Alice Chords

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Difficulty:	advanced
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author LeoChord [a] 3,127. Last edit on Sep 4, 2020

Chords

C7-13/G

Caug

F7-13/C

A#m6

C-9

F#7/C

A#madd9

C#m6/C

A#m7

A#m

Fm7

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Artist: Tom Waits
Song:   Alice
Tabbed by: Leonid Solovyov (leosol@mail.ru) 31.10.2013
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[Chords]
C7-13/G 336353   Caug   032110
F7-13/C x31221   A#m6   x13023
C-9     x32323   F#7/C  x32322
A#madd9 143311   C#m6/C x32324
 
[Verse 1]
             A#m7          C7-13/G
  It's dreamy weather we're on
C7              Fm           F7-13/C
  You waved your crooked wand
F7          A#m7   A#m            C7
  Along an icy pond with a frozen moon
C-9           Fm         A#madd9 A#m7
  A murder of silhouette crows I saw
         A#m         C7-13/G
  And the tears on my face
C7                      A#m7
  And the skates on the pond
Caug         Fm    Fm7
  They spell Alice
 
[Verse 2]
A#m7                  C7-13/G
  I disappear in your name
C7             Fm         F7-13/C
  But you must wait for me
F7          A#m7
  Somewhere across the sea
A#m                   C7
  There's a wreck of a ship
C-9                 Fm           A#madd9 A#m7
  Your hair is like meadow grass on the tide
          A#m         C7-13/G
  And the raindrops on my window
C7                  A#m7
  And the ice in my drink
C7               A#m7     Caug
  Baby all I can think of     
Fm          Fm7
  Is Alice
 
[Verse 3]
A#m7                C7-13/G C7
  Arithmetic arithmetock
Fm                    F7-13/C F7
  Turn the hands back on the clock
A#m7                 C7-13/G C7
  How does the ocean rock the boat?
Fm                  F7-13/C F7
  How did the razor find my throat?
A#m7                    C7
  The only strings that hold me here
              A#m7          Caug
  Are tangled up around the pier
 
[Verse 4]
           A#m7        C7-13/G
  And so a secret kiss
         C7      Fm            F7-13/C
  Brings madness with the bliss
F7           A#m7
  And I will think of this
A#m                   C7-13/G
  When I'm dead in my grave
C7       Fm             A#m6   A#m7
  Set me adrift and I'm lost over there
                C7-13/G
  And I must be insane
C7                      A#m7
  To go skating on your name
C7                  A#m7
  And by tracing it twice
C7                  A#m7
  I fell through the ice
C7   Fm    Fm7
  Of Alice
 
[Interlude]
A#m7 | C7-13/G C7 | Fm | F7-13/C F7
A#m7 | A#m | C7 | C-9 | Fm | A#madd9
A#m7 | Caug
 
[Verse 5]
           A#m7       C7-13/G
  And so a secret kiss
         C7      Fm            F7-13/C
  Brings madness with the bliss
F7           A#m7
  And I will think of this
A#m                   C7-13/G
  When I'm dead in my grave
C7       Fm             A#madd9   A#m7
  Set me adrift and I'm lost over there
                C7-13/G
  And I must be insane
C7                      A#m7
  To go skating on your name
C7                  A#m7
  And by tracing it twice
C7                  A#m7 F#7/C C-9
  I fell through the ice
     Fm    A#m7
  Of Alice
         C#m6/C Fm
  There's only  Alice
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7 comments

Wonderful chord transcription! 👍👍

Not so sure about this one... It's different from Version 1 in that this can be played without a capo and still be in the original key. But it's more difficult to play using some of these fingerings and there are some that just don't sound right to me. Could you give us a bit more insight, Leo?

As an one who shamelessly obsessive over Tom Waits, this is pretty spot on. Thanks for this.