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Rosie
Tom Waits
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....ROSIE... by Tom Waits
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*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:
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D G E A7 A D/F#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 320003 022100 x02223 x02220 2x0230
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)