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Cold Water Chords

Music by: Tom Waits
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[Verse 1]
[G]Well, I woke up this morning
with the cold water
With the [D]cold wa[G]ter,
with the cold [D]water[G]
Woke up this morning with the cold water
With the [D]cold wa[G]ter, with the cold

[Verse 2]
[G]
Well, the police at the station and
they don't look friendly
Well, they [D]don't look [G]friendly,
well they don't look friendly
Police at the station and they
don't look friendly
Well, they [D]don't look friendly,
[G]well they don't

[Verse 3]
[C]Blind or crippled, sharp or dull
I'm [G]reading the Bible by
a forty-watt bulb
bulb
[C]What price freedom, dirt is my rug
Well, I [G]sleep like a [C]baby with
[G]the snakes and the [D]bugs
Well, [G]I

[Verse 4]
Stores are open but I [G]ain't got no money
Well, I [D]ain't got no money,
well [G]I ain't got no money
Stores [D]are open [G]but I ain't got no money
Well, I ain't got no money,
[D]well, [G]I ain't

[Verse 5]
[G]Found an old dog and he
seems to like me
[D]Seems to like me,
well, he [G]seems to [D]like me
[G]Found an old dog and he
seems to like me
Well, he [D]seems to like me, well, he [G]seems

[Verse 6]
[C]Seen them fellows with the cardboard signs
[G]Scrapin' up a little money
to buy a bottle of wine
[C]Pregnant women and the Vietnam vets
I say [G]beggin' on the freeway
'bout as hard [C]as it [D]gets
Well, [G]I

[Verse 7]
slept in the graveyard,
it was cool and still
[D]Cool and still, it was [G]cool and still
Slept in the graveyard, it was cool and still
[D]Cool and still and [G]it was cool

[Verse 8]
[C]Slept all night in a Cedar grove
I was [G]born to ramble, born to rove
[C]Some men are searchin'
for the Holy Grail
[Em]But there [G]ain't nothin' sweeter than

[Interlude 1]
ridin' the rails
[G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G]
[D][G]
[D][G]

[Verse 9]
[C]I look forty-seven but but
I'm twenty-four
Well, Well, [G]they shooed me away
from here the time [C]before
Turned their backs and they
locked their doors
I'm watchin' [G]TV in the
window [C]of a [G]furniture [Em]store
[D]And I woke

[Verse 10]
[G]up this morning
[D]with the col[G]d water
With the [D]cold water, with [G]the cold water
I woke up this morning with the cold water
With the [D]cold wa[G]ter, with [D]the [G]cold

[Verse 11]
Well I [G]woke up this morning
with the cold water
[D]Cold wa[G]ter, with the cold [D]water[G]
Woke up this [D]morning with the [G]cold water
[D]Cold water, [G]with the [C]cold[G]

[Outro 1]
[G][D][G]
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