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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Couldn't find this one anywhere... one of Tom's most depressing and emotive pieces, so here goes.
Bronx Lullabye / Smuggler's Waltz (Tom Waits)
AmE7 Daggers of moonlight AmE7 Murder the sheets DmG9Esus4/BE7 And the stink of a four dollar room AmE7 And Daddy's gone a hunting AmE7 For a dime bag schoolboy DmG9Esus4/BE7 Tied up with a yellow balloon
DmG7C? Am7 So hush little baby, Daddy must go DmG7Esus4E7 I'll cover you up with a blanket of snow AmE7 By the time I make Jersey AmD7 You'll be in heaven F7E7AmD7GC9FE7 (pause A beat) In a pretty blue shoe box I know
AmE7 So sing a song of ten grand AmE7 With a pocket full of dough DmG9Esus4/BE7 And I can't take you with me to Baltimore
AmE7 Wake God up in Heaven AmD7 Have him look down below F7E7 There's a little lost angel AmD7GC9FE7 Blooming... Am (& windup, ending on A) ...in the snow