Whistling Past The Graveyard (CHORDS) by Tom Waits

[Chorus]~
  G7                   F#7


[Verse 1]~
Bm                                    Bm
Well I come in on a night train With an arm full of box cars

Bm                                    Bm
On the wings of a magpie Cross a hooligan night

Bm                                    Bm
And I busted up a chifforobe Way out by the cocomo

Bm                                    Bm
Cooked up a mess a mulligan And got into a fight


[Chorus]~
G7                               F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack

     G7                             F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack


[Verse 2]~
Bm                                    Bm
You've probably seen me sleepin Out by the railroad tracks

Bm                                        Bm
Go on and ask the prince of darkness What about all that smoke come from the stack

Bm                                    Bm
Sometimes I kill myself a jacket suck out all the blood

Bm                                    Bm
Steal myself a station wagon Drive it through the mud


[Chorus]~
G7                               F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack

     G7                             F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack


[Verse 3]~
Bm                                    Bm
I know you seen my headlights And the honkin' of my horn

Bm                                    Bm
I'm callin' out my bloodhounds Chase the devil through the corn

Bm                                       Bm
Last night I chugged the Mississippi Now that sucker's dry as a bone

Bm                             Bm
Born in a taxi cab I'm never comin' home


[Chorus]~
G7                               F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack

     G7                             F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack


[Verse 4]~
Bm                                    Bm
My eyes have seen the glory Of the draining of the ditch

Bm                                    Bm
I only come to baton rouge To find myself a witch

Bm                                            Bm
I'm-ona snatch me up a couple of 'em every time it rains

Bm                                    Bm
You see a locomotive prob'ly thinkin' it's a train


[Chorus]~
G7                               F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack

     G7                             F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack


[Verse 5]~
Bm                                    Bm
What you think is the sunshine Is just a twinkle in my eye

Bm                                             Bm
That ring around my fingers it's just the 4th of July

Bm                                            Bm
When I get a little bit lonesome And a tear falls from my cheek

Bm                                    Bm
There's gonna be an ocean in the mid - dle of the week


[Chorus]~
G7                               F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack

     G7                             F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack


[Verse 6]~
Bm                                    Bm
I rode into town on a night train with an arm full of box cars

Bm                                    Bm
On the wings of a magpie cross a hooligan night

Bm                                    Bm
I'ma tear me off a rainbow and wear it for a tie

Bm                                       Bm
I never told the truth so I can never tell a lie


[Chorus]~
G7                               F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack

     G7                             F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack