Tom Waits - Lucinda Chords

If u holler n growl enough like Mr. Waits when you are playing
it sounds passable, as long as you don't play along with the track


           Am                   Am
Well they call me William The Pleaser
        Am                   E
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
          Am          C           Dm
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
           Am         E            Am
When the shadows get long I'll be dead
 
         Am                              Am
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
             Am                    E
Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone
        Am        C      Dm
I left Texas to follow Lucinda            
          Am         E        Am
Now I'll never see heaven or home

          Am                  Am
I made a wish on silver of moonlight
       Am                       E
A sly grin and a bowl full of stars
       Am         C         Dm
Like a kid who captures a firefly
               Am      E          Am
And leaves it only to die in the jar

      Am                        Am        
As I kick at the clouds at my hanging
      Am                  E
As I swing out over the crowd
         Am          C         Dm
I will search every face for Lucinda's
             Am          E           Am
And she will go off with me down to hell

    Am                         Am
I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
    Am                            E
The rain returned and so did the wind
              Am           C           Dm
I cast this burden on the God that's within me
         Am             E           Am 
I will leave this old world and go free

            D                   Am
The devil dances inside empty pockets
           D                  Am
But she did'nt want money or pearls
           D                  Am
No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda
      B                  E
She wasn't that kind of girl

           Am                    Am
Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda
          Am                       E
Whoever thought that hell'd be so cold
       Am          C            Dm
I did well for an old tin can sailor
          Am        E          Am
But she wanted the bell in my soul

       Am                   Am
I've spoken to God on the mountain
          Am                E
And I've swam in the Irish sea
       Am        C              Dm
I ate fire and drank from the Ganges
         Am              E       Am
And I'll beg there for mercy for me

    Am                          Am
I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
          Am                      E
The rain returned and so did the wind
         Am       C           Dm   
I was standing outside the Whitehorse
       Am       E         Am
Oh but I was afraid to go in

   Am                      Am
I heard someone pull the trigger
              Am                      E
Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again
             Am        C           Dm
There was a smear of gold in the window
         Am          E           Am
And then I was the jewel of her sin

      Am                   Am
They call me William The Pleaser
        Am                    E
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
          Am          C           Dm
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
           Am          E           Am
When the shadows get long I'll be dead

         Am                              Am
Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
             Am                    E
Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone
        Am        C      Dm
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
           Am        E        Am
Now I'll never see heaven or home
          Am         E       Am
No I'll never see heaven or home
          Am         E       Am
No I'll never see heaven or home