$29.00 chords by Tom Waits
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (C major) (A major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (C sharpdim) (D major)
(C major) (A major) (D major) (E flatdim) (G major) (C major) (C sharp major)
(C sharpdim) (C sharp major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor) (G major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (D major)
(F sharp minor)
(Aaug) (A major) (Aaug) (E major) (Aaug) (C sharpdim) (Aaug) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
Little black girl (D major) in a (A major) (D major) (G major) red dress,
On a (C major) (C sharp major) (D major) hot night (G major) with
a broken (D major) shoe. (G major)
Little (B major) black (G major) girl you (D minor) (G major) (E flat major) shouldn't
never (C sharpdim) left (Edim) home, (E flat major) (D major)
There's probably someone (A major) (D major) that's
still wait (F sharp minor) ing up for you.
(D major) It's (B minor) (G major) (E major) cold back (G major) in (E major) Chicago,
(Aaug)
But Los Angeles' street's worse,
When all you got (A major) is (D major) $29.00 and an
(G major) (D minor) (D major) alligator (A major) purse!
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Verse 2
You'll see (D major) that vulture in the Fleetwood,
(G major)
With the chartreuse (B major) hood! (C minor)
(C major) (C sharpdim) (Aaug) (D major)
It's time to get your bear (B major) ings
(A major) and say hey (D major) (C major) baby:
Which (G major) way's to the Main (D major) Stem?
And (G major) where ever you say you're from,
(E minor) (Edim) (G major)
Say you grew up there yourself
Say, (E major) (C major) (E minor) (F major) (G major) (D major) (A major) come on,
(D major) you (F sharp minor) grew up right next door to (D major) (E major) (Bdim) (E major) him:
Take the left on Central (A major)
And throw it in reverse:
Cause you only got (D major) $29.00 and
an (G major) (D major) alligator (G major) purse!
(A major)
Verse 3
(D major)
And he'll come on (C major) just
like a gentleman (C minor) (G major)
And you'll (E minor) be a little shy!
You (E major) (E flataug) (G major) (D minor) say your (D major) ex old man (C major)
(D major) was (C major) a sax (D major) player
He'll say baby (A major) I used to
play bass (D major) with Sly!
And you (G major) say you like his Cadillac,
(D minor) (G major)
Say honey I got two or three! (D minor) (E minor) (E flat major) (D major)
(A major) He'll say: Sweetheart (D major)
you're sure fortunate
That (F sharp minor) you (C sharp major) ran in (C sharpdim) to (F sharp minor) me!
When (D major) (F sharp minor) (E flatdim) (E minor)
(E major) you've done a (G major) dime in the joint! (E major)
(A major) You figure nothin' could be (Aaug) worse:
And (A major) (D major) you got $29.00 in an (G major)
(D major) alligator purse!
(A major)
Verse 4
(D major)
Well: He got (C major) Pharaoh on
the eight track (D major) (D minor) (G major)
You start smokin' a little boo!
You (C major) (Aaug) (C sharpdim) (A major) (D major) thinking gettin'
(G major) out of (B minor) Chicago (G major) (D major) was the
Best thing ever happened
to you! (G major)
He's starting (C major) like a dog rhythm (D minor) (G major)
And the cats (F major) seem to be cool!
(C sharpdim) He says: (Edim) (E flat major) (D major) (A major) Baby,
(D major) I know a good ol' jailhouse
In West Hollywood (F sharp minor)
that's (A major) just (F sharp minor) right (A major) for (F sharp minor) you!
(D major) But (F sharp minor) (D major) (E flatdim) (E major) he ain't no good Samaritan,
(Aaug)
He'll make (A major) sure you're reimbursed!!
A lot more (D major) than $29.00 and an (D minor) (G major) (D major) alligator purse! (G major)
Interlude 1
(A major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (C major) (A major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (Csus4) (C major)
(C sharp major) (C sharpdim) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (D minor) (D major) (E flat major) (D major) (F sharp minor)
(A major) (F sharp minor) (E flatdim) (E major) (Aaug) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (Aaug) (G major) (D major)
Verse 5
Now when the streets get hungry, baby,
(C major) You (G major) (B major) can almost hear them
(C minor) growl! (C major) (C sharp major) (D major)
Someone's (C major) setting a place (G major) for you, (B major)
When the dog (D major) s begin to
howl! (D major) (G major)
Verse 6
Well: The streets are (C minor) dead (C major) (G major) (A major) (G major) they creep.
(F major) It was left on the (E major) pole! (E flat major) (G major) (E flataug) (G major)
(D major) They make that the suckers
always make mistakes
When they're far away (D major) from
home! (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) (E major)
Chicken in a pot (A major)
Whoever gets their first
Gonna get himself (D major) $29.00 and an
(G major) (D major) alligator purse!
Now, for (D minor)
Verse 7
(A major) (D major) the sirens
it's just an epilogue
(C major) (D major) (G major) The cops always
get there (F major) too (G major) late! (D major)
They always stop for coffee
On the way to the (D major) scene
of the crime! (G major)
They always try so hard to look like movie stars,
(D major)
They couldn't catch a cold!
Baby: don't (F sharp minor) waste (A major) your (F sharp minor) dime
(B minor) You're (D major) (B major) (E major) lucky to be alive! (A major)
(F major) The (A major) doctor whispered to the nurse:
She only lost (D major) a half pint of blood!
(G major) $29.00 and an (D major) alligator (G major) purse! (A major)
Outro 1
(D major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C sharpdim) (G major) (E flat major) (Fdim) (E minor) (E major) (E flat major) (E flatdim) (D major) (A major)
(F sharp minor) (F sharpdim) (F sharp minor)
(G major) (E major) (G major) (E major) (A major) (C sharpdim) (A major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (Aaug) (G major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (C sharp major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A flat major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (G major) (C sharpdim) (G major) (Fdim) (E minor) (E flataug) (G major) (D major)
(F sharp minor) (G major) (E major) (A major)
$29.00
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