What's He Building in There? chords by
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
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Key: F# minor•
Verse 1
G#
G#
4

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F#m
F#m
2

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Bm
Bm
2

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What's he building
D
D

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in there?
F#m
F#m
2

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C#
C#
4

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F#m
F#m
2

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What the hell is he building in there?
Bm
Bm
2

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He has subscriptions to those
G
G

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F#m
F#m
2

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magazines
G
G

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F#m
F#m
2

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He never waves when he goes by
D
D

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F#m
F#m
2

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And he's hiding something
Verse 2
G
G

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from the rest of us
E
E

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G
G

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He's all to himself,
F#m
F#m
2

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F#
F#
2

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F#m
F#m
2

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C#
C#
4

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F#m
F#m
2

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I think I know why
He took down the tire- swing from
the pepper tree
He has no children of his
own, you see
D
D

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He has no dog,
Verse 3
F#m
F#m
2

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he has no friends
Bm
Bm
2

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F#m
F#m
2

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And his lawn is dying
Bm
Bm
2

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E
E

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D#m
D#m
6

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And what about those packages
F#m
F#m
2

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D#m
D#m
6

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he sends?
D#
D#
6

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D#m
D#m
6

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F#m
F#m
2

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What's he building in there? With that
D#m
D#m
6

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hook light on the stairs
F#m
F#m
2

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What's he building in
D#m
D#m
6

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there?
F#m
F#m
2

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I'll tell you one thing,
he's not building a playhouse for the children
C#
C#
4

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What's he building in there?
D#m
D#m
6

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F#m
F#m
2

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D#m
D#m
6

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Now what's that sound from underneath the door?
Verse 4
C#
C#
4

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He's pounding nails
F#m
F#m
2

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into a hardwood floor
C#
C#
4

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F#m
F#m
2

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And I swear to God I heard
D#m
D#m
6

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someone moaning low
D#
D#
6

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D#m
D#m
6

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F#m
F#m
2

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And I keep seeing
D#m
D#m
6

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the blue light of a TV show
Bm
Bm
2

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He has a router
Verse 5
F#m
F#m
2

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D#m
D#m
6

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and a table saw
G#
G#
4

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D#m
D#m
6

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And you won't believe what Mr.
F#m
F#m
2

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Sticha saw
There's poison underneath the sink,
of course
There's also enough formaldehyde
to choke a horse
Verse 6
F#m
F#m
2

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What's he building in there? What the hell is
he building in there?
E
E

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G
G

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F#m
F#m
2

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Bm
Bm
2

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I heard he has an ex- wife in some place called Mayor's Income,
F#m
F#m
2

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Tennessee
F#
F#
2

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D#m
D#m
6

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And he used to have a consulting
D
D

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F#m
F#m
2

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Bm
Bm
2

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business in Indonesia
F#m
F#m
2

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But what's he building in
Verse 7
there?
C#
C#
4

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D#m
D#m
6

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F#m
F#m
2

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He has no friends but he gets a
F#
F#
2

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F#m
F#m
2

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lot of mail
D#m
D#m
6

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I bet he spent a little time in jail
E
E

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I heard he was up on the roof last night, signal
F#m
F#m
2

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D#m
D#m
6

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ing with a flashlight
D
D

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G#
G#
4

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F#m
F#m
2

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And what's that tune he's always whistling?
Verse 8
F#
F#
2

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What's he building in there?
F#m
F#m
2

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What's he building in there?
We have a right to know
D#m
D#m
6

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D#
D#
6

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D#m
D#m
6

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D#m
D#m
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D#m
D#m
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