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Little Drop Of Poison by Tom Waits
Little Drop Of Poison
Intro:
Cm7---Bm7-Cm7---Cm7---Bm7-Cm7 X2
Cm7 Bm7-Cm7 E7-F7
I like my town with a little drop of poison
F#7-G7 Bm7-Cm7
Nobody knows they're lining up to go insane
Cm7 Bm7-Cm7 E7-F7
I'm all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filter
F#7-G7 B7-Cm7
But I feel much cleaner after it rains
similarly...
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping
Someone said you'll never get a wish from a bone
Another wrong goodbye and a hundred sailors
That deep blue sky is my home
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
C#m7 Cm7-C#m7 F#7 F7-F#7
A rat always knows when he's in with weasels
G#7 G7-G#7 C#m7 Cm7-C#m7
Here you lose a little every day
C#m7 Cm7-C#m7 F#7 F#-F#7
I remember when a million was a million
G#7 G7-G#7 C#m7 Cm7-C#m7
They all have ways to make you pay
Similarly...
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
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version 2
Into:
Cm
Cm Fm
I like my town with a little drop of poison
G Cm
Nobody knows they're lining up to go insane
C#m7 Cm7-C#m7 F7-F#7
I'm all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filter
G7-G#7 C7-C#m7
But I feel much cleaner after it rains
Cm
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
Fm G Cm
She always had that little drop of poison
Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping
Someone said you'll never get a wish from a bone
Another wrong goodbye and a hundred sailors
That deep blue sky is my home
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
C#m F#m
A rat always knows when he's in with weasels
G C#m
Here you lose a little every day
I remember when a million was a million
They all have ways to make you pay
C#m
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
F#m
She always had that little drop of poison
End: C#m
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version 3
The rhythm is pretty much a standard tango riff, in 4/4:
down rest rest down-up down rest down ring.
It is best suited for piano, but a guitar can do the trick as well.
If you find the strumming pattern too hard, you can leave out all short chords.
explanation:
D/U = down or upstroke for 1/8th
d/u = down or upstroke for 1/16th
- = rest for 1/8th
_ = ring for duration of strum before underscore
So in short: D--duD-D_
D#m6 = xx1312
Each 'chorus' ends with a riff like this:
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-2ph-/10-9-7r--|
E|---------------|
Intro:
Am E
D - - d u D - D _
Am E7
D - - d u D - - D (six times)
Am Am E7 Am Dm A
I like my town with a little drop of poison
Dm E Am E7
No-body knows they're lining up to go in-sane
Am E7 Am E7 Am Dm
I'm all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filter
E Am E7
But I feel much cleaner after it rains
Am Am
And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
E7 Am Dm E E (riff)
She always had that little drop of poison
Am Am Dm
Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping
E Am
You'll never get a wish from a bone
Am Dm
Another wrong goodbye and a hunderd sailors
E Am
That deep blue sky is my home
Am Am
And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
E7 Am Dm E E (riff)
She always had that little drop of poison
-- a short break follows, and the song goes up half a step --
A#m A#m D#m6
And a rat always knows when he's in with weasels
E#7 A#m
Here you lose a little every day
A#m D#m
Well, I remember when a million was a million
E# A#m
They all have ways to make you pay
A#m A#m
And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
D#m E# E# (no riff)
She always had that little drop of poison
A#m A#m
And she left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
D#m E# E#
She always had that little drop of poison
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-3p1h3-/11-10-8r--|
E|------------------|
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version 4
Cm G7-Cm (Fm)- Fm7- Fm
I like my town with a little drop of poison
G7 Cm
Nobody knows they're lining up to go insane
Cm G7-Cm (Fm)-Fm7-FM
I'm all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filter
G7 Cm
But I feel much cleaner after it rains
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping
Someone said you'll never get a wish from a bone
Another wrong goodbye and a hundred sailors
That deep blue sky is my home
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
C#m G#7-C#m (F#m) F#m7-F#m
A rat always knows when he's in with weasels
G#7 C#m G#7-C#m
Here you lose a little every day
C#m G#7-C#m (F#m) F#m7-F#m
I remember when a million was a million
G#7 C#m G#m7-C#m
They all have ways to make you pay
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
She left in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
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