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Wrong Side Of The Road by Tom Waits
Wrong Side Of The Road
Bm Bbm Bm F# F#7 Bm Bbm Bm F# F#7
Bm F#7
Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks,
Bm F#7
the Wolf-bains blooming by the tressels.
E7 F#7
Get the eyeball of a rooster and the stones from a ditch
E7 F#7
and wash 'em down with bilge water and say you'll never snitch.
Bm F#7
Take the buttons from a yellow jacket, the feather from a buzzard.
Bm F#7
The blood from the bounty hunters cold black heart.
E7 F#7
Catch the tears of a widow in a thimble made of glass.
E7 F#7
Tell your Mama and your Papa they can kiss your ass.
Bm F#7
Poison all the water in the wishin' well
Bm F#7
and hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree.
E7 F#7
Burn down all them honeymoons put 'em in a pillow case
E7 F#7
and wait next to the switch blades at the amusement park for me.
Bm F#7
Strangle all the Christmas carolers, scratch out all the prayers.
Bm F#7
Tie 'em up with barbed wire and push 'em down the stairs.
E7 F#7
I'll whittle you a pistol for keepin' nightmares off your blinds.
E7 F#7
Those sons 'o bitches always seem to sneak up from behind.
Bm F#7
Syphon all the gas from your Daddys pick-up truck.
Bm F#7
Fill up Johnnys T-Bird, I got a couple bucks.
E7 F#7
Put on a little perfume, rap a ribbon in your hair.
E7 F#7
Careful that you don't wake up the hounds.
Bm F#7
Tear a bolt of lightning off the side of the sky.
Bm F#7
Throw it in the cedar chest, if you want I'll tell you why.
E7 F#7
Bring the gear shift knob from a 49 Merc.
E7 F#7
Ly down here beside me and let me hold you in the dirt.
Bm F#7
You're gonna tremble, tear the throat out of the night.
Bm F#7
Sink your teeth into my shoulder, dig your nails into my back.
E7 F#7
Tell that little girl to let go of my sleeve.
E7 F#7
You'll be a woman when I catch you, come baby fall in love with me.
Bm F#7
With my double barrel shotgun, a whole box of shells,
Bm F#7
we'll celebrate the 4th of July.
E7 F#7
We'll do a 100 mph spendin' someone elses dough.
E7 F#7 Bm
Drive all the way to Reno on the wrong side of the road.
F#7 Bm F#7 Bm
On the wrong side of the road. The wrong side of the road.
F#7 Bm F#7 Bm
The wrong side of the road.
F#7 Bm F#7 Bm
Bap doo da, bap doo da. Bap doo da, bap doo da.
etc.
There's a bit more going on in this song than is written here such as
? Bbm to Bm to Bm7 & ? F to F# to F#7 & E to E7
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