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.
