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Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis

by Tom Waits

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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Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
From Blue Valentines1977

Bb9: EADGHe: X10111
Bb/C: EADGHe: X3X331
Fadd9/A: EADGHe: X03213
C11: EADGHe: 033333

Intro: Gm Am7 Bb Bb/C

F A7
hey Charlie I'm pregnant
Bb9
and living on the 9th street
F A7
right above a dirty bookstore
Bb9
of euclid avenue
F A7
and I stopped takin dope
Bb9
and I quit drinkin whiskey
Gm7 F/A
and my old man plays the trombone
Bb9 Bb/C F C11 F
and works out at the track
F A7
and he says that he loves me
Bb9
even though its not his baby
F A7
and he says that he'll raise him up
Bb9
like he would his own son
F A7
and he gave me a ring
Dm7 F/Eb
that was worn by his mother
Bb9 Bb/C
and he takes me out dancin
Bb9 C11 F C11 F C11
every saturday night.
F A7
and hey Charlie I think about you
Bb9
everytime I pass a fillin station
F A7
on account of all the grease
Bb9
you used to wear in your hair
F A7
and I still have that record
Dm7 F/Eb
of little anthony & the Imperials
Bb9
but someone stole my record player
C11 F C11 F A7
now how do you like that?
Dm7 F/C
hey Charlie I almost went crazy
Gm7 Fadd9/A
after mario got busted
Bb9 Bb/C C7
so I went back to omaha to
F A7
live with my folks
Dm7 F/C
but everyone I used to know
Bb9
was either dead or in prison

Gm7 Fadd9/A
so I came back to Minneapolis
Bb9 Bb/C C7
this time I think i'm gonna stay.

F A7
hey Charlie I think I'm happy
Bb9
for the first time since my accident
F A7
and I wish I had all the money
Bb9
that we used to spend on dope
F A7
i'd buy me a used car lot
Dm7 F/Eb
and I wouldn't sell any of em
Bb9
i'd just drive a different car
C11 Bb9 C11
every day, dependin on how I feel
F C11 F C11

F A7
hey Charlie for chrissakes
Bb9
do you want to know the truth of it?
F A7
i don't have a husband
Bb9
he don't play the trombone
F A7
and I need to borrow money
Dm7
to pay this lawyer
F/Eb
Charlie, hey
Bb9
i'll be eligible for parole
C11 F
come valentines day

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"Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat,
never drive a car when you're dead" -Tom Waits