Kentucky Avenue Chords by Tom Waits

[Start]

[Intro]
C#m7 D C#m7 A D A D D
■    ■ ■    ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
A Amaj7 A D C#m7
■ ■     ■ ■ ■   
                   D                                  
Eddie Graces Buick ■ got four bullet holes in the side


[Verse]
C#m7             A                             D          E7  
■    And Charlie Delisle sittin' at the top of an avocado tree
A                                          D                    Bm7
Mrs Stormll stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn ■  
A                                           Bm7             E7
■ I got a half pack of Lucky Strikes man so come along with me
A                     Bm7                      A                           
Lets fill our pockets with macadamia nuts then go over to Bobby Goodmansons
    Bm7      E7     A                                    Bm7                    
And jump off ■  the roof Hilda plays strip poker and her mamas across the street
C#m7 A                              Bm7           E7   
■    Joey Navinski says she put her tongue in his mouth
E     A                           D        C#7                              F#m7 B7         
Dicky Faulkners got a switchblade and some gooseneck risers that eucalyptus is   a hunchback
          Bm7                    E7
There's a wind up from the south ■ 
       A                                            Bm7                 D    Bm7
So let me tie you up with kite string and I'll show you the scabs on my knee ■  
A                                                          Bm7                 E7
Watch out for the broken glass put your shoes and socks on and come along with me
A                          
Lets follow that fire truck
             Bm7                  
I think your house is burnin' down
        A                      
Then go down to the hobo jungle
              Bm7                 E7    
And kill some rattlesnakes with a trowel
A                   C#m7       Bm7                   
We'll break all the windows in the old Anderson place
A                                
And steal a bunch of boysenberrys
    Bm7              E7  
And smear 'em on our face
           A                         
I'll get a dollar from my mamas purse
        Bm7                           
And buy that skull and crossbones ring
C#m7 A                                   
■    And you can wear it around your neck
Bm7                E7    
On an old piece of string
A                               
Then we'll spit on Ronnie Arnold
Bm7                  
And flip him the bird
D   Bm7 A                                
And ■   slash the tires on the school bus
Bm7             E    E7
Now don't say a word ■ 
A                 C#m7
I'll take a rusty nail
    Bm7                            
And scratch your initials on my arm
    C#m7                                 E    A        Bm7       E
And I'll show you how to sneak up on the roof ■ of the drugstore ■
E7 A                         C#m7 A         
■  I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair
D                    
■ And a magpies wings
A                                  Bm7      E7  
And I'll tie 'em to your shoulders and your feet


[Chorus]
A                               
I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad
D                               
And cut the braces off your legs
A                             Bm7    E7       
■ And we'll bury them tonight in the cornfield
      A                  C#m7  
Put a church key in your pocket
A     D                                 
We'll hop that freight train in the hall
                A                    C#m7  A Bm7
And we'll slide all the way down the drain ■ ■  
E7             E          
To New Orleans in the fall


[Outro]
A Bm7 D Bm7 A Bm7 A Amaj7
■ ■   ■ ■   ■ ■   ■ ■    
A D A
■ ■ ■


[End]