The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House) chords by Tom Waits

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
A cab combs the snake,
Gm 
G 
Tryin' to rake in that last night's fare,
C 
G 
And a solitary sailor
F# 
B 
Who spends the facts of his life
Em 
D 
C 
like small change on strangers

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Verse 2

Paws his inside P- coat pocket for

a welcome twenty- five cents,

And the last bent butt from

a package of Kents,

As he dreams of a waitress with Max

well House eyes

And marmalade thighs with

scrambled yellow hair

Verse 3
C 
Her rhinestone- studded
G 
moniker says, Irene
C 
G 
As she wipes the wisps of dishwater blonde
C 
G 
F# 
B 
from her eyes
Em 
D 
C 
G 
C 
G 
And the Texaco beacon burns on,
C 
G 
The steel- belted attendant with
C 
a ring and valve special
G 
F# 
Cryin' fill'er up and check that oil
B 
Em 
You know it could be a distributor
D 
and  it could be a coil
C 

Verse 4
G 
C 
The early mornin' final
G 
edition's on the stands,
C 
G 
And that town cryer's
cryin' there with nickels in his hands
C 
G 
F# 
B 
Pigs in a blanket sixty- nine cents
Em 
D 
Eggs, roll 'em over and a
C 
G 
package of Kents
C 
Adam and Eve on a log,
B 
Em 
you can sink 'em damn straight
D 
C 
Hash browns, hash browns,

Interlude 1

you know I can't be late

Verse 5
C 
And the early dawn cracks out a
G 
carpet of diamonds
C 
G 
Across a cash crop car lot filled with
C 
twilight Coupe Devilles
G 
F# 
Leaving the town in a- keeping
B 
Em 
Of the one who is sweeping
D 
C 
G 
C 
G 
Up the ghost of Saturday night