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Kentucky Avenue by Tom Waits
Kentucky Avenue
note: for most of the song, there's this B-A quaver appoggiatura thing that plays in all
of the A/C# and D chords.
Intro: A/C#, D (repeated)
A/C# D
Eddie Grace's buick got four bullet holes in the side
A/C# D E7
Charley Delisle is sittin' at the top of an avocado tree
A/C# D
Mrs Storm will stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn
A/C# D E7
I got a half a pack of lucky strikes man, so come along with me
A/C# D
Let's fill our pockets with macadamia nuts
A/C# D E7
And go over to Bobby Goodmanson's and jump off the roof
A/C# D
Hilda plays strip poker when her mama's across the street
A/C# D E7
Joey Navinsky says she put her tongue in his mouth
A/C# D C#7
Dicky Faulkner's got a switchblade and some gooseneck risers
F#m7 B11 Bm7 E7
That eucalyptus is a hunchback, there's a wind down from the south
A/C# D
So let me tie you up with kite string, I'll show you the scabs on my knee
A/C#
Watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on,
D E7
and come along with me
A/C# D
Let's follow that fire truck, I think your house is burning down
A/C# D E7
Then go down to the hobo jungle and kill some rattlesnakes with a trowel
A/C# D
And we'll break all the windows in the old Anderson place
A/C# D E7
We'll steal a bunch of boysenberries and smear 'em on your face
A/C# D
I'll get a dollar from my mama's purse, buy that skull and crossbones ring
A/C# D E7
And you can wear it round your neck on an old piece of string
A/C# D
Then we'll spit on Ronnie Arnold and flip him the bird
A/C# D E7
Slash the tires on the school bus, now don't say a word
A/C# D
I'll take a rusty nail, scratch your initials in my arm
A/C# D E7
I'll show you how to sneak up on the roof of the drugstore
A/C# D
I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair, and a magpie's wings
A/C# D E7
And I'll tie 'em to your shoulders and your feet
A/C# D
I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad, cut the braces off your legs
A/C# D E7
And we'll bury them tonight out in the cornfield
A/C#
Just put a church key in your pocket
D
We'll hop that freight train in the hall
A/C# D
We'll slide all the way down the drain
E7 A/C#
To New Orleans in the fall
D A/C# D A/C# D A/C#
D A/C# D E7 Amaj9
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|Aadd9/C# - D6| - |Aadd9/C# - D6|
Aadd9/C# D6
Eddie Grace's Buick got four bullet holes in the side
Aadd9/C# Bm7 E7
and Charlie Delisle is sittin' at the top of an avocado tree
Aadd9/C# D6
Mrs. Storm will stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn
Aadd9/C# Bm7 E7
I got a half a pack of Lucky Strikes, man, so come along with me
Aadd9/C# D6
Let's fill our pockets with macadamia nuts
Aadd9/C# Bm7 E7
And go over to Bobby Goodmanson's and jump off the roof
Aadd9/C# D6
Well, Hilda plays strip poker when her mama's 'cross the street
Aadd9/C# Bm7 E7
Joey Navinski says she put her tongue in his mouth
Aadd9/C# D6 Db7
Dicky Faulkner's got a switchblade and some gooseneck risers
Gbm7 B9 Bm7 E7
That eucalyptus is a hunchback, there's a wind up from the south
Aadd9/C#
So let me tie you up with kite string
D6
and I'll show you the scabs on my knee
Aadd9/C#
Watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on
Bm7 E7
and come along with me
Let's follow that fire truck
I think your house is burnin' down
Then go down to the hobo jungle
and kill some rattlesnakes with a trowel
And we'll break all the windows
in the old Anderson place
And we'll steal a bunch of boysenberries
and I'll smear 'em on your face
I'll get a dollar from my mama's purse
and buy that scull and crossbones ring
And you can wear it 'round your neck
on an old piece of string
Then we'll spit on Ronnie Arnold
and flip him the bird
And slash the tires on the school bus
now don't say a word
I'll take a rusty nail
and scratch your initials in my arm
And I'll show you how to sneak up on the roof
of the drugstore
I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair
and a magpie's wings
And I'll tie 'em to your shoulders
and your feet
I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad
and cut the braces off your legs
And we'll bury them tonight
out in the cornfield
Aadd9/C#
Just put a church key in your pocket
D6
we'll hop that freight train in the hall
Aadd9/C#
We'll slide all the way down the drain
Bm7 E7 Aadd9/C# D6
to New Orleans in the fall
|Aadd9/C# - D6| - |Aadd9|
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