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Version 1 
            ....ROSIE... by Tom Waits
------------.............

*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Eb)


Intro:

D  G (x3), E  A7, D, A  D

Verse 1:

          D              G           D          G
Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,
D         G              E        A7
 Nobody's up, except the moon and me.
      D        G            D        G
And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,
D            G             E  A7 D  G, D
 All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 1:

D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D   D/F# G, D  G  D
 Rosie...

Interlude:

D  G, E  A7, D

Verse 2:

    D          G   D        G
The moon's all up, full and big,
D        G          E      A7
 Apricot tips in an indigo sky.
       D          G                D         G
I been lovin' you Rosie, since the day I was born,
     D       G                E   A7 D   G, D
I'll love ya Rosie, 'till the day I  die.

Chorus 2:

D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D   D/F# G, D  G  D
 Rosie...

Interlude:

D  G (x3), E  A7
D  G (x3), E  A7, D, G  D

Chorus 3:

D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D   D/F# G, D  G  D
 Rosie...

Verse 2:

          D              G           D          G
Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,
D         G              E        A7
 Nobody's up, except the moon and me.
      D        G            D        G
And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,
D            G             E  A7 D  G, D
 All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 4:

D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D   D/F# G, D  G  D
 Rosie...

Outro:

D  D/F#  G, D  G, D


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   D       G       E       A7      A      D/F#

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  022100  x02223  x02220  2x0232


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ()

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