Swordfishtrombone by Tom Waits Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Swordfishtrombone guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Swordfishtrombone by Tom Waits using guitar or guitar.
This song by Tom Waits can also be played by that instruments.
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Swordfishtrombone guitar chords has rhythm and included in Swordfishtrombones (1983) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Swordfishtrombone by Tom Waits Guitar Chords


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Gb7
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C7
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B7
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[Verse 1]
Well, he came

Em
home
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from the
Em
war with a pa
B
rty in his h
B7
ead,
And mo
B7
dified Bro
B
ugham De – V
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ille,
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Em

And a
Em
pair of
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legs that
Em
opened up like bu
B
tterfly w
B7
ings,
And a
B7
mad dog that wo
B
uldn’t sit s
Em
till!
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Em

[Verse 2]
Went and t

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ook up with a S
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al – v
Am
ation A
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rmy Band girl,
!
Em

Who played ‘Dirty w
Am
ater’ from a sword -f
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ish –
Am
trom –
Em
bone
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,
Em

He went to s
Am
leep at the bot –
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tom
Am
of Ten – k
Em
iller Lake,
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Em

And he said, “
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Gee, but it’s g
C7
reat to be h
B7
ome!”

[Verse 3]
Well, he came h

Em
ome
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from the
Em
war, with a p
B
arty in his head,
B7

And an i
B7
dea for a fire
B
works dis – p
Em
lay,
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Em

And he k
Em
new that
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he’d be r
Em
eady with a sta
B
inless steel ma – c
B7
hete,
And a h
B7
alf a pint of Ba
B
llentine’s each
Em
day!
!
Em

[Verse 4]
Then he h

Am
oled up in room
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a – b
Am
ove a ha
Em
rdware store,
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Em

Crying no
Am
thing there, but Hol –
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ly – w
Am
ood t
Em
ears,
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Em

And he
Am
put a spell on some p
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oor li
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ttle Cr
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utchfield girl
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,
Em

And st
Gb7
ayed like that for tw
C7
enty-seven y
B7
ears!

[Verse 5]
He’d packed up

Em
all his expect –
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ations,
Em

He lit
B
out for Cali – f
B7
ornia,
With a
B7
flyswatter ba
B
njo on his knee,
Em
!
Em

With ‘Lucky
Em
Tiger’ in his
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angel h
Em
air,
And ben
B
zedrine for ge
B7
tting there,
They fo
B7
und him in a e
B
ucalyptus t
Em
ree!
!
Em

[Verse 6]
Lieutenant

Am
got him a cana –
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ry b
Am
ird,
And sk
Em
anked her head with eve
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– ry w
Em
ord,
And Che
Am
sterfielded moon –
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beams
Am
in a s
Em
ong,
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Em

And he got
Am
20 years for lovin’ h
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er,
F
Am
rom some Ok
Em
lahoma Gover
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- nor,
Em

Said, ev
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erything this do
C7
ughboy does is w
B7
rong!

[Verse 7]
Now, some say he’s d

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oing ‘The o –
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bitu –
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ary ma
B
mbo’,
B7

Now, s
B7
ome say he’s ha
B
ngin’ on the wall,
Em
!
Em

Perhaps, this y
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arn’s the only
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thing…
Em

…That ho
B
lds this man to – ge
B7
ther,
Some s
B7
ay that he was ne
B
ver here at a
Em
ll!
!
Em

[Verse 8]
S

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ome say they saw
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him d
Am
own in Bi
Em
rmingham,
!
Em

S
Am
leeping in a box –
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car g
Am
oing
Em
by,
!
Em

And
Am
if you think that you
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can t
Am
ell a b
Em
igger tale
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,
Em

I s
Gb7
wear to God, you’d h
C7
ave to tell a l
B7
ie!

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Am
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Em
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Gb7
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C7
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B7
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If you want to learn Tom Waits Swordfishtrombone guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Swordfishtrombone. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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