Song: Jockey full of Bourbon
Artist: Tom Waits
Composer: Tom Waits
Album: Rain dogs
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
6th June 2016
Em = 022000 Am = x02210
Em/B = x22000 Am/E = 002210
B7/F# = 2x1202 Em/F# = 222000
B7 = x21202 Em/G = 322000
Emphasise the alternating bass notes
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[Intro]
Em Em/B B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/B
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[Verse 1]
Em Em/B Em Em/B
Edna Million in a drop-dead suit,
Em Em/B B7/F# B7
Dutch pink on a downtown train,
B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7
Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot,
B7/F# B7 Em Em/B
I'm in the corner in the pouring rain!
[Verse 2]
Em Em/B Em Em/B
Sixteen men on a deadman's chest,
Em Em/B B7/F# B7
And I've been drinking from a broken cup,
B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7
Two pair of pants, and a mohair vest,
B7/F# B7 Em Em/B
I'm full of Bourbon, I can't stand up!
[Chorus]
Am Am/E Am Em Em/B
Hey, little bird, fly away home,
Em B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/B Em
Your house is on fire, your children are a - lone,
Am Am/E Am Em Em/B
Hey, little bird, fly away home,
Em B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/B Em/G
Your house is on fire, your children are a - lone!
[Verse 3]
Em Em/B Em Em/B
Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgans head,
Em Em/B B7/F# B7
And I've been stepping on the devils tail,
B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7
Across the stripes of a full moon's head,
B7/F# B7 Em Em/B
Through the bars of a Cuban jail!
[Verse 4]
Em Em/B Em Em/B
Bloody fingers on a purple knife,
Em Em/B B7/F# B7
A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass,
B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7
I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife,
B7/F# B7 Em Em/B
Admire the view from up on top of the mast!
[Chorus]
Am Am/E Am Em Em/B
Hey, little bird, fly away home,
Em B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/B Em
Your house is on fire, your children are a - lone,
Am Am/E Am Em Em/B
Hey, little bird, fly away home,
Em B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/B Em
Your house is on fire, your children are a - lone!
[Break]
Em Em/B Em Em/B Em Em/B B7/F# B7
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B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/B
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[Chorus]
Am Am/E Am Em Em/B
Hey, little bird, fly away home,
Em B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/F# Em/G Em/B
Your house is on fire, your children are a - lone,
Am Am/E Am Em Em/B
Hey, little bird, fly away home,
Em B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/F# Em/G Em/B
Your house is on fire, your children are a - lone!
[Verse 5]
Em Em/B Em Em/B
Yellow sheets on a Hong Kong bed,
Em Em/B B7/F# B7
Stazybo horn, and a Slingerland ride,
B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7
'To the carnival!', is what she said,
B7/F# B7 Em Em/F# Em/G Em/B
A hundred dollars makes it dark in - side!
[Verse 6]
Em Em/B Em Em/B
Edna Million in a drop-dead suit,
Em Em/B B7/F# B7
Dutch pink on a downtown train,
B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7
Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot,
B7/F# B7 Em Em/F# Em/G Em/B
I'm in the corner in the pour - ing rain!
[Chorus]
Am Am/E Am Em Em/B
Hey, little bird, fly away home,
Em B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/F# Em/G Em/B
Your house is on fire, your children are a - lone,
Am Am/E Am Em Em/B
Hey, little bird, fly away home,
Em B7 B7/F# B7 Em Em/F# Em/G Em/B
Your house is on fire, your children are a - lone!
[Coda]
Em Em/B Em Em/B Em Em/B B7/F# B7
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B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7 B7/F# B7
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[Suggestion for ending - gradually slow down over these bars]
Em Em/F# Em/G Em/B Em
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