Over The Rhine - Dont Wait For Tom Chords

[Intro]
 
Cm Fm G Cm
Cm Fm G Cm
 
 
[Verse]
 
             Cm                     Fm
He's got the hands of a blind piano player
           G                        Cm
He's got a feel for the dark like a soothsayer
   Cm                     Fm
He takes a little bow and tips his fedora
G                           Cm
Shouts like he's gonna save Sodom and Gomorrah
Cm                         Fm
Workin' for the circus, ex-railroad bum
G                   Cm
Carnival barker for kingdom dot come
Cm                 Fm
Dusty ol' Gibson opposable thumb
G
Bangs out the rhythm on a 50-gallon drum
 
 
[Chorus]
 
      Cm       Fm
Don't wait for Tom
G
Tom's long gone
     Cm
He's already moved on
      Cm       Fm
Don't wait for Tom
         G
I saw an ol' 55 Buick just before dawn
        Cm       Fm
I said, Hey, hey Tom
    G
The sun's comin' up
             Cm
You got your wipers on
                            Dm7b5
Are you tryna make it rain again?
        G                   Cm
Are you tryna make it rain again?
                               Dm7b5
Is it rainin' just around your bend?
        G                   Cm
Are you tryna make it rain again?
 
 
[Interlude]
 
Cm Fm G Cm
Cm Fm G Cm
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Cm                           Fm
Sittin' in a corner with his pet muskrat
G                         Cm
Tossin' his cards into an old man's hat
   Cm                          Fm
He grins at the girls and they always grin back
   G
He bets an old waltz he could get 'em in the sack
   Cm                           Fm
He makes his own music from the bell of a 'bone
  G                       Cm
A waitress's falsie and a railroad phone
                        Fm
Bobs on his knees to an old tarantella
G
South of the border he stole it from a fella
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
      Cm       Fm
Don't wait for Tom
G
Tom's long gone
     Cm
He's already moved on
      Cm       Fm
Don't wait for Tom
         G
I saw an ol' 55 Buick just before dawn
        Cm       Fm
I said, Hey, hey Tom
    G
The sun's comin' up
             Cm
You got your wipers on
                            Dm7b5
Are you tryna make it rain again?
        G                   Cm
Are you tryna make it rain again?
                               Dm7b5
Is it rainin' just around your bend?
        G                   Cm
Are you tryna make it rain again?
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
    Cm                          Fm
His triple-jointed juke fingers splay like a scarecrow
   G                             Cm
He kneels down and whistles to a fallen sparrow
    Cm                      Fm
His eyes light up when they wheel in a piano
   G
He reads a dirty joke out of an old Baptist hymnal
   Cm                     Fm
He wears a tuxedo made of sackcloth and ashes
      G                        Cm
Has a tattoo of a girl who can bat her eyelashes
Cm                       Fm
Down on the river he was fishin' with a sword
   G
He knocked off John the Baptist for a word from the Lord
   Cm                        Fm
He takes his coffee with the blood of a turnip
G                          Cm
Blushes his cheeks with an Amsterdam tulip
Cm                          Fm
Choppin' up a rooster for a pullet surprise
       G
If the gravy don't getcha he'll getcha with his eyes
 
 
[Coda]
 
      Cm  Fm G Cm
Don't wait
    Cm  Fm
Hey Tom
    G
The sun's comin' up
             Cm
You got your wipers on
      Cm       Fm
Don't wait for Tom
    G
The sun's comin' up
             Cm
You got your wipers on
      Cm Fm G Cm
Hey Tom