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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