Capo: 1

....ROSIE... by Tom Waits ------------............. *from 'Closing Time' (1973)* *CAPO 1st FRET* (Original Key: Eb) Intro: D G (x3), E A7, D, A D Verse 1:

Well, I'm ^Dsittin' on the ^Gwindowsill, ^Dblowing my ^Ghorn, ^D Nobody's ^Gup, except the ^Emoon and ^A7me. And a ^Dlazy old ^Gtomcat, on a ^Dmidnight ^Gspree, D G E A7 D G, D All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 1:

^D Ro-^D/F#sie, ^G why do ^Dyou ^Ge-^Dvade? ^D Ro-^D/F#sie, ^G how can ^DI ^Gpur-^Dsuade? D D/F# G, D G D Rosie...

Interlude: D G, E A7, D Verse 2:

The ^Dmoon's all ^Gup, ^Dfull and ^Gbig, ^D Apricot ^Gtips in an ^Eindigo ^A7sky. I been ^Dlovin' you ^GRosie, since the ^Dday I was ^Gborn, D G E A7 D G, D I'll love ya Rosie, 'till the day I die.

Chorus 2:

^D Ro-^D/F#sie, ^G why do ^Dyou ^Ge-^Dvade? ^D Ro-^D/F#sie, ^G how can ^DI ^Gpur-^Dsuade? D D/F# G, D G D Rosie...

Interlude: D G (x3), E A7 D G (x3), E A7, D, G D Chorus 3:

^D Ro-^D/F#sie, ^G why do ^Dyou ^Ge-^Dvade? ^D Ro-^D/F#sie, ^G how can ^DI ^Gpur-^Dsuade? D D/F# G, D G D Rosie...

Verse 2:

Chorus 4:

^D Ro-^D/F#sie, ^G why do ^Dyou ^Ge-^Dvade? ^D Ro-^D/F#sie, ^G how can ^DI ^Gpur-^Dsuade? D D/F# G, D G D Rosie...

Outro: D D/F# G, D G, D CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- D G E A7 A D/F# EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0232 320003 022100 x02223 x02220 2x0232 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Tom Waits - Rosie