Rosie Chords

....ROSIE... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*
 
 
*CAPO 1st FRET*
 
(Original Key: Eb)
 
 
Intro:
 
D  G (x3), E  A7, D, A  D
 
Verse 1:
 
          D              G           D          G
Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,
D         G              E        A7
 Nobody's up, except the moon and me.
      D        G            D        G
And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,
D            G             E  A7 D  G, D
 All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.
 
Chorus 1:
 
D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D   D/F# G, D  G  D
 Rosie...
 
Interlude:
 
D  G, E  A7, D
 
Verse 2:
 
    D          G   D        G
The moon's all up, full and big,
D        G          E      A7
 Apricot tips in an indigo sky.
       D          G                D         G
I been lovin' you Rosie, since the day I was born,
     D       G                E   A7 D   G, D
I'll love ya Rosie, 'till the day I  die.
 
Chorus 2:
 
D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D   D/F# G, D  G  D
 Rosie...
 
Interlude:
 
D  G (x3), E  A7
D  G (x3), E  A7, D, G  D
 
Chorus 3:
 
D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D   D/F# G, D  G  D
 Rosie...
 
Verse 2:
 
          D              G           D          G
Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,
D         G              E        A7
 Nobody's up, except the moon and me.
      D        G            D        G
And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,
D            G             E  A7 D  G, D
 All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.
 
Chorus 4:
 
D   D/F# G       D   G D
 Ro-sie,  why do you e-vade?
D   D/F# G        D G   D
 Ro-sie,  how can I pur-suade?
D   D/F# G, D  G  D
 Rosie...
 
Outro:
 
D  D/F#  G, D  G, D
 
 
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D       G       E       A7      A      D/F#
 
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  022100  x02223  x02220  2x0232
 
 
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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