Altar Boy chords by Tom Waits

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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E 
He's an old altar boy
Am 
C 
D 
G 
Lying out there in the street
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E 
Am 
D 
He's an old altar
C 
Bound up in leather and chain
F 
Bm 
s
E 
Am 
And that's why I'm feeling so blue
D 
G 
I'm an old altar boy
E 
What about you?
D 

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Verse 2
G 
Now, I can order in Latin
E 
Am 
D 
Make it, "Au gratin, Joe"
G 
E 
I'm an old altar boy
Am 
D 
That's why I'm so depressed
C 
F 
Bm 
I never got the rest of the dream
E 
Am 
D 
Just the ritual, now I'm habitual
G 
E 
Majoring in crimes that are
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D 
Unspeakable, because I'm an old
G 
E 
Altar boy, that's what
Am 
D 
happened   to me

Verse 3
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E 
Am 
I'm an old altar boy he's hoping
D 
He can meet a woman dressed
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B 
F 
Bm 
Like a nun, he knows there's got to
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Am 
Be some around here, drinking across
D 
G 
From the church a little Father
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Am 
Cribari wine
D 
G 
C 
On a Sunday morn time

Verse 4
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G 
I'm an old altar boy
Bm 
E 
Am 
Why is he winking at this time
D 
G 
Of his life, he never took a wife
E 
Am 
D 
He's an old altar boy
G 
What about you?