The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away easy guitar chords by Tom Waits

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

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  • Em

  • G

  • C

  • B

    2

  • A

  • E

  • F#

    2

  • Db

    4

  • Bb

  • F

  • D

  • C#

    4

  • D#

    6

  • A#

  • Am

  • Em

  • G

  • C

  • B

    2

  • A

  • E

  • F#

    2

  • Db

    4

  • Bb

  • F

  • D

  • C#

    4

  • D#

    6

  • A#

  • Am

    • Intro 1



    Well 
    Verse 1
    this gigolo's jump
    ing salty, 

    ain't no 
    trade out 
    on 
    the streets, 

    Half past 
    the unlucky, 

    and the 
    hawk's a 
    front- row 
    seat 

    Dressed in full 
    orchestra
    tion, 

    stage- door 
    Johnny's 
    got to 
    pay, 

    An
    d 
    sen
    t him 
    home 
    talk
    ing 
    'bout the one 

    that got away 

    Could have been 
    on Easy 
    Street, 

    could have 
    been a wheel, 

    With 
    irons 
    in 
    the fire 
    and all 

    them business 
    deals 

    But the last 
    of the big- 
    time 
    losers shouted 

    before 
    he drove 
    away, 

    "I'll be right 
    back, 

    as 
    soon as 
    I 
    crack 
    the 
    one that got 
    away" 

    Well, 
    the 
    ambu
    lance 
    drivers, 

    they don't give 
    a 
    shit, 

    They 
    just want 
    to 
    get off 
    work, and 

    The short 
    stop 
    and the vic
    tim are 

    already gone 
    berserk 

    And the shroud- 
    tail
    or measures 

    him for 
    a 
    deep- six 
    holi
    day, 

    The stiff 
    is froze, 
    the 
    case is 
    closed 
    on the one 
    that got 
    away 



    Now 
    Jim Crow's 
    directing 
    traffic 
    with 

    them cemetery 
    blues, 

    With them pecu
    liar- 
    look
    ing trouser
    s, 

    them 
    old Itali
    an shoes 

    And 
    a wooden 
    ki
    mono that 
    was 
    all ready 

    to drop 
    in San 
    Fran
    cisco 
    Bay 

    But 
    he's 
    mumbling 
    something all 

    about 
    the 
    one that got 
    away 

    And Costel
    lo was 
    the champi
    on 

    at the 
    St. 
    Mor
    itz Hotel, 

    And the best 
    this side of 
    Fairfax, 

    reliable 
    sources 
    tell 

    But 
    his reputation 
    is 
    at 
    large, 

    and 
    he's at Ben 
    Frank's 
    every 
    day, 

    Waiting 
    for the one 
    that got away 

    He 
    got 
    a 
    snakeskin 
    sportshirt, and 

    he 
    look
    s like 
    Vin
    cent 
    Price, 

    With 
    a little 
    piece of chick
    en, 

    an
    d he's carving 
    off 
    a 
    slice 

    Someone 
    tipped 
    her 
    off, 

    and 
    she'll be doing 
    a Houdin
    i now 
    any 
    day 

    She 
    shook his 
    hustle, and 
    a Greyhound 

    bus'll take the one 
    that got away 

    Well, 
    Andre's 
    at 
    the pian
    o behind 

    the 
    Ivar in the sewers, 

    With a buck a 
    shot for pop 
    tunes, 

    and a 
    fin 
    for 
    guided tours 

    He 
    could- a been 
    in 
    "Casablan
    ca", 

    he 
    stood in 
    line out 
    there all 
    day 

    Now 
    he's spilling 
    whiskey 
    and 
    learning song
    s about 
    a one that 
    got away 



    Well 
    I've lost 
    my equi
    librium 
    and my 

    car keys 
    and my 
    pride, 

    The tattoo 
    par
    lor's 
    warm, 

    and so I 
    hustle there 
    inside 

    And 
    the grinding 
    off the buzz- 
    saw, 

    "What you want 
    that thing 
    to 
    say?" 

    I says, "Just 
    don't 
    misspell 
    her 
    name, 
    buddy, she's 
    the 
    one that 
    got away" 

    Outro 1






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