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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- Back In The Good Old World
- Big Black Maria
- Black Wings
- Blue Skies
- Blue Valentines
- Burma Shave
- Cemetery Polka
- Cold Cold Ground
- Diamonds Ad Gold
- Dirt In The Groung
- Downtown Train
- Fall Of Troy
- Falling Down
- Fumblin' With The Blues
- Goin' Down Slow
- Green Grass
- Haang Down Your Head
- Hang Down Your Head
- Hang On St. Christopher
- Hold On
- How's It Gonna End?
- I Don't Wanna Grow Up
- I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
- I Want You
- I'll Shoot The Moon
- I'm Your Late Night Evening Prostitute
- In The Neighborhood
- Innocent When You Dream
- Jesus Gonna Be Here
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- Jockey Full Of Burbon
- Little Drop Of Poison
- Little Trip To Heaven
- Long Way Home
- Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again
- Lucinda
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- Martha
- Ol'55
- Old Shoes Picture Postcards
- Please Call Me Baby
- Poncho's Lament
- Rain Dogs
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- Shiver Me Timbers
- Singapore
- Soldiers Things
- Strange Weather
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- The Briar And The Rose
- The House Where Nobody Lives
- The Last Rose Of Summer
- The Piano Has Been Drinking (alternate Tuning)
- Time
- Yesterday Is Here
- I Hope I Don’t Fall In Love With You
- Johnsburg, Illinois
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- A Sight For Sore Eyes
- A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
- Alice
- Angels In Heaven
- Annies Back In Town
- Another Mans Vine
- Back In The Crowd
- Back In The Crowd And Talking At The Same Time
- Bad As Me
- Bad Liver And A Broken Heart
- Barcarolle
- Bend Down The Branches
- Better Off Without A Wife
- Big In Japan
- Black Market Baby
- Blind Love
- Bottom Of The World
- Broken Bicycles
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- Buzz Fledderjohn
- Chocolate Jesus
- Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
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- Coney Island Baby
- Dead And Lovely
- Dead Lovely
- Diamond In Your Mind
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- Dirt In The Ground
- Down Down Down
- Down There By The Train
- Downtown
- Drunk On The Moon
- Eggs And Sausage
- Everything You Can Think
- Everything You Can Think Of Is True
- Fannin Street
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- Flowers Grave
- Foreign Affair
- Franks Song
- Franks Theme
- Franks Wild Years
- Fumblin With The Blues
- Georgia Lee
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- Gods Away On Business
- Goin Out West
- Going Down Slow
- Good Old World Waltz
- Grapefruit Moon
- Gun Street Girl
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- Hoist That Rag
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- Hope I Dont Fall In Love With You
- House Where Nobody Lives
- Hows It Gonna End
- I Beg Your Pardon Dear
- I Cant Wait To Get Off Work
- I Dont Wanna Grow Up
- I Forgot More Than Youll Ever Know About Her
- I Hope That I Dont Fall In Love With You
- I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning
- I Never Talk To Strangers
- I Wish I Was In New Orleans
- Ice Cream Man
- If I Have To Go
- Ill Be Gone
- Ill Shoot The Moon Live
- Im Still Here
- Im Your Late Night Prostitute
- In Between Love
- Invitation To The Blues
- Its Over
- Jaynes Blue Wish
- Jersey Girl
- Johnsburg Illinois
- Johnsburg Illinois Guitaruke
- Just The Right Bullets
- Kentucky Avenue
- Kiss Me
- Kommienezuspadt
- Last Leaf
- Last Rose Of Summer
- Lie To Me
- Little Boy Blue
- Lonely
- Looks Like Im Up Shit Creek Again
- Louise Tell It To Me
- Low Down
- Lullaby
- Make It Rain
- Midnight Lullaby
- Miserys The River Of The World
- More Than Rain
- Mr Henry
- Never Let Go
- New Coat Of Paint
- New Years Eve
- No One Knows Im Gone
- Nobody
- Ol 55
- On The Nickel
- On The Nickle
- On The Road
- Paradise Alley
- Pay Me
- Piano Has Been Drinking
- Picture In A Frame
- Ponchos Lament
- Pony
- Poor Edward
- Purple Avenue
- Rainbow Sleeves
- Rains On Me
- Road To Peace
- Romeo Is Bleeding
- Rosie
- Rubys Arms
- San Diego Serenade
- Saving All My Love For You
- Sea Of Love
- Semi Suite
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- Sins Of My Father
- So It Goes
- Somewhere
- Somewhere From West Side Story
- Starving In The Belly Of A Whale
- Swordfishtrombone
- Table Tap Joe
- Take Care Of All My Children
- Take It With Me
- Take Me Home
- Take One Last Look
- Tango Till Theyre Sore
- Telephone Call From Istanbul
- Tell Me
- Temptation
- That Feel
- The Day After Tomorrow
- The Ghosts Of Saturday Night After Hours At Napoleones Pizza House
- The Heart Of Saturday Night
- The Part You Throw Away
- Til The Money Runs Out
- Tom Trauberts Blues
- Train Song
- Trampled Rose
- Underground
- Union Square
- Virginia Avenue
- Walk Away
- Walking Spanish
- Warm Beer And Cold Women
- Way Down In The Hole
- Whistle Down The Wind
- Whistlin Past The Graveyard
- Who Are You
- Widows Grove
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- Wrong Side Of The Road
- You Can Never Hold Back Spring
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From: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 16:07:57 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Nobody.crd
Nobody--Tom Waits
>From "Nighthawks At The Diner"
The song is in 4/4 and the tempo is played somewhat freely.
