Swordfishtrombone

Swordfishtrombone easy guitar chords by Tom Waits

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  • Intro 1





    Verse 1
    Well, 
    he 
    came 

    home 
    from 
    the war 

    With a party 
    in his 
    head 

    And 
    modified 
    Brougham 
    DeVille 

    And 
    a pair 
    of legs 
    that 
    opened 

    up 
    like 
    butterfly 
    wings 

    And 
    a mad 
    dog 
    that 
    wouldn't 
    sit 
    still 

    He 
    went 
    and 
    took 
    up 
    with 
    a Salva

    tion 
    Army 
    band 
    girl 

    Who 
    played 
    dirty 
    water 
    on 

    swordfishtrombone 

    He went 
    to sleep 
    at 
    the 
    bottom 

    of 
    Tenkiller lake 

    And he 
    said 
    "gee, 

    but 
    it's 
    great 
    to 
    be 
    home" 

    Well, 
    he 
    came 
    home 
    from 
    the war 

    with 
    a party 
    in his 
    head 

    And an 
    idea 
    for 
    fireworks 
    display 

    And 
    he knew 
    that 
    he'd 
    be 
    ready 

    with 
    a stainless 
    steel 
    machete 

    And 
    a half 
    pint 
    of 
    Ballentine's each 
    day 

    And 
    he 
    holed 
    up 
    in 
    room 
    above 

    hardware 
    store 

    Cryin' 
    nothing 
    there 
    but 
    Hollywood 
    tears 

    He 
    put 
    a spell 
    on 
    some 
    poor 

    little 
    Crutchfield 
    girl 

    And stayed 
    like 
    that 

    for twenty-seven 
    years 

    years 

    He 
    packed 
    up 
    all 
    his 
    expecta
    tions, 

    he 
    lit 
    out 
    for 
    California 

    With a 
    flyswatter banjo 
    on 
    his knee 

    With a 
    lucky 
    tiger 
    in 
    his angel 
    hair 
    and 

    Benzedrine 
    for getting 
    there 

    They found 
    him 
    in a 
    eucalyptus 
    tree 

    Lieutenant 
    got 
    him 
    canary 
    bird 
    and 
    skanked her 

    head 
    with every 
    word 

    Chesterfielded moonbeams 
    in a song 

    He 
    got 
    twenty 
    years 
    for 
    lovin' 
    her 

    from 
    some 
    Oklahoma 
    governor 

    Said 
    "everything 
    this 

    Doughboy 
    does 
    is wrong" 

    Now 
    some 
    say 
    he's 
    doing 

    the 
    obituary 
    mam
    bo 

    Now 
    some 
    say 
    that 
    he's hanging 

    on 
    the wall 

    Perhaps 
    this 
    yarn's 
    the 
    only 
    thing 

    that 
    holds 
    this 
    man 
    together 

    Some 
    say 
    he 
    was 
    never 

    here 
    at all 

    And some 
    say 
    they 
    saw 
    him 

    down 
    in 
    Birmingham 

    Sleeping 
    in 

    boxcar 
    going 
    by 

    And 
    if 
    you think 
    that 
    you 
    can 

    tell 
    bigger 
    tale 

    I swear 
    to 
    God 
    you'd 
    have 
    to tell 

    Outro 1
    a lie 




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