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Thanks for a beautiful song Mr Waits. He once said that it was about a guy chatting someone up in line at the grocery store. p.s. guitar chords and my version for ukulele are at the end of the page (I copied the guitar chords from the "Big Time" songbook, Jalma Music, 1988) p.p.s. for beginners, myself included, ignore the chord mentioned after the backslash, it means which version of the chord to use, (play whats comfortable for you) and enjoy y'all! --------- Tom Waits - Johnsburg Illinois from Swordfishtrombones 1983 (Intro) slowly, Dadd9
DShe's my only B7-9true B7love Em7she's all that IC#7 think of F#mLook here, in myB7 wallet - that'sEm7 her A7
D B7-9 B7 Em7 C#7/E# She grew up on a farm there... there's a place on my arm where I've
F#mWritten her B7name next to Emmine A7sus4 A7 ...you E7/G# Em6/G D/F# Em/G See I just can't live without her
D/AAnd I'm A#dim7her only Bmboy D7 ...and E7/G# Em6/G D/F# Em/G She grew up outside McHenry ...in
D/A A7 D/A G/A Johnsburg Il- li- nois (Outro) Dadd9 Gm A13-9 A7-9 --> Dbass --------------- (not positive, but i think B7-9 = B7b9, A13-9 = A13b9, etc...) GUITAR UKE eadgbe gcea Dadd9 X04230 2425 D XX0232 2225 B7-9 X2121X 4353 B7 X2120X 2322 Em7 022030 0202 C#7 X4342X 1112 F#m XX4222 2120 A7 X02020 0100 C#7/E# 003424 same Em 022000 4432 A7sus4 X02030 0230 E7/G# 4X243X 1202 Em6/G 3X242X 0404 D/F# 2X023X same Em/G 3X200X same D/A X0423X 2220 A#dim7 X1202X 0101 Bm X2443X 4222 D7 X5453X 2223 G/A X05433 0232 Gm/A X05333 0231 A13-9 X05322 2120 (dunno, i play F#m here) A7-9 X02323 2131 (or A7 0100, 0434) Dbass X5XXXX X2XX (or 7655) ------------------ ... on the uke i do not use the A13-9 and A7-9 ... my outro is Dadd9, Gm, F#m, low A7, then up to higher A7, ... then finish with a nice clean higher D Danilo from NDG (fledgeling ukulele balladeer)