Chord/Tab song: Rosie

....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:

Well, I'm [D]sittin' on the [G]windowsill, [D]blowing my [G]horn,
[D] Nobody's [G]up, except the [E]moon and [A7]me.
And a [D]lazy old [G]tomcat, on a [D]midnight [G]spree,
D G E A7 D G, D
All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 1:

[D] Ro-[D/F#]sie, [G] why do [D]you [G]e-[D]vade?
[D] Ro-[D/F#]sie, [G] how can [D]I [G]pur-[D]suade?
D D/F# G, D G D
Rosie...

Interlude:

D G, E A7, D

Verse 2:

The [D]moon's all [G]up, [D]full and [G]big,
[D] Apricot [G]tips in an [E]indigo [A7]sky.
I been [D]lovin' you [G]Rosie, since the [D]day I was [G]born,
D G E A7 D G, D
I'll love ya Rosie, 'till the day I die.

Chorus 2:

[D] Ro-[D/F#]sie, [G] why do [D]you [G]e-[D]vade?
[D] Ro-[D/F#]sie, [G] how can [D]I [G]pur-[D]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] Ro-[D/F#]sie, [G] why do [D]you [G]e-[D]vade?
[D] Ro-[D/F#]sie, [G] how can [D]I [G]pur-[D]suade?
D D/F# G, D G D
Rosie...

Verse 2:

Well, I'm [D]sittin' on the [G]windowsill, [D]blowing my [G]horn,
[D] Nobody's [G]up, except the [E]moon and [A7]me.
And a [D]lazy old [G]tomcat, on a [D]midnight [G]spree,
D G E A7 D G, D
All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 4:

[D] Ro-[D/F#]sie, [G] why do [D]you [G]e-[D]vade?
[D] Ro-[D/F#]sie, [G] how can [D]I [G]pur-[D]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]xx0232 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]022100 [EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]2x0230

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)