Tom Waits - Little drop of poison
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Capo: 3.
From the wonderful Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards. Capo on 3.
The rhythm is pretty much a standard tango riff, in 4/4:
down rest rest down-up down rest down ring.
It is best suited for piano, but a guitar can do the trick as well.
If you find the strumming pattern too hard, you can leave out all short chords.
explanation:
D/U = down or upstroke for 1/8th
d/u = down or upstroke for 1/16th
- = rest for 1/8th
_ = ring for duration of strum before underscore
So in short: D--duD-D_
D#m6 = xx1312
Each 'chorus' ends with a riff like this:
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-2ph-/10-9-7r--|
E|---------------|
Intro:
Am E
D - - d u D - D _
Am E7
D - - d u D - - D (six times)
AmI like my AmtownE7 Amwith a little drop ofDm poisonA
Dm No-Ebody knows they're lining up to go in-Amsane E7
Am I'm all E7aloneAm, E7 Am I smoke my friends Dmdown to the filter
E But I feel much cleaner after it rainAms E7
Am And she Amleft in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
E7 Am Dm E E (riff)
She always had that little drop of poison
Am Did the Amdevil make the world while God Dmwas sleeping
E You'll never get a wish from a Ambone
Am Another wrong goodbye and a hunderd Dm sailors
E That deep blue sky is my Amhome
Am And she Amleft in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
E7 Am Dm E E (riff)
She always had that little drop of poison
-- a short break follows, and the song goes up half a step --
A#m And a A#mrat always knows when he's in withD#m6 weasels
E#7 Here you lose a little every A#mday
A#m Well, I remember when a million wasD#m a million
E# They all have ways to make you A#mpay
A#m And she A#mleft in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
D#m E# E# (no riff)
She always had that little drop of poison
A#m And she A#mleft in the fall, that's her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of D#mpoison E# E#
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-3p1h3-/11-10-8r--|
E|------------------|
Have fun!
Note: you can also play the song without capo. You can just transpose the song up three steps.
F#m6 then becomes: 2x1222.