Black Market Baby by Tom Waits, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Black Market Baby

Biography:

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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Intro: G# minor

The bassline moves chromatically from G# to F#, and then back again. So if you do
like this you can get it:

E|-4-4-4--4-4-4-|
B|-4-4-4--4-4-4-|
G|-4-4-4--4-4-4-|
D|-6-5-4--4-5-6-| (listen to the track for the rhythm)
A|-6-6-6--6-6-6-|
E|-4-4-4--4-4-4-|

But personally I don't bother since you need to strum it funny and it's hard to get
(but if you're playing this with a bassist, you're in the money).

G#m
She lives in a house
D#7
That's way back off the road
G#m
There's a man with a lantern
D#7
And he carries her soul
C#m
A coal stove and a bed
G#m
A skillet and a hound
C#m
She drove a camel through a needle
G#m
In this sinking board walk town
C#m
She's my Black Market Baby
G#m
She's my Black Market Baby
D#7
She's a diamond that
G#m
Wants to stay coal
Wants to stay coal

It doesn't really change for the rest. Listen to the tune for the exact moment of the
changes, since he sometimes sneaks a syllable or two before the new chord kicks in.

Enjoy!