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Capo: 2
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Song: Tom's diner
Tabbed by: DJ
25th Sept 2014
The original album track was sung 'a cappella', and there have been
many alternative dance mixes, and various live and acoustic
versions since. This is my own interpretation for acoustic guitar.
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of F#m)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Emadd9 = 022002 or 024000 G6 = 355400 Em = 022000
Cmaj7 = x32000 or x35000 Fmaj7+11 = 133200 B7 = x21202
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[Intro]
||: Emadd9 / / / / | Cmaj7 / / / / :|| [x2]
[Chorus]
||: Da -da! Emadd9Da, da, da -da! Da, da, da -da!
Cmaj7 Da, da, da -da, da -da! :|| [x4]
[Verse 1]
I am Emadd9sitting, in the morning, at the Cmaj7diner on the corner,
I am Emadd9waiting, at the counter, for theCmaj7 man to pour the coffee,
G6 Fmaj7+11
And he fills it only halfway, and be - fore I even argue,
He is loEmoking out the window at some - bB7ody coming in!
[Chorus]
||: Da -da! Emadd9Da, da, da -da! Da, da, da -da!
Cmaj7Da, da, da -da, da -da! :|| [x2]
[Verse 2]
"IEmadd9t is always nice to see you!"Cmaj7, says the man behind the counter,
To the Emadd9woman who has come in, she is sCmaj7haking her umbrella,
G6 Fmaj7+11
And I look the other way, as they are kissing their hellos,
And I'm pre - teEmnding not to see them, and in - sB7tead I pour the milk!
[Chorus]
||: Da -da! Emadd9Da, da, da -da! Da, da, da -da!
Cmaj7 Da, da, da -da, da -da! :|| [x2]
[Verse 3]
I Emadd9open up the paper, thereâ?Cmaj7?s a story of an actor,
Who hadEmadd9 died while he was drinking, it wasCmaj7 no one I had heard of,
G6 Fmaj7+11
And Iâm turning to the horoscope, and looking for the funnies,
When I'm feEmeling someone watching me, and B7so I raise my head!
[Chorus]
||: Da -da! Emadd9Da, da, da -da! Da, da, da -da!
Cmaj7 Da, da, da -da, da -da! :|| [x4]
[Verse 4]
Thereâ?Emadd9?s a woman on the outside, looCmaj7king inside! Does she see me?
No, she Emadd9does not really see me, 'cause sheCmaj7 sees her own reflection,
G6 Fmaj+11
And Iâm trying not to notice that sheâs hitching up her skirt,
And while sheâsEm straightening her stockings, B7her hair has gotten wet!
[Chorus]
||: Da -da! Emadd9Da, da, da -da! Da, da, da -da!
Cmaj7 Da, da, da -da, da -da! :|| [x4]
[Break]
||: Emadd9 / / / / | Cmaj7 / / / / :|| [x2]
[Verse 5]
Oh, ...this ..Emadd9.rain it will continue, through the Cmaj7morning,
As Iâm listening toEmadd9 the bells of the cathedral...
I am tCmaj7hinking of your voice, and ...of ...the ...miG6dnight picnic,
Fmaj7+11
Once upon a time before the rain began,
And I fiEmnish up my coffee, and it's tB7ime to catch the train!
[Chorus]
||: Da -da! Emadd9Da, da, da -da! Da, da, da -da!
Cmaj7 Da, da, da -da, da -da! :|| [x4] Emadd9| / ||