Don't Wait for Tom chords by Over the Rhine

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Intro 1
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He's got the

Verse 1
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hands of a blind piano player
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He's got a feel for the dark
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like a soothsayer
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He takes a little bow and tips his fedora
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Shouts like he's gonna save
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Sodom and Gomorrah

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Verse 2

Workin? for the circus ex-railroad bum

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Carnival barker for

kingdom dot come

Dusty ol? Gibson,

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Bangs out the rhythm on

a fifty gallon drum

Verse 3
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don't wait for Tom, Tom?s long gone,
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he's already moved on
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Don't wait for Tom
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I saw an ol? ?55 Buick
just before the dawn
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I said, Hey, hey Tom, the sun?s comin? up,
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you got your wipers on

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Are you tryna make it rain again?

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Is it rainin? just around your bend?

Are you tryna make it rain again?

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Sittin? in a corner with his
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pet muskrat
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Tossin? his cards into an old man?s hat
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He grins at the girls and
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they always grin back
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He bets an old waltz he could
get ?em in the sack

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He makes his own music
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from the bell of a ?bone
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A waitress?s falsie and
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a railroad phone
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Bobs on his knees to an old tarantella
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South of the border he stole it from a fella

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Oh, don't wait for Tom,
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Tom?s long gone
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He's already moved on,
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don't wait for Tom
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I saw an ol? ?55 Buick just before dawn
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I said, Hey, hey Tom, the sun?s comin? up,
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you got your wipers on

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Are you tryna make it rain again?
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Are you tryna make it rain again?
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Is it rainin? just around your bend?
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Are you tryna make it rain again?
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His

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triple jointed juke fingers
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splay like a scarecrow
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He kneels down and whistles
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to a fallen sparrow
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His eyes light up when
they wheel in a piano
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He reads a dirty joke out
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of an old Baptist hymnal

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He wears a tuxedo made of
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sackcloth and ashes
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Has a tattoo of a girl who can
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bat her eyelashes
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Down on  the river he  was
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fishin? with a sword
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He knocked off John the Baptist
for a word from the Lord

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He takes his coffee with the
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blood of a turnip
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Blushes his cheeks with an
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Amsterdam tulip
Choppin? up a rooster
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for a pullet surprise
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If  the gravy don't getcha, he?ll getcha with his eyes,
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don't
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wait
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Hey Tom,

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sun?s comin? up,
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you got your wipers on
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Don't wait for Tom, sun?s comin? up,
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you got your wipers on
Hey Tom, oh, oh,
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Tom