Tom Waits - Ol'55 Album: Closing Time (1973)
Standart Tuning
This tab is not 100% correct but it sound good for me.
You must know the rhytm of song. Enjoy !
Tabbed by Dlaby1
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Intro:
F# Bbm B F#
e --2--------4--2--1--1----------2--4--2--1--2-------2h4--6--4--2--1--2--|
B --2--2--------------2----2-----------------4--4---------------------2--|
G --3-----3-------------------3--------------4----4-------------------3--|
D -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A --------------------1----------------------2---------------------------|
E --2-----------------------------------------------------------------2--|
Verse:
F# Bbm B F#
e --------2--2--2--------------1--1--1-----------2--2--2-----------2----|
B --------2--2--2--4--2--------2--2--2--4--2--4--4--4--4--4--2--0--2----|
G --3--4--3--2--4--------3--4--3--3--3-----------4--4--4-----------3----|
D --------4--4--4--------------3--3--3-----------4--4--4-----------4----|
A --------4--4--4--------------1--1--1-----------2--2--2-----------4----|
E --------2--2-----------------1--1--------------2--2--------------2----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tom_waits/ol_55_tab.html ]
F# Bbm
Well my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly
B F#
Out to my ol' fifty-five
F# Bbm
As I pulled away slowly feelin' so holy
B C#
God knows I was feelin' alive.
Chorus :
F# Bbm B
And now the sun's comin' up
F# Bbm B
I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
F# Bbm B
Freeway cars and trucks
C# F#
Stars beginning to fade
C# F#
And I lead the parade
C# Ebm
Just a-wishin' I'd stayed a little longer
Ab C#
Lord don't you know the feelin's gettin' stronger.
Verse:
Six in the mornin' gave me no warnin'
I had to be on my way.
Now the cars are all passin' me, trucks are all flashin' me
I'm headed home from your place.
Chorus :
And now the sun's comin' up
I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
Freeway cars and trucks
Stars beginning to fade
And I lead the parade
Just a-wishin' I'd stayed a little longer
Lord don't you know the feelin's gettin' stronger.
Verse:
Well my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' fifty-five
As I pulled away slowly feelin' so holy
God knows I was feelin' alive.
Chorus
End chords F#,Bbm,B,F# fade out
You can always upgrade song with some fingerpick and
simple riffs, then it's sounds better.
