Tom Waits - Cold Water Chords

Intro: A A A

          A                             .
   Well I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
            E                    A
   With the cold water, with the cold water
A                                .
   Woke up this mornin' with the cold water
            E                    A    A
   With the cold water, with the cold


            A                              .
   Well the police at the station and they don't look friendly
             E                              A
   Well they don't look friendly, well they don't look friendly
   A                              .
   Police at the station and they don't look friendly
             E                              A
   Well they don't look friendly, well they don't


D                     .
   Blind or crippled,   sharp or dull
       A                      .
   I'm reading the Bible by a forty watt bulb
D                      .
   What price freedom,   dirt is my rug
          A                          E
   Well I sleep like a baby with the snakes and the bugs


            A                        .
   Well the   stores are open, but I ain't got no money
          E                          A
   Well I ain't got no money, well I ain't got no money
A                        .
   Stores are open but I ain't got no money
          E                          A
   Well I ain't got no money, well I ain't


   A                        .
   Found an old dog, and he seems to like me
   E                         A
   Seems to like me, well he seems to like me
   A                       .
   Found an old dog and he seems to like me
        E                         A
   Well seems to like me, well he seems


D                             .
   Seen them fellows with the card board signs
A                                      .
   Scr*pin' up a little money to buy a bottle of wine
D                         .
   Pregnant women and the   Vietnam vets I say
   A                               E
   Beggin' on the freeway 'bout as hard as it gets


          A                                .
   Well I   slept in the graveyard, it was cool and still
   E                      A
   Cool and still, it was cool and still
A                                 .
   Slept in the graveyard, it was cool and still
   E                         A
   Cool and still and it was cool


D                         .
   Slept all night in the Cedar grove
         A               .
   I was born to ramble, born to rove
D                                 .
   Some men are searchin' for the   Holy Grail
             A                          E
   But there ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails


instrumental:
A A  /  E A  /  A A  /  E A
A A  /  E A  /  A A  /  E A


D                             .
   I look forty-seven but I'm   twenty-four
             A                            .
   Well they shooed me away from here the time before
D                              .
   Turned their backs and they locked their doors
                A                     E
   I'm watching TV in the window of a furniture store


              A                        .
   And I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
            E                    A
   With the cold water, with the cold water
     A                             .
   I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
            E                    A
   With the cold water, with the cold


             A                             .
   Oh well I woke up this mornin' with the cold water
   E                    A
   Cold water, with the cold water
A                                .
   Woke up this mornin' with the cold water
   E                    A
   Cold water, with the cold


Outro:
A A  /  E A  /  A A  /  E A