16 Shells From A 30.6 chords by Tom Waits
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Intro 1
(G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(G major) (A minor)
(G major)
Verse 1
Plugged (A minor) sixteen
shells from a thirty- ought- six (G major) (A minor)
And the Black Crow snuck
through a hole in the sky
So I spent (D minor) all my buttons
on an old pack mule
(A minor) An d (D minor) I (A minor) made me a ladder
from a pawnshop marimba (G major)
And I (C major) leaned up again (A minor) st a
dandelion tree
(D minor) Leaned up against (A minor) a
(D minor) dandeli (A minor) on tree
Leaned up against a
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Verse 2
dandelion tree
(A minor) (G major)
I'm gonna cook (A minor) them feathers
on a tiny spit (G major) (A minor)
And I filled me a sachel full of old
pig corn (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
And I beat (G major) me (A minor) a billy from
an old (D minor) French (A minor) horn (D minor)
And (A minor) I kicked that mule
to the top of the tree (G major)
(A minor) Kicked that mule to the top of the tree
Blew me a hole 'bout the size of
a (D minor) (C major) (D minor) (G major) kickdrum
And I cut (A minor) me a switch from
Verse 3
a long branch elbow
(A minor)
I'm (G major) gonna whittle (A minor) you into kindlin' (G major)
Black Crow, sixteen (A minor) shells from
a thirty- ought- six (G major)
(A minor) Whittle you into kindlin'
(G major) Black Crow sixteen (A minor) shells
Verse 4
from a thirty- ought- six
(A minor)
Well, I slept in the holler of a dry
creek bed (G major) (A minor) (G major)
And I tore (A minor) out the buckets
from a red Corvette
Tore out the buckets from
a red Corvette
(D minor) Lionel and (A minor) Dave and the (D minor) Butcher made
three (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor)
(G major) Well, you got to meet (A minor) me by the knuckles
of the skinnybone tree (G major) (A minor)
(G major) With the strings (C major) of a Washburn (G major)
stretched (C major) (A minor) like a clothesline (D minor)
Oh, (C major) you (G major) know me (A minor) and that mule
scrambled right through the hole
Me and that mule scrambled
right through the hole
I'm (G major) gonna
Verse 5
(A minor) whittle you into kindlin'
(G major) Black Crow, sixteen (A minor) shells from
a thirty- ought- six (G major)
(A minor) Whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow sixteen shells from a thirty-
ought- six
(G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 6
(G major) Now I (A minor) hold him prisoner in
a Washburn jail (G major) (A minor)
(G major) That I strapped (A minor) on the back of
my old kick mule (G major)
(A minor) Strapped him on the back of
my old kick mule (C major)
(A minor) Bang on the strings just to
(D minor) drive him crazy (A minor) (D minor)
Oh, (G major) I (A minor) strum it loud to rattle his cage (G major)
(A minor) Strum it loud just to rattle his cage
(C major) Strum it loud (A minor) just to rattle his cage
(D minor) Strum it loud (A minor) just to (D minor) rattle (C major) his cage
Verse 7
Oh, (A minor) (G major) (A minor) I'm
(G major) gonna
(A minor) whittle you into kindlin'
(G major) Black Crow, sixteen (A minor) shells from
a thirty- ought- six (C major) (G major)
(A minor) Whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow (G major) sixteen (A minor) shells from a thirty-
ought- (G major) six
Outro 1
(A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(G major) (A minor)
(G major)
16 Shells From A 30.6
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