Romeo Is Bleeding chords by Tom Waits

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Romeo is bleeding  (A minor)  (E major) but not so as you'd notice
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He's  (A minor) over on 18th street
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as usu (E major) al  (F major)  (E major) 
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 (A minor) Looking so hatd against
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the hood  (E major) of his car
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Ans  (A minor) putting out a cigarette in his hand
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An (E minor) d    (E major)  (A minor) for all the
pachucos at the pumps
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 (F major) At  (A minor) romer (E major) os paint
and body
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They all seein'  (A minor) how far
they can spit
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Well it was  (E major) just another
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 (G major) night  (E major) 
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But now they're  (A minor) huddled in the brake
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lights  (E major) of a  (F major) '58 Be (E major) lair
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And  (A minor) listenin' how romeo  (F minor)  (E major) killed
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a sheriff with  (F major) his knife
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And  (E major) they all  (A minor) jump when they hear the sirens

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Verse 2
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 (E flat major) But  (E major) romeo just laughs and says
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All  (A minor) the racket in the world  (E major) 
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 (A minor) ain't never gonna
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 (E major) Save that  (F major) coppers as (E major) s
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He'll  (A minor) never see another summertime
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 (E major) for gunnin' down my
Brother
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And  (A minor) leavin' him like a dog  (C major) be
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 (Dsus4) neath    a car  (E minor) without  (E major) his knife

Verse 3
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And Romeo  (A minor) says hey man gimme  (E major) a cigarette
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 (F major) And  (E major) they all reach for their pack
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 (G major) And  (A minor) Frankie lights it for him
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and  (E major) pats him on the back
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And throws a  (A minor) bottle at a milk truck
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 (E major) And as it breaks he graps his nuts
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And they all  (A minor) know they could've
just like romeo
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If they only had the gut (E major) s
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But  (A minor) romeo is bleeding

Verse 4
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but  (E major) nobody can tell
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 (D minor) And he  (A minor) sings along with the radio
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 (F major) With a bul (E major) let in his chest
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And he  (A minor) combs back his fenders
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 (E major) And they all agree  (E minor) its clear  (E major) 
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That  (A minor) everything is cool now
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 (E major) that romeos here  (B flat major) 
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 (A minor) But romeo is bleeding
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And he  (E major) winches now and then
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and he  (A minor) leans against
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The car door and feels  (F major) the blood
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in his shoes  (G major) 
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 (A minor) And someones crying in the phone booth
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At  (F major) the  (E major) five points by the store
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 (A minor) Romeo starts his engine
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And  (E major) wipes the blood of
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the door  (A minor)  (E minor)  (F major) 
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 (E major) And  (A minor) he  brodys through the signal
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 (E major) With the radio full blast
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Leavin'  (A minor) the boys there hikin'
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up their chinos  (E major) 
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And they  (A minor) all try to stand  (E major) like romeo
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 (A minor) Beneath the moon cut
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 (F major) like a  (E major) sicle
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And they're  (A minor) talkin' now in Spanish  (B flat major) about  (E major) their hero

Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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 (C major)  (E major)  (D major)  (A minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A minor) Romeo is bleed (D major) ing as
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 (E major) he gives the man his ticket
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 (A minor) And he climbs to the bal
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 (F sharpdim) con       (F major) y  at the movies
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 (E minor) And  (E major) he'll  (A minor) die without
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a  (E major) wimper
Like every hero's dream
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Just an  (A minor) angel with a bullet
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And  (E major) Cag (E minor) ney in the screen

Outro 1
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