INTRO:
Arpeggio chords played by Tom on the piano.
A-----E(aug)------A------E(aug)
Verse 1:
A E(aug)
Nobody, Nobody,
A
Will ever love you,
E(aug)
The way I could love you,
A A7/G F#m
Cause Nobody, Nobody is that strong,
F#m F(aug)
Love is bitter sweet,
A/E A(flat 5th)/Eb
And life's treasures deep
B7
But no one can keep
E E(aug)
A love that's gone wrong
Chorus:
A E(aug)
Nobody, Nobody,
A C#7 D - - Dm
Will love you the way that I could,
A A7/G F#m
Cause Nobody's, Nobody's that strong,
E(aug) A
Cause Nobody's that strong.
Verse 2:
A E(aug)
Nobody, Nobody,
A
Will ever love you,
E(aug)
The way I could love you,
A A7/G F#m
Cause Nobody is that strong
F#m F(aug)
You've had many lovers,
A/E A(flat 5th)/Eb
You've had many others,
B7
But they'll only just break
E E(aug)
Your poor heart in two,
(repeat chorus and end)
CHORDS:
A E(aug) E A7/G F#m F(aug) A/E A(flat 5th)/Eb C#7 D Dm B7
e--0---0----0--0----2---1------0-------x----------x--2--1--2
b--2---1----0--2----2---2------2-------2----------2--3--3--0
G--2---1----1--2----2---2------2-------2----------4--2--2--2
D--2---2----2--2----4---3------2-------1----------3--0--0--1
A--0---x----2--0----4---x------x-------x----------4--x--x--2
E--x---x----0--3----2---x------x-------x----------x--x--x--x
The F#m, F(aug), A/E, and A(flat 5th)/Eb sequence is played with A
sort of moving bass down a 1/2 step each chord. As always questions
and comments are welcome.
Jeff Henscheid
[email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 16:07:57 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Nobody.crd
Nobody--Tom Waits
>From "Nighthawks At The Diner"
The song is in 4/4 and the tempo is played somewhat freely.
INTRO:
Arpeggio chords played by Tom on the piano.
A-----E(aug)------A------E(aug)
Verse 1:
A E(aug)
Nobody, Nobody,
A
Will ever love you,
E(aug)
The way I could love you,
A A7/G F#m
Cause Nobody, Nobody is that strong,
F#m F(aug)
Love is bitter sweet,
A/E A(flat 5th)/Eb
And life's treasures deep
B7
But no one can keep
E E(aug)
A love that's gone wrong
Chorus:
A E(aug)
Nobody, Nobody,
A C#7 D - - Dm
Will love you the way that I could,
A A7/G F#m
Cause Nobody's, Nobody's that strong,
E(aug) A
Cause Nobody's that strong.
Verse 2:
A E(aug)
Nobody, Nobody,
A
Will ever love you,
E(aug)
The way I could love you,
A A7/G F#m
Cause Nobody is that strong
F#m F(aug)
You've had many lovers,
A/E A(flat 5th)/Eb
You've had many others,
B7
But they'll only just break
E E(aug)
Your poor heart in two,
(repeat chorus and end)
CHORDS:
A E(aug) E A7/G F#m F(aug) A/E A(flat 5th)/Eb C#7 D Dm B7
e--0---0----0--0----2---1------0-------x----------x--2--1--2
b--2---1----0--2----2---2------2-------2----------2--3--3--0
G--2---1----1--2----2---2------2-------2----------4--2--2--2
D--2---2----2--2----4---3------2-------1----------3--0--0--1
A--0---x----2--0----4---x------x-------x----------4--x--x--2
E--x---x----0--3----2---x------x-------x----------x--x--x--x
The F#m, F(aug), A/E, and A(flat 5th)/Eb sequence is played with A
sort of moving bass down a 1/2 step each chord. As always questions
and comments are welcome.
Jeff Henscheid
[email protected]
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