Walking Spanish chords by Tom Waits

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Verse 1
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 (E minor) He got himself a homemade
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special  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) You know his glass  (B major) is full of sand  (E minor)  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) And it feels just  (B minor) like a jay (E minor) bird  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) The way it fits into  (A major) his hand  (B major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (B major) He rolled a blade

Verse 2
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up in his trick  (E minor) towel  (A major) 
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 (E minor) They slap their hands
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against the wall  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) You never trip, you  (A major) never stumble  (E minor) 
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 (C major) He's walking  (B major) Spanish
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down the hall  (E minor)  (B major) 
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 (E minor) Slip him a picture

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Verse 3
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of our Jesus  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Or give him a  (B major) spoon
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to dig a hole  (A major)  (B major)  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) What all he done ain't no
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one's business  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) But he'll need  (A major) blankets
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for the cold  (B major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (B major) They dim the lights over
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on Broad (E minor) way  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) Even the king has  (B minor) bowed his  (E minor) head  (B major) 
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 (E minor) Every face looks  (B minor) right
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C 
up at  (E minor) Ma  son  (D major)  (C major) 
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He's walking  (B major) Spanish down  (E minor) 
the hall

Verse 4
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Latella's screeching  (E minor) for a blind pig  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) Punk Sander's carved
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it out of wood  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) He never sang when
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he got hoodwinked  (B major) 
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 (E minor) They tried it  (F sharp minor) all   but he never would  (B major) 
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 (F sharp minor) To (B major) morrow morning
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there'll be laundry  (E minor) 
But he'll be somewhere else
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 (B major) to hear the  (E minor) call  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Don't say good  (B major) bye,
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 (B minor) he's just  (E minor) leaving early  (D major) 
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 (C major) He's walking  (B major) Spanish down  (E minor) the hall

Interlude 1
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Bsus4 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (Bsus4)  (E minor) 
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 (B major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (B major) 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (B major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (B minor) 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (B major)  (E minor) 

Verse 5
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All St.  (E minor) Bartholomew said was whispered
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Into the ear of Blind Jack Dawes  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) All the Baker told the ma
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 (B minor) chine  (A major)  (B major)  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) Was that he nev (F sharp minor) er
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broke  (A major) the law  (B major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (B major) Go on and tip your hat up to
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the Pil (E minor) ate  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) Take off your watch,  (B major) 
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your  (B minor) ring (E minor) s   and all  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) Even Jesus wanted  (A major) just a little  (E minor) more time  (D major) 
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 (C major) When he was walk (B major) ing Spanish  (E minor) down the hall