Don't Wait for Tom Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E][Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][E][Bm][Am]
[Dm][E][Am]
He's [E]got the

[Verse 1]
[Dm]hands of a [C]blind piano [Dm]player
He's got a [E]feel [Dm]for the dark
[Bm]like [Am]a soothsayer[Dm]
He [Am]takes a little [Dm]bow and tips his fedora
[Am]Shou[E]ts like he's gonna save[C]
Sodom and Gomor[Am]rah

[Verse 2]
Workin? for the [E]circus ex-railroad [Dm]bum
[Am]bum
[E]Carnival [Bm]barker for
[Am]kingdom dot [E]come
[Am]Dusty ol? [E]Gib[Dm]son,
opposable thum[Am]b
[E]Bangs out the rhythm on
a fifty gallon drum

[Verse 3]
don't [Am]wait [E]for Tom[Dm], Tom[Am]?s lo[E]ng gone,[Bm]
[E]he's [Am]already moved on
[E]Don't [Am]wait [E]for Tom[Dm]
[Am]I saw an ol? ?[E]55 Buick
just before the dawn
I [Am]said, [E]Hey, hey Tom[Dm], the[E] sun?s comin? up,[Bm]
you got your [Am]wipers [E]on

[Verse 4]
Are [Am]you tryna make it rain [Bdim]again?
[E]Are you tryna make it rain [Am]again?
Is it rainin? just around your [Bdim]bend?
[Bm]Are [E]you tryna make it rain again?

[Interlude 1]
[Am][E][C][Am]
[E][Dm][Am][E][Bm][Am]
[Dm][Am][E][Am][E]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Sittin? in a corner [Dm]with his
pet [Am]muskrat
[E]Tossin? his [Bm]cards into an [Am]old man?s h[E]at
He [Am]grins at the girls and
they [Dm]always grin [Am]back
He [E]bets an old waltz he could
get ?em in the sack

[Verse 6]
He [Am]makes his own music
from the [Dm]bell of a ?bone
[Am]A wa[E]itre[Bm]ss?s falsie and
a [Dm]railroad [E]phone
[Am]Bobs on his knees [E]to an [Dm]old tarant[Am]ella
[E]South of the border he stole it from a fella

[Verse 7]
Oh, don't [Am]wait [E]for Tom[Dm],
[Am]Tom?[E]s long gone[Bm]
He's [Am]already moved [E]on,
don't [Am]wait [E]for[Dm] Tom
I saw an [E]ol? ?55 Buick just before dawn
I said, [Am]Hey, [E]hey [Dm]Tom, the [E]sun?s comin? [Bm]up,
you [E]got your [Am]wipers [E]on

[Verse 8]
Are you [Am]tryna make it rain [Bdim]again?
[Bm]Are [E]you tryna make it rain a[Am]gain?
Is it rainin? just around your [Bdim]bend?
[E]Are you tryna make it rain [Am]again?[E]
[Am]His

[Verse 9]
triple jointed [E]juke fingers
[Dm]splay like a [Am]scarecrow
He [E]kneels down and whistles
to a [Am]fallen sparrow
His eyes light up [Dm]when
they wheel in a piano
[Am]He reads[E] a dirty joke out[Dm]
of an [E]old Baptist hymnal

[Verse 10]
He [Am]wears a tuxedo [E]made of
[Dm]sackcloth and [Am]ashes
Has a [E]tattoo of a [Bm]girl who can
[Am]bat her eyel[E]ashes
Down [Am]on the river he[Dm] was
fishin? with a [Am]sword
He [E]knocked off John the Baptist
for a word from the Lord

[Verse 11]
He [Am]takes his [C]coffee [Am]with the
[Dm]blood of [Am]a turnip
[E]Blushes his cheeks with an
[Am]Amsterdam tulip
Choppin? up a rooster
[Dm]for a pullet surprise
[Am]If the g[E]ravy don't getcha, he?ll getcha with his eyes,
[Am]don't[E][Dm][E][Bm][Am]
[E]wait[Am]
Hey [E]Tom,

[Verse 12]
[Dm]sun?[E]s comin? up,
you got your [Am]wipers on
[E]Don't [Am]wait for [Dm]Tom, [E]sun?s comin? up,
you got your [Am]wipers on
Hey Tom, oh, oh,
[E]Tom[Dm]

[Outro 1]
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