Invitation to the Blues

Invitation to the Blues easy guitar chords by Tom Waits

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 5

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Am

  • Ddim

  • C

  • Ebdim

  • Ebm

    6
  • Dm

  • Esus4

  • E

  • Fm

  • Em

  • Gsus4

  • G

  • G#

    4
  • Fdim

    3
  • F

  • Am

  • Ddim

  • C

  • Ebdim

  • Ebm

    6
  • Dm

  • Esus4

  • E

  • Fm

  • Em

  • Gsus4

  • G

  • G#

    4
  • Fdim

    3
  • F

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Well 

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

    Yes
    terday's 
    de
    liveries, 

    tickets 
    for the 
    bachelors 

    She's 
    moving 
    violation 
    from her 

    conk 
    down 
    to 
    her shoes 

    Well, it's 
    just 
    an 
    invitation 

    to 
    the blues 

    Verse 2

    And 
    you feel 
    just 
    like 
    Cagney, she 

    looks 
    like 
    Rita 
    Hayworth 

    At the 
    counter 
    of the Schwab's 

    drugstore 

    You 
    wonder 
    if 
    she 
    might 
    be single, 

    she's 
    alone 
    and 
    likes 
    to mingle 

    Got 
    to 
    be 
    patient, 

    try and 
    pick 
    up 
    a clue 

    She said 
    Verse 3
    How 
    you 
    gonna like 
    'em, over 

    medium 
    or scrambled? 

    'Cause 
    any 
    way's 
    the 
    only 
    way, 

    be care
    ful not 
    to 
    gamble 

    On a 
    guy 
    with a 
    suitcase 
    and a 

    ticket 
    getting 
    out 
    of here 

    In 
    tired 
    bus 
    station 
    and 
    an 

    old 
    pair 
    of shoes 

    'Cause it ain't 
    nothing 

    but an in
    vitation 
    to the blues 

    Verse 4

    But 
    you can't 
    take 
    your eyes 
    off 
    her, 

    get 
    another 
    cup 
    of java 

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

    jok
    ing 
    with 
    the customers 

    Mer
    cy mercy, 
    Mr. 
    Percy, 

    there 
    ain't nothing 
    back 
    in Jersey 

    But 
    broken-down 
    jalopy 

    of a man 
    I left 
    behind 

    And 
    the dream 
    that 
    I was 
    chasing, 

    a battle 
    with 
    booze 

    And 
    an 
    open 
    invita
    tion 
    to the 
    blues 

    Verse 5

    But she 
    used 
    to have 
    a sugar 
    daddy 

    and 
    candy-apple 
    Caddy 

    Caddy 

    And 
    bank 
    account 
    and everything, 

    accustomed 
    to 
    the finer 
    things 

    He 
    probably 
    left 
    her for 
    socialite, and 

    he didn't 
    love 
    her 'cept 
    at night 

    And 
    then 
    he's 
    drunk 
    and 
    never 

    even 
    told 
    her 
    that he 
    cared 

    So 
    they 
    took 
    the 
    registration, 

    and 
    the car-keys 
    and 
    and her shoes 

    And 
    left 
    her with 
    an in
    vitation 
    to 
    the blues 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 6
    Cause 
    there's a 
    Continental 
    Trailways leaving 
    loc
    al 
    bus 
    tonight, 

    good 
    evening 

    You 
    can have 
    my seat, 

    I'm 
    sticking 
    round 
    here 
    for a 
    while 

    Get 
    me a 
    room 
    at 
    the Squire, 

    the 
    filling 
    station's 
    hiring 

    Knock 
    kneed 
    here 
    every 
    night, 

    what the 
    hell have 
    got 
    to 
    lose? 

    Got 
    a crazy 
    sensation, 

    go or 
    stay? 
    Now I 
    gotta 
    choose 

    And I'll 
    ac
    cept 
    your 
    invit
    ation 
    to 
    the blues 

    Outro 1




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