Tom Waits – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis chords

Christmas Card From a Hooker In Minneapolis - Tom Waits

Intro:
F#, Bb, B x3
Abm, Bb, B


F#                    Bb    hey Charley I'm pregnant
Band living on 9th street
F#                Bb    right above a dirty bookstore
B off Euclid avenue
F#                       Bb   and I stopped taking dope
    Band I quit drinking whiskey
       Abm                 Bbmand my old man plays the trombone
    B        Dbm         F#and works out   at the track.


F#                     Bb   and he says that he loves me
B  even though its not his baby
F#                        Bb   and he says that he'll raise him up
      Blike he would his own son
F#                   Bb    and he gave me a ring
         Ebm that was worn by his mother
   B                 Dband he takes me out dancin
     B     Dbm    F#every saturday night.



F#                   Bb   and hey Charley I think about you
B   everytime I pass a fillin' station
F#                         Bb   on account of all the grease
   Byou'd wear in your hair
F#                           Bb     and I still have that record
    Ebm                   F#of little anthony & the imperials
   Bbut someone stole my record player
Dbm                F#       Bb  how do you like that?


Ebm               Dbm    hey Charley I almost went crazy
Abm               Dbm  after mario got busted
B                   Db  so I went back to Omaha to
F#            Bblive with my folks
Ebm               Db   but everyone I used to know
             B  was either dead or in prison
Abm            Bbm came back to Minneapolis
     Bthis time I think I'm gonna stay.



F#                      Bb   hey Charley I think I'm happy
B   for the first time since my accident
F#                   Bb    and I wish I had all the money
           Bthat we used to spend on dope
F#                  Bb  I'd buy me a used car lot
      Ebmand I wouldn't sell any of em
         B                  DbI'd just drive a different car every day 
  B        Dbdependin on how
     F#I feel.



F#            Bb   hey Charley for chrissakes
B   do you want to know the truth of it?
F#            Bb  I don't have a husband
B he don't play the trombone
F#                     Bb   and I need to borrow money
  Ebmto pay this lawyer
       F#and Charley, hey
         BI'll be eligible for parole
                 F#come valentines day.