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On The Nickel by Tom Waits - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            Capo on 1st Fret. 

C/D = 300010
D7sus4 = xx0213
G#m = xx6444
C#7 = x46464
Esus2 = 09990x

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b-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|
G-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|
D-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|
A---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|
E-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|


e----------|-----||
b----------|-----||
G----------|-----||
D-8------6-|-----||
A---9--9---|9----||
E----------|-----||

[Verse 1]
C                      G
Sticks and Stones will Break my Bones,
C                    G
But I always will be true,
C                     G        Em   
And when your mama is dead and gone,
               Am               D7sus4 D7 C/D 
I'll Sing this Lullaby just for you,
C                           G 
And what becomes of all the little boys,
C                    G
Who never comb their hair
C         A            G         Em
Well they line up all around the block
       Am7    D7   G
On the Nickel over there.


[Verse 2]
C                     G
So you better bring a bucket,
C                      G
There is a hole in the pail,
C                       G  Em
And if you don't get my letter,
               Am               D7sus4 D7 C/D
Then you'll know that I'm in jail
C                           G 
And what becomes of all the little boys,
C                   G
Who never say their prayers,
C            A             G   Em
Well they're sleepin' like a baby,
       Am7    D7   G
On the Nickel over there.

         
e------|--------|------------|--------|-----||
b------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||
G------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||
D------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||
A--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||
E------|--------|------------|--------|-----||

[Verse]
D              A
And if you chew tobacco,
D              A
And wish upon a star,
D                              A          F#m 
Well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
          Bm                    E7 
Just like puchlines between the cars,
D                          A
And I know a place where a royal flush,
D                A 
Can never beat a pair,
D   B           A     F#m
And even Thomas Jefferson,
          Bm     E7   A
Is on the Nickel over There.

[Verse]
D                  A
So ring around the rosie,
D                     A 
You're sleepin in the rain,
D                          A  F#m
And you're always late for supper,
            B                         E7 
And man you let me down, let me down again,
D                   A 
I thought I heard a mocking bird,
D              A
Roosevelt knows where,
D       B                   A     F#m
You can skip the light with Grady Tuck,
               Bm     E    A
They're on the Nickel over There.

     
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b--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||
G--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||
D--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||
A--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||
E--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||

[Verse]
E                         B
So what becomes of all the little boys,
E                  B 
That run away from home,
E                         B       G#m     
Well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
C#m                      F#7
Once you get out on your own,
E                    B
So here's to all the little boys,
E                    B
The sandman takes you where,
E      C#                B         G#m
You're sleepin' with the pillow of man,
       C#m    F#7  B
On the Nickel over There. 

Esus2 E                     B 
      So climb up thru that buttonhole,
Esus2 E                    B
      And fall right up the stairs,
E             C#7       B          G#m        
I'll show you where the short dogs grow,
       C#m      F#7  Esus2  E
On the Nickel...over There.

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b--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
G--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||
D--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||
A--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||
E--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----|| 
        

We also have 68 songs by Tom Waits

• Anywhere I Lay My Head
• Better Off Without A Wife
• Blind Love
• Blue Skies
• Blue Valentines
• Cemetery Polka
• Chocolate Jesus
• Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
• Clap Hands
• Cold Cold Ground
• Cold Water
• Come On Up To The House
• Diamonds And Gold
• Dirt In The Ground
• Downtown Train
• Drunk On The Moon
• Falling Down
• Fumblin With The Blues
• Georgia Lee
• Goin Out West
• Grapefruit Moon
• Green Grass
• Gun Street Girl
• Hang Down Your Head
• Hold On
• Hope I Dont Fall In Love With You
• House Where Nobody Lives
• I Dont Wanna Grow Up
• I Hope That I Dont Fall In Love With You
• I Want You
• Ice Cream Man
• Ill Be Gone
• In The Neighborhood
• Invitation To The Blues
• Jersey Girl
• Jesus Gonna Be Here
• Jockey Full Of Bourbon
• Little Trip To Heaven
• Long Way Home
• Martha
• New Coat Of Paint
• Ol 55
• Old Shoes And Picture Postcards
• On The Nickel
• Picture In A Frame
• Please Call Me Baby
• Ponchos Lament
• Rain Dogs
• Rosie
• Rubys Arms
• San Diego Serenade
• Shiver Me Timbers
• Singapore
• Soldiers Things
• Somewhere From West Side Story
• Swordfishtrombone
• Take It With Me
• Take Me Home
• Tango Till Theyre Sore
• Telephone Call From Istanbul
• Temptation
• Time
• Tom Trauberts Blues
• Train Song
• Underground
• Walking Spanish
• Way Down In The Hole
• Yesterday Is Here

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