Telephone Call From Istanbul Tom Waits
(The FWY version is either a 1/2 step up or down, i can't remember,
this one is in the key of Fm)
the chords:
Verse Chorus
Fm Bbm C Bbm7 Eb Ab Bbm* C Fm* e --x-- --6-- --x-- --6-- --x-- --x-- --9-- --8-- --8-- B --9-- --6-- --8-- --6-- --6-- --9-- -11-- --8-- --9-- G -10-- --6-- --9-- --6-- --8-- --8-- -10-- --9-- -10-- D -10-- --8-- -10-- --6-- --8-- -10-- -11-- -10-- -10-- A --8-- --8-- -10-- --x-- --8-- -11-- --x-- -10-- --8-- E --x-- --6-- --x-- --6-- --x-- --x-- --x-- --8-- --8-- T
i like to play the verse chords with as many fingers as i can. (does
that make any sense?) i think it allows for a more controled muting.
it also sounds good to barre them. of course it also sounds goo to playy
the bass part of the verses.
it goes like this:
Fm Bbm C Fm
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|D|------------------|-------3-------3-|-------5-------5-|------------------|A|-------3--------3-|-1-3/4---1-3/4---|-3-5/7---3-5/7---|-------3--------3-|E|-1-3/4----1-3/4---|-----------------|-----------------|-1-3/4----1-3/4---|
repeat that a couple times
(words: [Fm]all night long on the broken glass
[Bbm]living in a medicine chest
[C]mediteromainian hotel back
[Fm]sprawled across a roll top desk.
etc...)
the chorus is like this:
[Bbm7]sell me one of those if i shave my head
[Eb]get me out of town is what fire ball said
[Ab]never trust a man in a blue trench coat
[Ab]never drive a car when you're dead
[Bm*]Saturday's a festival, Friday's a gem
[C]dye your hair yellow and raise your hem
[Fm*]follow me to Beulah's on dry creek road
[Fm*]i just got to wear the dress that my baby done sowed
for the last two Fm chords, i like to play this:
(these are straight quarter notes)
Fm* Fm*e|---------------------------|-----------------B|---------------------------|-----------------G|-10--10--9--9--8--8--7--7--|--6--6--5--5--4--- now solo over the verseD|-10--10--9--9--8--8--7--7--|--6--6--5--5--4--- chords: Fm, Bbm, C, FmA|---------------------------|-----------------E|---------------------------|----------------
i guess that's about everything...
have fun jamming, this is a wonderful song to improvise over.
any questions,comments,corrections,flames,stories,points of view or otherwise
please write:
Todd Olsen
