What's he building chords by Tom Waits

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Verse 1
F# 
Em 
Am 
F 
 (F sharp major)  (E minor)  (A minor)  (F major) What's he building
Am 
C 
in  (A minor) there?  (C major) 
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor) What  (E major) the hell is he building  (E minor) in there?
B 
F 
 (B major) He has subscrip (F major) tions to
C 
those magazines  (C major) 
F 
B 
 (F major) He never  (B major) waves when he goes by
C 
 (C major) And he's hid

Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) ing something from the
E 
Em 
 (E major) rest of us  (E minor) 
F 
 (F major) He's all to himself,
B 
E 
B 
Em 
 (B major)  (E major) I  (B major) think I know why  (E minor) 
B 
He  (B major) took down the tire- swing
from the pepper tree
E 
He has no children of his  (E major) own, you see
Em 
C 
Em 
Am 
He  (E minor) has no dog,  (C major) he  (E minor) has no friend (A minor) s

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Verse 3

And his lawn is dying

And what about those packages

he send s?

What's he build ing in there?

Verse 4
Em 
C# 
With that  (E minor)  (C sharp major) hook
light on the stairs
B 
C# 
What's he build (B major) ing in  (C sharp major) there?
B 
I'll tell you  (B major) one thing,
Em 
he's not build (E minor) ing a playhouse for the children
C#m 
What's he building in there?  (C sharp minor) 
Em 
B 
Em 
E 
 (E minor) Now what's that  (B major) sound from under (E minor) neath the door?  (E major) 

Verse 5
B 
 (B major) 
He's pounding nails
into a hardwood floor
And I swear to God I heard
C# 
C#m 
C# 
 (C sharp major) someone moan (C sharp minor) ing    (C sharp major) low
E 
And I  (E major) keep seeing the blue light
B 
E 
C#m 
 (B major) of a TV  (E major) show  (C sharp minor) 
A 
He has a  (A major) router

Verse 6
C#m 
C# 
 (C sharp minor) and a table  (C sharp major) saw
C#m 
F# 
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) And  (F sharp major) you won't believe  (C sharp minor) what Mr.
Em 
Sticha saw  (E minor) 
C#m 
There's poison underneath  (C sharp minor) the sink,
Em 
D# 
of  (E minor) course  (D sharp major) 
Em 
 (E minor) There's also enough formaldehyde
B 
Em 
 (B major) to choke a  (E minor) horse
D# 
Em 
 (D sharp major) What's he  (E minor) building in there?

Verse 7
E 
C#m 
What the hell  (E major) is he building in  (C sharp minor) there?
D 
Em 
Am 
 (D major) I heard he has an ex-  (E minor) wife in some  (A minor) place called
Em 
Mayor's In (E minor) come, Tennessee
E 
C#m 
And he  (E major) used to have a con (C sharp minor) sulting busi
C 
Am 
Em 
C 
 (C major) ness in Indone (A minor) sia  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
 (E minor) But what's he building in there?

Verse 8
B 
 (B major) 
C#m 
Gm 
Em 
He has no  (C sharp minor) friend (G minor) s    (E minor) but he
C#m 
C 
 (C sharp minor) get   s a lot of mail  (C major) 
Em 
C 
Em 
C#m 
 (E minor) I bet he spent a little time in jail  (C major)  (E minor)  (C sharp minor) 
D 
I  (D major) heard he was up on the roof last night,
Em 
C#m 
 (E minor) signaling with a  (C sharp minor) flashlight

Verse 9
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) And what's that tune he's al
F# 
Em 
 (F sharp major) ways whistling?  (E minor) 
E 
C#m 
 (E major) What's he building in there?  (C sharp minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) What's he building in there?
C#m 
C# 
We have a right to know  (C sharp minor)  (C sharp major) 
C#m 
C# 
C#m 
C#m 
C# 
C#m 
 (C sharp minor)  (C sharp major)  (C sharp minor)  (C sharp minor)  (C sharp major)  (C sharp minor) 
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) 