Table Top Joe chords by Tom Waits

SimplifiedD · A · C# · Eb · Bbdim …

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Em
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Intro 1

Well my mama

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) didn't want me
On the day I was born
A 
I was born without a  (A major) body
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I  (B flatdim) got       (A major) nothing  (D major) but scorn
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But I always  (C sharp major)  (D major) loved music
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 (A major)  (D major) All  (A major) I  had was  (D major) my hand (A major) s   (D major) 
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I dreamed I'd  (A major) be famous
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And I'd work  (C sharp major) at The  (D major) Sands

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Verse 2

Singing, Tabletop Joe,

Tabletop Joe

Now everyone will know

That I'm Tabletop Joe

Verse 3
D 
A 
I had trouble with  (D major) the pedals  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) But I had a strong left hand
A 
And I could play  (A major) Stravinsky
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On a baby grand  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
I said, â??I'm gonna join the circus
Cause that's where I belong'
A 
So I went to Coney  (A major) Island
D 
I was singing  (D major) this song

Verse 4

Tabletop Joe, Tabletop Joe

Now everyone knows

Yeah I'm Tabletop Joe

They

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) gave me top billing
D 
In the Dreamland show  (D major) 
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I had my  (E major) own orchestra
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Starring  (B minor) Tab (E major) letop  (A major) Joe  (E major) 
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 (A major) And the man  (D major) without  (A major) a  (D major) body  (A major)  (D major) 
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Proved  (A major) every (D major) one wrong
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I was rich and I  (A major) was famous
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I was where  (C sharp major) I  (D major) belonged, yeah  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) Tabletop

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) Joe,
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 (A major)  (D major) Tabletop Joe  (A major)  (D major) 
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Em 
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Now  (A major) every (D major) one  (A major) knows,  (E minor)  (A major) yeah
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Tabletop  (D major) Joe
A 
 (A major) Take

Verse 7

it home boy

Outro 1
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