What's He Building in There? chords by Kronos Quartet, Tom Waits
Verse 1
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Em
Am
What's he building
C
in there?
Em
B
Em
What the hell is he building in there?
Am
He has subscriptions to those
F
Em
magazines
F
Em
He never waves when he goes by
C
Em
And he's hiding something
Verse 2
F
from the rest of us
D
F
He's all to himself,
Em
E
Em
B
Em
I think I know why
He took down the tire- swing from
the pepper tree
He has no children of his
own, you see
C
He has no dog,
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Verse 3
Em
he has no friends
Am
Em
And his lawn is dying
Am
D
C#m
And what about those packages
Em
C#m
he sends?
C#
C#m
Em
What's he building in there? With that
C#m
hook light on the stairs
Em
What's he building in
C#m
there?
Em
I'll tell you one thing,
he's not building a playhouse for the children
B
What's he building in there?
C#m
Em
C#m
Now what's that sound from underneath the door?
Verse 4
B
He's pounding nails
Em
into a hardwood floor
B
Em
And I swear to God I heard
C#m
someone moaning low
C#
C#m
Em
And I keep seeing
C#m
the blue light of a TV show
Am
He has a router
Verse 5
Em
C#m
and a table saw
F#
C#m
And you won't believe what Mr.
Em
Sticha saw
There's poison underneath the sink,
of course
There's also enough formaldehyde
to choke a horse
Verse 6
Em
What's he building in there? What the hell is
he building in there?
D
F
Em
Am
I heard he has an ex- wife in some place called Mayor's Income,
Em
Tennessee
E
C#m
And he used to have a consulting
C
Em
Am
business in Indonesia
Em
But what's he building in
Verse 7
there?
B
C#m
Em
He has no friends but he gets a
E
Em
lot of mail
C#m
I bet he spent a little time in jail
D
I heard he was up on the roof last night, signal
Em
C#m
ing with a flashlight
C
F#
Em
And what's that tune he's always whistling?
Verse 8
E
What's he building in there?
Em
What's he building in there?
We have a right to know
C#m
C#
C#m
C#m
C#m
What's He Building in There?
Kronos Quartet, Tom Waits
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