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 // Andante (pretty slow)
-- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat
"Odd" Voicings--
xxo___ __o___ ______ __o___
1 ||||1| 1 ||||1| 1 ||||1| 1 ||||1|
|||2|| |||2|| ||2||| 2x|3|4
|||||3 3x|||4 3x|||4 ||||||
1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4
/ / | / /
(7) / | (7) / (7 fr.) /
/ /
All my friends are married--
/ /
Ev'ry Tom and Dick and Harry--
(7) / (7) / (7 fr.) /
It must be strong of you to go it alone--
/ /
Here's to the bachelors and the Bow'ry bums--
/ /
Those who feel that they're the ones that are
(7) (7 fr.) /
Better Off Without a Wife--
/ (7 fr.) /
I been sleepin' until the crack of noon--
/
Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been
(7) / (7 fr.) /
Goin' out when I want to, (and I'm)
/ /
Comin' home when I please--
/ (7 fr.) /
Don't have to ask permission
/
If I wanna go out fishin'--
(7) / / / / /
Never have to ask for the keys--
/ /
Well, I never been no Valentino--
/ /
But I had a girl who lived in Reno--
(7) / (7) / (7 fr.) /
Left me for a trumpet player, but it didn't get me down--
/ /
He was wanted for assault, and though he
/ /
Said it weren't his fault--
(7) (7 fr.) /
You know the coppers rode him right outa town--
/ / / /
_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_
(7 fr.) /
_hardly_believe_it_--
/ /
Love to chew the fat with folks--
/ /
I been list'nin' to all your dirty jokes--
(7) (7 fr.) /
I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive--
[...recording ends (& begins) with some "Here Comes the Bride" piano!]
--:--tcg
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