F#7         C7       B7
I swear to God, you'd have to tell a lie!


Coda:
 Em Emadd9 Em    B   B7   B7  B   Em Emadd9 Em
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  F#7  C7    B7      Emadd9
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