WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombone Chords | Ver. 2
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[Verse 1]
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Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head,
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And modified Brougham De - Ville,
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And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings,
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And a mad dog that wouldn't sit still!
[Verse 2]
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Went and took up with a Sal - vation Army Band girl,
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Who played 'Dirty water' from a sword -fish - trom - bone,
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He went to sleep at the bot - tom of Ten - killer Lake,
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And he said, "Gee, but it's great to be home!"
[Verse 3]
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Well, he came home from the war, with a party in his head,
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And an idea for a fireworks dis - play,
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And he knew that he'd be ready with a stainless steel ma - chete,
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And a half a pint of Ballentine's each day!
[Verse 4]
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Then he holed up in room a - bove a hardware store,
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Crying nothing there, but Hol - ly - wood tears,
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And he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl,
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And stayed like that for twenty-seven years!
[Verse 5]
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He'd packed up all his expect - ations,
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He lit out for Cali - fornia,
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With a flyswatter banjo on his knee,
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With 'Lucky Tiger' in his angel hair,
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And benzedrine for getting there,
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They found him in a eucalyptus tree!
[Verse 6]
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Lieutenant got him a cana - ry bird,
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And skanked her head with eve - ry word,
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And Chesterfielded moon - beams in a song,
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And he got 20 years for lovin' her,
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From some Oklahoma Gover - nor,
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Said, everything this doughboy does is wrong!
[Verse 7]
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Now, some say he's doing 'The o - bitu - ary mambo',
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Now, some say he's hangin' on the wall,
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Perhaps, this yarn's the only thing...
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...That holds this man to - gether,
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Some say that he was never here at all!
[Verse 8]
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Some say they saw him down in Birmingham,
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Sleeping in a box - car going by,
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And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale,
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I swear to God, you'd have to tell a lie!
[Coda]
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