Don't Wait for Tom chords by Over the Rhine
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Intro 1
(E major) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (E major) (B minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (E major) (A minor)
He's (E major) got the
Verse 1
(D minor) hands of a (C major) blind piano player (D minor)
He's got a (E major) feel for (D minor) the dark
(B minor) like a (A minor) soothsay (D minor) er
He (A minor) takes a little (D minor) bow and tips his fedora
(A minor) Shouts (E major) like he's gonna (C major) save
Sodom and Gomorrah (A minor)
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Verse 2
Workin? for the (E major) circus ex-railroad (D minor) bum
(A minor) bum
(E major) Carnival bark (B minor) er for
(A minor) kingdom dot come (E major)
(A minor) Dusty ol? (E major) Gibson, (D minor)
opposable thum (A minor) b
(E major) Bangs out the rhythm on
a fifty gallon drum
Verse 3
don't (A minor) wait (E major) for Tom, (D minor) (A minor) (E major) Tom?s long (B minor) gone,
(E major) he's already (A minor) moved on
(E major) Don't (A minor) wait (E major) for Tom (D minor)
(A minor) I saw an (E major) ol? ?55 Buick
just before the dawn
I said, (A minor) (E major) Hey, hey (D minor) Tom, (E major) the sun?s comin? (B minor) up,
you got your (A minor) wipers on (E major)
Verse 4
Are you tryna (A minor) make it rain again? (Bdim)
(E major) Are you tryna make it rain again? (A minor)
Is it rainin? just around your bend? (Bdim)
(B minor) Are you tryna (E major) make it rain again?
Interlude 1
(A minor) (E major) (C major) (A minor)
(E major) (D minor) (A minor) (E major) (B minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (E major) (A minor) (E major)
Verse 5
(A minor) Sittin? in a corner (D minor) with his
pet muskrat (A minor)
(E major) Tossin? his card (B minor) s into an (A minor) old man?s (E major) hat
He (A minor) grins at the girls and
they (D minor) always grin (A minor) back
He (E major) bets an old waltz he could
get ?em in the sack
Verse 6
He (A minor) makes his own music
from the (D minor) bell of a ?bone
(A minor) A (E major) (B minor) waitress?s falsie and
a (D minor) railroad phone (E major)
(A minor) Bobs on his knees (E major) to an (D minor) old tarantella (A minor)
South (E major) of the border he stole it from a fella
Verse 7
Oh, don't (A minor) wait (E major) for Tom, (D minor)
(A minor) (E major) Tom?s long (B minor) gone
He's (A minor) already moved (E major) on,
don't (A minor) wait (E major) for (D minor) Tom
I saw an (E major) ol? ?55 Buick just before dawn
I said, (A minor) Hey, (E major) hey Tom, (D minor) the (E major) sun?s comin? (B minor) up,
you (E major) got your (A minor) wipers on (E major)
Verse 8
Are you (A minor) tryna make it rain again? (Bdim)
(B minor) Are you tryna (E major) make it rain again? (A minor)
Is it rainin? just around your bend? (Bdim)
(E major) Are you tryna make it rain (A minor) again? (E major)
(A minor) His
Verse 9
triple jointed (E major) juke fingers
(D minor) splay like a (A minor) scarecrow
He (E major) kneels down and whistles
to a (A minor) fallen sparrow
His eyes light up (D minor) when
they wheel in a piano
(A minor) He (E major) reads a dirty joke (D minor) out
of an (E major) old Baptist hymnal
Verse 10
He (A minor) wears a tuxedo (E major) made of
(D minor) sackcloth and (A minor) ashes
Has a (E major) tattoo of a (B minor) girl who can
(A minor) bat her eye (E major) lashes
Down (A minor) on the river (D minor) he was
fishin? with a (A minor) sword
He (E major) knocked off John the Baptist
for a word from the Lord
Verse 11
He (A minor) takes his cof (C major) fee (A minor) with the
(D minor) blood of a turnip (A minor)
(E major) Blushes his cheeks with an
(A minor) Amsterdam tulip
Choppin? up a rooster
(D minor) for a pullet surprise
(A minor) If the (E major) gravy don't getcha, he?ll getcha with his eyes,
don't (A minor) (E major) (D minor) (E major) (B minor) (A minor)
wait (E major) (A minor)
Hey (E major) Tom,
Verse 12
(D minor) (E major) sun?s comin? up,
you got your (A minor) wipers on
(E major) Don't (A minor) wait for Tom, (D minor) sun (E major) ?s comin? up,
you got your (A minor) wipers on
Hey Tom, oh, oh,
(E major) (D minor) Tom
Outro 1
(A minor) (E major) (B minor) (A minor) (E major) (E major) (C major)
(A minor)
Don't Wait for Tom
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