Starving in the Belly of the Whale chords by Tom Waits

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
Life is whittled
Life's a riddle
C 
B 
Em 
Man's a fiddle that life plays on
E 
Am 
When the day breaks,
and the earthquakes
C 
Am 
E 
Life's a mistake all day long
Am 
D 
Tell me, who gives a good
Am 
goddamn
Em 
You'll never get out alive
E 
Don't go

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Verse 2

dreaming

Don't go scheming

A man must test his mettle

Verse 3
In a crooked ol' world
Am 
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
D 
Starving in the belly of a whale
Dm 
Am 
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
E 
Am 
Starving in the belly of  a whale

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Am 
Don't take my  word
Just look skyward
C 
Am 
They that dance must pay the fiddler
E 
Am 
Sky is darkening
Dogs are barking
C 
G 
B 
E 
But the caravan moves on
Am 
Tell me  who

Verse 5
D 
gives a good
Am 
goddamn
You'll never get get out alive
Don't go dreaming
Don't go scheming
D 
Am 
A man must test his mettle

Verse 6
In crooked ol' world
Am 
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
D 
Starving in the belly of a whale
Am 
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly of a whale

Verse 7
Am 
As the crow flies
It's there the truth lies
C 
Am 
C 
Am 
E 
At the bottom of the well
Am 
E-o-leven goes goes goes to heaven
C 
Am 
E 
Bless the dead here as the rain falls
Em 
E 
Am 
Don't trust a bull's horn
Dm 
Am 
A doberman's tooth
A runaway horse or me
E 
Am 
D 
Don't be  greedy, don't be needy
Am 
If you live in hope you're
D 
Dancing to a terrible tune
Am 
E 
C 
Am 
D 
Starving in the belly
Am 
Starving in  the belly