Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.
He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit 'n' sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation, novelists like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and poets like Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. Waits is often compared to Charles Bukowski, being similar both in content and lifestyle
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...LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN... by Tom Waits ---------------------------.............
*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: C#)
Intro:
Cmaj7Dm7, Em7G (x2), G7
Verse 1:
Cmaj7Dm7Em7GG7 Little trip to Heaven, on the wings of your love, Cmaj7Dm7Em7Ebm7 Banana moon is shining in the sky. Dm7G7Cmaj7C7 Feel like I'm in Heaven, when you're with me, Dm7FEAm Know that I'm in Heaven when you smile. Dm7G7 Though we're stuck here on the ground, Dm7G7 (Cmaj7) I got something that I found and it's you.
Interlude:
Cmaj7Dm7, FG, G7
Verse 2:
Cmaj7Dm7Em7GG7 And I don't have to take no trip to outer space, Cmaj7Dm7Em7Ebm7 All I have to do is look at your face. Dm7G7Cmaj7C7 And be-fore I know it, I'm in orbit a-round you, Dm7FEAm Thanking my lucky stars that I've found you. Dm7G7 When I see your constel-lation, Dm7G7 (Cmaj7) Honey, you're my inspi-ration and it's you.
Cmaj7Dm7Em7GG7 You're my north star, when I'm lost and feeling blue. Cmaj7Dm7 The sun is breaking through the clouds; Em7Ebm7 Don't you, don't you know it's true? Dm7G7Cmaj7C7 Honey, all the other stars seem dim a-round you, Dm7FEAm Thanking my lucky stars that I've found you. Dm7G7 When I see your smiling face, honey, Dm7G7 I know nothing ever going to take your place...
Coda:
Cmaj7Dm7Em7G And it's you... and it's you... Cmaj7Dm7Em7G And it's you... and it's you... Cmaj7Dm7Em7Ebm7 And it's you... and it's you... Dm7G7Cmaj7 And it's you and it's you, shoo-be-doo, ba-da-da.