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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
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Intro 1
(D major) (B flat major) (D major) (B flat major) (D major) (B flat major) (D major)
(B flat major)
(D major)
Verse 1
[Tom:] (B flat major)
Here comes the bride,
(D major) and (B flat major) there goes the groom (D major) (F sharp minor)
(D major) Looks like a hurricane (A major)
went through (B major) this room

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