29.00 Chords by Tom Waits

[Start]

[Intro]
E A7 C#m7 D E D E E7
■ ■  ■    ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 
A7 D E A7 E7 G#m F#7 B
■  ■ ■ ■  ■  ■   ■   ■
E7 A7 E E7 B7 E7
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[Verse]
             A7       Dsus4 D#7 E
Little black girl red dress ■   ■
          E                 
Hot night with a broken shoe
E7     E A7                F7 E7 Bm7                    
Little ■ ■  black girl you ■  ■  shoulda never left home
E7                       G#m7                    
There's probably someone still waitin' up for you
C#m7 F#7 C#m7         F#7    
It's ■   cold back in Chicago
B7                                         E7
■  Los Angeles it's worse when all you got is
               A7 E7                
Twentynine and an ■  alligator purse
  B7  E7                     A7       
I see ■  that vulture in the Fleetwood
C#maj7     Dsus4 E7 E                  C#7     
Chartreuse hood  ■  trying to get your bearings
                                  E7   A7
Say Hey baby which way's the main stem ■ 
                   A7         
Where ever you say you're from
      A7                          
He'll say he grew up there himself
   E       B                        
He ■ gonna come on and make you feel


[Chorus]
                                    E   F#7
Like you grew up right next door to him ■  
F#7                 
Take left on Central
     B7                     
Gon' ■  throws it in reverse
               E7                A7 E7           B7   
All you got is ■  twentynine and an ■  alligator purse


[Verse]
E7 E              D        
■  Come on like a gentleman
            D                    
Oh babe you gonna be a little shy
                          E         
Say your ex old man was a sax player
                                     E7  A7
He says Baby I used to play bass for Sly ■ 
        A7               
Say you like his Cadillac
Em7  A7                         
Says ■  Honey I got two or three


[Chorus]
E E7                              
■ Sweetheart you're sure fortunate
G#m7     G#m        
That you ran into me
       G#m7 F#m7   C#m7             
You've done ■    a dime in the joint
F#7        B7                       
You figure ■  nothin' could be worse
E7                A7 E7              B7
■  Twentynine and an alligator purse ■ 


[Verse]
E7 D                          E7
■  Pharaoh on the eight track ■ 
A7                          D  
■  You start smokin' little boo
E7                                              
■  Thinkin' gettin' out of Chicago is just about
                      Em7                 
The best thing that's ever happened to you
A7                                        
■  He's starting like a [Incomprehensible]
         G             F#m7
This cat ■ seems to be cool
E7         E                          
■  He says Baby I know a good ol' deal
                      G#m7      Bmaj7          E   F#7
Out in West Hollywood ■    he's just right for you ■  


[Chorus]
F#7                       
He ain't no good Samaritan
   B7                               
He ■  gon' make sure he's reimbursed
         E7              A7  E                 
Lot more than twentynine and an alligator purse


[Solo]
B7 E7 A7 E7 A7 Dsus4 F#7 E7
■  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■     ■   ■ 
G#m G#m7 F#7 B7 E7 A7 E E7
■   ■    ■   ■  ■  ■  ■ ■ 
B7 E7 E
■  ■  ■


[Verse]
                         D      C#7  A
Now when the streets get hungry baby ■
C#maj7               Dsus4
You almost hear them growl
Dsus4                            
Someone's setting a place for you
         E                 
When the dogs begin to howl
     A7                     
Well ■  the streets are dead
              G                                    
They creep up and down when it was left on the pole
E7                              E       
■  Remember suckers always make mistakes
             G#m7 G#m       G#m7 G#m C#7
When they're far  away from home ■   ■  
F#7                 
■   Chicken in a pot


[Chorus]
B7                         
■  Whoever gets there first
          E7                
Gonna get himself twentynine
A7     E7              B7
And an alligator purse ■ 


[Verse]
E         E7             D        E7
■ Now the sirens just an epilogue ■ 
A7               G                         E7
■  The cops here always get there too late ■ 
                D     
Always stop for coffee
              E7                     A7
On the way to the scene of the crime ■ 
A7                     
They always try so hard
A7                   
Just like movie stars
E                               
■ But they couldn't catch a cold
           G#m7  G#m  C#m7 G#m
Baby don't waste your dime ■  


[Chorus]
F#7             B7   
■   Lucky to be alive
           B7                    
The doctor whispered to the nurse
         E7                       
She only lost a half pint of blood
A7             E    E7             
twentynine and ■ an alligator purse


[Solo]
B7 E7 Am7 E7 D E7 A7 F#7
■  ■  ■   ■  ■ ■  ■  ■  
E D#m G#m7 B7 F#7 B7 E7 A7
■ ■   ■    ■  ■   ■  ■  ■ 
E7 B7 E7 D E7 A7 E7 A7
■  ■  ■  ■ ■  ■  ■  ■ 


[Outro]
A7 E7 E G#m G#m F#7
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[End]