Filipino Box Spring Hog Chords by Tom Waits
- Key: E
- BPM: 71
- Capo: no capo
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FILIPINO BOX SPRING HOG CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] E ■ I hung on to Mary's stump E I danced with a soldier's glee E With a rumsoaked crook and a big fat laugh E I spent my last dollar on thee E I saw Bill Bones I gave him a yell E Kehoe spiked the nog E With a chainlink fence and a scrapiron jaw [Chorus] E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog [Verse] E Spider rolled in from Hollister Burn E With a oneeyed stolen mare E Donned himself with chicken fat E Sawin' on a jawbone violin there E Kathleen was sittin' down in little Red's Recovery Room E In her criminal underwear bra E I was naked to the waist with my fierce black hound E And I'm cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog [Chorus] E Dig a big pit in a dirt alley road E Fill it with madrone and bay E Stinks like hell and the neighbors complain E Don't give a hoot what they say E Gotta slap that hog roll him over twice E Gotta baste him with a sweeping broom E You gotta swat them flies and chain up the dogs E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog [Verse] E Rattlesnake piccata with grapes and figs E Old brown Betty with a yellow wig E T'ain't the mince meat filagree E And it ain't the turkey neck stew [Chorus] E And it ain't them bruleed okra seeds E Though she made them especially for you E Worse won a prize for her bottom black pie E The beans got thrown to the dog E Jahesus Christ I can always make room E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog E Cookin' up a Filipino box spring hog