Invitation to the Blues chords by
Tom Waits
Tom Waits

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Key: D minor
Intro 1
Am
Am

Ddim
Ddim

C
C

Ebdim
Ebdim

Ebm
Ebm

Dm
Dm

Esus4
Esus4

E
E

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

E
E

Am
Am

Verse 1
Am
Am

Well
Fm
Fm

Ddim
Ddim

she's up against the register with an apron and a spatula
E
E

Em
Em

C
C

Yesterday's deliveries,
Gsus4
Gsus4

Ebm
Ebm

tickets for the bachelors
Dm
Dm

She's a moving violation from her
Esus4
Esus4

E
E

conk down to her shoes
Am
Am

Well, it's just an invitation
E
E

to the blues
Am
Am

Verse 2
Dm
Dm

And you feel just like Cagney, she
G
G

looks like Rita Hayworth
C
C

At the counter of the Schwab's
drugstore
Dm
Dm

You wonder if she might be single,
G
G

Gsus4
Gsus4

G
G

she's alone and likes to mingle
C
C

Got to be patient,
E
E

Am
Am

try and pick up a clue
E
E

She said
Verse 3
Am
Am

How you gonna like 'em, over
Fm
Fm

medium or scrambled?
C
C

Em
Em

C
C

'Cause any way's the only way,
Ebdim
Ebdim

Ebm
Ebm

G#
G#

be careful not to gamble
Dm
Dm

On a guy with a suitcase and a
Esus4
Esus4

E
E

ticket getting out of here
Am
Am

In a tired bus station and an
Fm
Fm

old pair of shoes
Ddim
Ddim

Esus4
Esus4

'Cause it ain't nothing
E
E

but an invitation to the blues
Am
Am

Verse 4
Dm
Dm

But you can't take your eyes off her,
G
G

get another cup of java
C
C

G
G

It's just the way she pours it for you,
C
C

joking with the customers
G
G

Dm
Dm

Mercy mercy, Mr. Percy,
G
G

there ain't nothing back in Jersey
C
C

But a broken-down jalopy
E
E

of a man I left behind
Am
Am

And the dream that I was chasing,
Fm
Fm

a battle with booze
E
E

Esus4
Esus4

E
E

And an open invita tion to the blues
Am
Am

Verse 5
Dm
Dm

But she used to have a sugar daddy
G
G

and a candy-apple Caddy
Caddy
C
C

And a bank account and everything,
accustomed to the finer things
Dm
Dm

He probably left her for a socialite, and
G
G

he didn't love her 'cept at night
C
C

And then he's drunk and never
E
E

even told her that he cared
Am
Am

So they took the registration,
Fdim
Fdim

Fm
Fm

and the car-keys and and her shoes
E
E

Esus4
Esus4

E
E

And left her with an invitation to the blues
Interlude 1
Am
Am

Fm
Fm

E
E

Em
Em

Ebdim
Ebdim

Ebm
Ebm

Dm
Dm

Esus4
Esus4

E
E

Am
Am

Fdim
Fdim

E
E

Am
Am

Verse 6
Dm
Dm

G
G

Cause there's a Continental Trailways leaving local bus tonight,
good evening
C
C

You can have my seat,
I'm sticking round here for a while
Dm
Dm

Get me a room at the Squire,
G
G

the filling station's hiring
C
C

Knock kneed here every night,
E
E

what the hell have I got to lose?
Am
Am

Got a crazy sensation,
Fdim
Fdim

Fm
Fm

go or stay? Now I gotta choose
Esus4
Esus4

E
E

And I'll ac cept your invitation to the blues
Outro 1
Am
Am

Fm
Fm

C
C

Ebdim
Ebdim

Ebm
Ebm

G#
G#

Dm
Dm

Esus4
Esus4

E
E

Am
Am

F
F

E
E

Am
Am

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