On The Nickel Over There

Artist: Tom Waits (English)
User: Rex Ellsworth
Duration: 130 seconds
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[Verse]
 G                      D
Sticks and stones will break my bones,
 G                    D
But I always will be true,
 G                  D        D/C#   Bm
When your mama is dead and gone,
                Em               A7sus4 - A7
I'll sing this lullaby just for you,
 G                    D
So what becomes of little boys,
 G                   D
Who never say their prayers,
 G                            D Bm
Well they're sleepin' like a baby,
        Em7    A7   D
On the Nickel over there.
 
[Verse]
 G                  D
And if you chew tobacco,
 G                  D
And wish upon the star,
 G                                D   D/C#  Bm
Well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
                     Em                     A7sus4  A7
Man they look like punchlines between the cars,
 G                          D
And I know a place where a royal flush,
 G                D
Can never beat a pair,
 G                D     Bm
And even Thomas Jefferson,
           Em      A7   D
Is on the nickel over There.
 
[Verse]
 G                  D
So ring around the rosie,
 G                     D
You're sleepin in the rain,
 G                           D  Bm
And you're always late for supper,
            Em             A7
And man you let me down again,
 G                   D
I thought I heard a mocking bird,
 G                D
Roosevelt knows where,
 G                            D     Bm
They're whisteling past the grave yard
                    Em      A    D
And they're on the nickel over there.
 
[Verse]
 G                   D
So what becomes of little boys,
 G                  D
That run away from home,
 G                         D     Bm
Well the world keeps gettin' bigger,
 Em                     A7sus4  A7
Once you get out on your own,
 G                           D
So climb up thru that buttonhole,
 G                       D
And fall right up the stairs,
 G                         D        Bm
I'll show you where the short dogs go,
        Em       A7sus4  A7  D
On the nickel...over there.
 
 
[riff from Waltzing Matilda]
 
 D F#7 Bm G
 D Bm Em A
 D F#7 Bm G
 D Bm A D

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