Picking Up After You chords by Tom Waits, Crystal Gayle

  • D

  • Bb

  • F#m

    2
  • A

  • B

    2
  • G

  • C

  • Ebdim

  • F#

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Gm

    3
  • Em

  • Cm

    3
  • Bsus4

    2
  • C#m

    4
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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[Tom:]
Here comes the bride,
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F#m
and there goes the groom
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A
Looks like a hurricane
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went through this room
Verse 2
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[Crystal:]
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Smells like a pool hall; where's
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my other shoe?
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And I'm sick and tired of pickin'
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up after you
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Verse 3
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[Tom:]
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Looks like you spent the night
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in a trench
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And tell me, how long have you been com
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bin' your hair with a wrench?
Verse 4
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[Crystal:]
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The roses are dead and the violets are, too
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And I'm sick and tired of
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pickin' up after you
Verse 5
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[Tom:] Well,
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I've told you before,
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I won't tell you again
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You don't de frost the icebox
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Bm
with a ball point pen
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Gm
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This railroad apartment is held
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together with glue
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And I'm sick and tired of pickin'
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up after you
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Verse 6
[Tom:]
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Because I know I've been swindled; I
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never bargained for this
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A
What's more, you never cared
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Bsus4
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about me
Verse 7
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[Crystal:]
Why don't you get your own place
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so you can live like you do?
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And I'm sick and tired of
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pickin' up after you
Verse 8
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[Tom:]
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Take all your relatives
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and all of your shoes
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Believe me, I'll really swing
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when you're gone
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I'll be living on chicken and wine
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after we're through
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With someone I pick up
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after - you
Verse 9
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[Crystal:] With
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someone I pick up
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after - you
Verse 10
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[Tom:]
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C
With someone I pick up
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after - you
Verse 11
F#m
D
[Crystal and Tom:]
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With someone I pick up after - you
Outro 1
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