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Alice chords by Tom Waits (Official Version)

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Bbm7
C7
Fm
F7
Fm7

Verse 1
Bbm7 
C7 
It's dreamy weather we're on
Fm 
F7 
You waved your crooked wand
Bbm7 
Along an icy    pond
C7 
With a frozen moon
Fm7 
Bbm7 
A murder of silhouette crows  I saw
C7 
And the tears on my  face
Bbm7 
C7 
And the skates on the pond
Fm 
They spell Alice

Verse 2
Bbm7 
C7 
I'll disappear in your name
Fm 
F7 
But you must wait for me
Bbm7 
Somewhere across  the sea
C7 
There's the wreck of a ship
Fm7 
Bbm7 
Your hair is like meadow grass on     the tide
C7 
And the raindrops on my  window
Bbm7 
C7 
And the ice in my drink
Bbm7 
C7 
Fm 
Baby, all that I can think  of is Alice

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Verse 3

Bbm7

C7

Arithmetic arithmetock

Fm

F7

I turn the hands back on the clock

Bbm7

C7

How does the ocean rock the boat?

Fm

F7

How did the razor find my throat?

Bbm7

C7

The only strings that hold me here

Bbm7

C7

Are tangled up around the pier

Chorus 1
Bbm7 
C7 
And so a secret kiss
Fm 
F7 
Brings madness with the bliss
Bbm7 
And I will   think of this
C7 
When I'm dead in my  grave
Fm 
Bbm7 
Set me adrift and I'm lost over there
C7 
But I must be insane
Bbm7 
C7 
To go skating on your   name
Bbm7 
C7 
And by tracing it twice
Bbm7 
C7 
Fm 
I fell through the ice of Alice

Interlude 1

Bbm7

C7

Fm

F7

Bbm7

C7

Fm

Bbm7

C7

Outro 1
Bbm7 
C7 
And so a secret   kiss
Fm 
F7 
Brings madness with the bliss
Bbm7 
And I will think of this
C7 
When I'm dead in my grave
Fm 
Bbm7 
Set me adrift and I'm lost over there
C7 
But I must be insane
Bbm7 
C7 
To go skating on your name
Bbm7 
C7 
And by tracing it     twice
Bbm7 
C7 
Fm 
Bbm7 
I fell through the ice of Alice
C7 
Fm 
There's only Alice

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0

Bbm7
C7
Fm
F7
Fm7

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F minorBPM: 56

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Bbm7: x-1-3-1-2-x
C7: x-3-2-3-1-x
Fm: x-x-3-1-1-1
F7: 1-3-1-2-1-1
Fm7: 1-3-1-1-1-1

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This is the definitive original version of Alice by Tom Waits, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F minor. It suits players who want to learn Alice the way Tom Waits intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Alice

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