What's he building chords by
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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G
G

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Bm
Bm
2

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D
D

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in there?
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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What the hell is he building in there?
C#
C#
4

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G
G

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He has subscriptions to
D
D

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those magazines
G
G

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C#
C#
4

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He never waves when he goes by
D
D

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And he's hid
Verse 2
F#m
F#m
2

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ing something from the
F#
F#
2

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F#m
F#m
2

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rest of us
G
G

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He's all to himself,
C#
C#
4

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F#
F#
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
C#
C#
4

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He took down the tire- swing
from the pepper tree
F#
F#
2

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He has no children of his own, you see
F#m
F#m
2

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D
D

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F#m
F#m
2

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Bm
Bm
2

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He has no dog, he has no friends
Verse 3
C#
C#
4

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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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D#
D#
6

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And what about those packages
D#m
D#m
6

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D#
D#
6

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he send s?
D#m
D#m
6

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What's he build ing in there?
Verse 4
F#m
F#m
2

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D#
D#
6

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With that hook
light on the stairs
C#
C#
4

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D#
D#
6

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What's he building in there?
C#
C#
4

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I'll tell you one thing,
F#m
F#m
2

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he's not building a playhouse for the children
D#m
D#m
6

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What's he building 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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F#
F#
2

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Now what's that sound from underneath the door?
Verse 5
Db
Db
4

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He's pounding nails
into a hardwood floor
And I swear to God I heard
Eb
Eb
6

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Ebm
Ebm
6

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Eb
Eb
6

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someone moaning low
Gb
Gb
2

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And I keep seeing the blue light
Db
Db
4

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Gb
Gb
2

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Ebm
Ebm
6

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of a TV show
Cb
Cb
2

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He has a router
Verse 6
Ebm
Ebm
6

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Eb
Eb
6

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and a table saw
Ebm
Ebm
6

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Ab
Ab
4

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Ebm
Ebm
6

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And you won't believe what Mr.
Gbm
Gbm
2

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Sticha saw
Ebm
Ebm
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There's poison underneath the sink,
Gbm
Gbm
2

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E#
E#

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of course
Gbm
Gbm
2

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There's also enough formaldehyde
Db
Db
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Gbm
Gbm
2

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to choke a horse
E#
E#

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Gbm
Gbm
2

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What's he building in there?
Verse 7
Gb
Gb
2

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Ebm
Ebm
6

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What the hell is he building in there?
E
E

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Gbm
Gbm
2

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Cbm
Cbm
2

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I heard he has an ex- wife in some place called
Gbm
Gbm
2

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Mayor's Income, Tennessee
Gb
Gb
2

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Ebm
Ebm
6

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And he used to have a consulting busi
D
D

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Cbm
Cbm
2

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Gbm
Gbm
2

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D
D

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ness in Indonesia
Gbm
Gbm
2

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But what's he building in there?
Verse 8
Db
Db
4

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Ebm
Ebm
6

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Am
Am

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Gbm
Gbm
2

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He has no friends but he
Ebm
Ebm
6

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D
D

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get s a lot of mail
Gbm
Gbm
2

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D
D

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Gbm
Gbm
2

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Ebm
Ebm
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,
F#m
F#m
2

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D#m
D#m
6

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signaling with a flashlight
Verse 9
D#m
D#m
6

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And what's that tune he's al
G#
G#
4

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F#m
F#m
2

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ways whistling?
F#
F#
2

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D#m
D#m
6

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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?
D#m
D#m
6

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D#
D#
6

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We have a right to know
D#m
D#m
6

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D#
D#
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D#m
D#m
6

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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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TunerE A D G B E

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ChordsG# F#m Bm G D...

  • G#

    4

  • F#m

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • D

  • F#

    2

  • C#

    4

  • E

  • D#m

    6

  • D#

    6

  • Db

    4

  • Eb

    6

  • Ebm

    6

  • Gb

    2

  • Cb

    2

  • Ab

    4

  • Gbm

    2

  • E#

  • Cbm

    2

  • Am

  • Open in app

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

0

Open Tuner
Chords

  • G#

    4

  • F#m

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • D

  • F#

    2

  • C#

    4

  • E

  • D#m

    6

  • D#

    6

  • Db

    4

  • Eb

    6

  • Ebm

    6

  • Gb

    2

  • Cb

    2

  • Ab

    4

  • Gbm

    2

  • E#

  • Cbm

    2

  • Am

  • Open in app

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

0

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