Starving in the Belly of the Whale chords by
Tom Waits

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Key: C minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
Cm Cm 3
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Life is whittled
Life's a riddle
Eb Eb 6
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D D 
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Gm Gm 3
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Man's a fiddle that life plays on
G G 
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Cm Cm 3
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When the day breaks,
and the earthquakes
Eb Eb 6
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Cm Cm 3
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G G 
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Life's a mistake all day long
Cm Cm 3
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F F 
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Tell me, who gives a good
Cm Cm 3
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goddamn
Gm Gm 3
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You'll never get out alive
G G 
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Don't go

Verse 2

dreaming

Don't go scheming

A man must test his mettle

Verse 3
In a crooked ol' world
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Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
F F 
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Starving in the belly of a whale
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Cm Cm 3
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Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
G G 
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Cm Cm 3
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Starving in the belly of  a whale

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Cm Cm 3
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Don't take my  word
Just look skyward
Eb Eb 6
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Cm Cm 3
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They that dance must pay the fiddler
G G 
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Cm Cm 3
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Sky is darkening
Dogs are barking
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D D 
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G G 
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But the caravan moves on
Cm Cm 3
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Tell me  who

Verse 5
F F 
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gives a good
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goddamn
You'll never get get out alive
Don't go dreaming
Don't go scheming
F F 
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Cm Cm 3
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A man must test his mettle

Verse 6
In crooked ol' world
Cm Cm 3
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Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
F F 
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Starving in the belly of a whale
Cm Cm 3
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Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly of a whale

Verse 7
Cm Cm 3
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As  the crow flies
It's there the truth lies
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Cm Cm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Cm Cm 3
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G G 
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At the bot tom of the well
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E-o-leven goes goes goes to heaven
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G G 
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Bless the dead here as the rain falls
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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Don't trust a bull's horn
Fm Fm 
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Cm Cm 3
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A doberman's tooth
A runaway horse or me
G G 
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Cm Cm 3
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F F 
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Don't be  greedy, don't be needy
Cm Cm 3
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If you live in hope you're
F F 
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Dancing to a terrible tune
Cm Cm 3
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G G 
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Eb Eb 6
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Cm Cm 3
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F F 
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Starving in the belly
Cm Cm 3
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Starving in  the belly

Outro 1

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