Lucinda by Tom Waits

this is my first ever submission so please don't be too harsh,
also am not exactly sure that the Bmaj chord is quite right,
but if u holler n growl enough like Mr. Waits when you are playing
it sounds passable 

          Am                    Am
Well they call me William The Pleaser
        Am                    E
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
           Am                    Dm
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
           Am         E            Am
When the shadows get long I'll be dead
 
         Am                               Am
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
             Am                    E
Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone
         Am              Dm                        Dm
I left Texas to follow Lucinda            
          Am         E        Am          e |-X-|---|---|---|
Now I'll never see heaven or home         B |---|---|-X-|---|
                                          G |---|-X-|---|---|
          Am                   Am         D |---|---|---|---|
I made a wish on silver of moonlight     XA |---|---|---|---|
       Am                      E         XE |---|---|---|---|
A sly grin and a bowl full of stars
        Am                  Dm
Like a kid who captures a firefly
               Am      E          Am
And leaves it only to die in the jar

      Am                        Am        
As I kick at the clouds at my hanging
      Am                  E
As I swing out over the crowd
        Am                      Dm
I will search every face for Lucinda's
             Am          E           Am
And she will go off with me down to hell

    Am                         Am
I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
    Am                            E
The rain returned and so did the wind
              Am                         Dm
I cast this burden on the God that's within me
         Am             E           Am 
I will leave this old world and go free                Bmaj

            D                   Am           e |---|-x-|---|---|---|
The devil dances inside empty pockets        B |---|-x-|---|-X-|---|
           D                  Am             G |---|-x-|---|-X-|---|
But she did'nt want money or pearls          D |---|-x-|---|-X-|---|
           D                  Am             A |---|-X-|---|---|---|
No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda          XE |---|---|---|---|---|
     Bmaj                E
She wasn't that kind of girl

           Am                    Am
Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda
          Am                           E
Whoever thought that hell would be so cold
       Am                       Dm
I did well for an old tin can sailor
          Am        E          Am
But she wanted the bell in my soul

        Am                  Am
I've spoken to God on the mountain
          Am                E
And I've swam in the Irish sea
       Am                       Dm
I ate fire and drank from the Ganges
         Am              E       Am
And I'll beg there for mercy for me

    Am                          Am
I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
          Am                      E
The rain returned and so did the wind
         Am                 Dm   
I was standing outside the Whitehorse
       Am       E         Am
Oh but I was afraid to go in

             Am             Am
I heard someone pull the trigger
              Am                      E
Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again
             Am                    Dm
There was a smear of gold in the window
         Am          E           Am
And then I was the jewel of her sin

      Am                   Am
They call me William The Pleaser
        Am                    E
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
          Am                      Dm
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
           Am          E           Am
When the shadows get long I'll be dead

         Am                              Am
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
             Am                    E
Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone
        Am               Dm
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
           Am        E        Am
Now I'll never see heaven or home
          Am         E       Am
No I'll never see heaven or home
          Am         E       Am
No I'll never see heaven or home 


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