>>Tom Waits
>>"Coney Island Baby"
Gosh all the chords online suck for this song.
Okay so there's a key change, the first part of the song is in Eb major, the second in F major.
These are the chords you need to know:
First part:
Eb
|-6----
|---8--
|---8--
|---8--
|-6----
|X-----
Bb7
|-6---
|-6---
|--7--
|-6---
|---8-
|-6---
Ab
|-4---
|-4---
|--5--
|---6-
|---6-
|-4---
Second part:
F
|-8----|
|---10-|
|---10-|
|---10-|
|-8----|
|X
C7
|-8---
|-8---
|--9--
|-8---
|---10-
|-8---
Bb
|-6---
|-6---
|--7--
|---8-
|---8-
|-6---
((I learned to play this song on the ukulele, I chose these chord positions based on how
I also choose to play the ukulele. I've also tried out the song on the guitar in these
chord positions, and it sounds dandy! It makes the key change visually apparent, and
allows for quick, fluid movement along the fret board. If you feel like changing the chord
positions, feel free! These made the most sense to me.))
It's in 3/4 timing, a waltz.
Bb7 Eb Bb7 Eb
Eb Bb7
Every night she comes
Eb
To take me out to dreamland
Bb7 Eb
When I'm with her I'm the richest man in the town
Bb7
She's a rose, She's a pearl
Eb
She's the spin on my world
Bb7 Eb
All the stars make their wishes on her eyes
Ab
She's my Coney Island baby
Eb Bb7 Eb
She's my Coney Island girl
Bb7 Eb
She's a princess, in a red dress
Ab Eb
She's the moon in the mist to me
Ab
She's my Coney Island baby
Eb Bb7 Eb
She's my Coney Island girl
[[KEY CHANGE TO F]]
In this in between part: strum, pick, do your thing, w.e.
Play along with the same pacing as you would as if the words were being sung up until
after the first "Coney Island Girl", then go back to the beginning and play it from the
top in the new key:
F C7
Every night she comes
F
To take me out to dreamland
C7 F
When I'm with her I'm the richest man in the town
C7
She's a rose, She's a pearl
F
She's the spin on my world
C7 F
All the stars make their wishes on her eyes
Bb
She's my Coney Island baby
F C7 F
She's my Coney Island girl
C7 F
She's a princess, in a red dress
Bb F
She's the moon in the mist to me
Bb
She's my Coney Island baby
F C7 F
She's my Coney Island girl
Bb
She's my Coney Island baby
F C7 F
She's my Coney Island girl
