BETTER OFF WITHOUT A WIFE (Tom Waits)
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-- comp. Tom Waits (from _Nighthawks_at_the_Diner_)
-- "transcr." tcg [recently divorced!], 198?
-- 4/4 // Key of G // Andante (pretty slow)
-- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat
"Odd" Voicings--
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INTRO: 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4
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(7) / | (7) / /
VERSE 1:
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All my friends are married--
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Ev'ry Tom and Dick and Harry--
(7) / (7) / /
It must be strong of you to go it alone--
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Here's to the bachelors and the Bow'ry bums--
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Those who feel that they're the ones that are
(7) C/ /
Better Off Without a Wife--
CHORUS:
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I been sleepin' until the crack of noon--
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Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been
(7) / /
Goin' out when I want to, (and I'm)
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Comin' home when I please--
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Don't have to ask permission
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If I wanna go out fishin'--
Am(7) / / / D7sus4 / D7 /
Never have to ask for the keys--
VERSE 2 [!!]:
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Well, I never been no Valentino--
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But I had a girl who lived in Reno--
(7) / (7) / /
Left me for a trumpet player, but it didn't get me down--
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He was wanted for assault, and though he
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Said it weren't his fault--
(7) C/ /
You know the coppers rode him right outa town--
CHORUS
VERSE 3: [_underlined_phrases_are_spoken_, ad-lib style]
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_Ah,_yu'_see,_I'm_kinda_selfish_about_my privacy_--
(7) / (7) /
Now as long as I can be with me, _we_get_along_so_well,_I_can_
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_hardly_believe_it_--
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Love to chew the fat with folks--
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I been list'nin' to all your dirty jokes--
(7) C/ /
I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive--
CHORUS
[...recording ends (& begins) with some "Here Comes the Bride" piano!]
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