Suzanne Vega - Toms diner

Tom's Diner Not traditionally accompanied with instrumentation but plucking on the ukulele is so enjoyable... A|---0----0----4----4----:| |----------x----------x-----------| E|---2----0----5----5----:| |-------------------------2--4----| C|---1----1----6----6----:| |----x--x-----x----x--------------| G|---2----2----0----0----:|(x1)|---------------------------------| A|---0--4---------0-----4-----4----2--0--2--0--2-----0-----------::| E|----------2--4-----------2-----------------------------2--4----::| C|---------------------------------------------------------------::| G|---------------------------------------------------------------::|(x6) [Verse 1] A|---------0--4----------0-----4-----4----2--0--2--0--2-----0-----------| E|2--4------------2--4------------2-----------------------------2--4----| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner I am A|---0--4-------------0-------4-----4-----2---0---2---0---2----0--------| E|-------------2--4--------------2--------------------------------------| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| waitting at the coun - ter for the man to pour the coffee A|-----------------4---4---4---4---2---0------------| E|---2---2---0-------------------------------2------| C|------------------------------------------------1-| G|--------------------------------------------------| And he fills it on - ly half way And be - fore A|---4-4----2---5---4---0---2-----4---5--0---2----4---5---0---5--5--4--4---2--4--| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I even ar-gue He is loo -king out the window at some body Coming in [Verse 2] A|---------0--4----------0-----4-----4----2--0--2--0--2-----0-----------| E|2--4------------2--4------------2-----------------------------2--4----| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| "It is always since to see you says the man behind the counter to the A|---0--4-------------0-------4-----4-----2---0---2---0---2----0--------| E|-------------2--4--------------2--------------------------------------| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| woman who has come in she is shaking her umbrella A|-----------------4---4---4---4---2---0------------| E|---2---2---0-------------------------------2------| C|------------------------------------------------1-| G|--------------------------------------------------| And I look the other way as they are kis-(sing) A|---4-4----2---5---4---0---2-----4---5--0---2----4---5---0---5--5--4--4---2--4--| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (kis)-sing their hellos Im pretending not to see them and instead I pour the milk. [Verse 3] A|---------0--4----------0-----4-----4----2--0--2--0--2-----0-----------| E|2--4------------2--4------------2-----------------------------2--4----| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| I open up the paper there's a story of an act - or who had A|---0--4-------------0-------4-----4-----2---0---2---0---2----0--------| E|-------------2--4--------------2--------------------------------------| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| died while he was drin-king He was no one I had heard of A|-----------------4---4---4---4---2---0------------| E|---2---2---0-------------------------------2------| C|------------------------------------------------1-| G|--------------------------------------------------| And I'm turn -ing to the horoscopes and look-(king) A|---4-4----2---5---4---0---2-----4---5--0---2----4---5---0---5--5--4--4---2--4--| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -ing for the funnies when I'm feeling someone watching me and so I raise my head [Verse 4] A|---------0--4----------0-----4-----4----2--0--2--0--2-----0-----------| E|2--4------------2--4------------2-----------------------------2--4----| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| Theres a woman on the outside looking inside does she see me no she A|---0--4-------------0-------4-----4-----2---0---2---0---2----0--------| E|-------------2--4--------------2--------------------------------------| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| does not really see me cause she sees her own reflection A|-----------------4---4---4---4---2---0------------| E|---2---2---0-------------------------------2------| C|------------------------------------------------1-| G|--------------------------------------------------| and I'm trying not to notice that she's hit-(ching) A|---4-4----2---5---4---0---2-----4---5--0---2----4---5---0---5--5--4--4---2--4--| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -ching up her skirt and while she's straightening her stockings, her hair is getting wet [Verse 4] A|---------0--4----------0-----4-----4----2--0--2--0--2-----0-----------| E|2--4------------2--4------------2-----------------------------2--4----| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| oh this rain it will continue through the morning as I'm listening to the A|---0--4-------------0-------4-----4-----2---0---2---0---2----0--------| E|-------------2--4--------------2--------------------------------------| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| bells of the cathedral I am thinking of your voice A|-----------------4---4---4---4---2---0------------| E|---2---2---0-------------------------------2------| C|------------------------------------------------1-| G|--------------------------------------------------| and of the midnight picnic once upon a time A|---4-4----2---5---4---0---2-----4---5--0---2----4---5---0---5--5--4--4---2--4--| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| before the rain begain...I finish up my coffee, it's time to catch the train.