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Tuning: E A D G B E
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
t - right hand tap
x - play 'note' with heavy damping
<12>- harmonics (12th fret, in this case)
Intro:
e-----------------------------|-----------------------|
B-----------------------------|-----------------------|
G-----------------------------|-----------------------|
D---------2-------------------|----4------2--1--2-----|
A-------------2---------------|-----------------------|
E----0-------------3---2------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------5-4--3--2~~---|-----4--4--4--4\-------|
|---5-4--3-2------------------|------------------2----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
verse 1:
Em
e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-2----------------|
A|---------------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------|
Edna Millon in a drop dead suit
B7
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|-2--4-------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
Dutch pink in a downtown train
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|--------------------------------------4--4--2----|---|
|-------------------------------------x---------5-|-4-|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot
Em
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------|
I'm in the corner in the pouring rain
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------4-5--5--5-|-4~--------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
16 men on a deadman's chest
B7
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-2---------|
|-----------------------------------------|---5-4~----|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
And I've been drinking from a broken cup
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|-5-4-1----------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
Two pair of pants and a mohair vest
Em
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------2-0----|
|----------------------------------------0-2-3--------|
I'm full of bourbon, I can't stand up
Chorus:
Am Em
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-0----------------------------0-|s2-----------------|
E|-----------------------0--0-3---|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------------4--4--2--|--------|
|-------------------------------------------5|-2------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Am Em
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------0--|0s2----------------|
|-----------------------0--0-3----|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-----------------------------------7--7-7-5|--5b-----|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
verse 2:
Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head
And I've been stepping on the devil's tail
e|------------------------------------|---------------|
B|------------------------------------|---------------|
G|------------------------------------|---------------|
D|------------------------------------|---1-4---------|
A|------------------------------------|s2-----2-------|
E|------------------------------------|---------------|
Across the stripes of a full moon's head
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------4-3-4-3-4-3---|----------------|
|-----------------------------------6|-5--------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
Through the bars of a Cuban jail
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------5--5----|----------------|
|---------------------------------4--|----------------|
|-----------------------------------5|-4--------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
Bloody fingers on a purple knife
A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass
I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------------7|-7-7-7--|
|--------------------------------------------|--------|
Come admire the view from upon the top of the mast
Chorus:
Am Em
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-0--------------------2--2--0---|-------------------|
E|-------------------------------3|-s7----------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-----------------------------------4--2----------|---|
|-----------------------------------------5-4--2s-|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Am Em
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|-0------------------------------0|-2-----------------|
|-------------------------0--0-3--|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
Your house is on fire, your children...
Solo:
e|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|----------2-|4-----------4------|---------4-2~------|
D|---2--2-5---|--2--2-2--2---2-2--|--2--2-5-----------|
A|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
...are alone
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------1-0------|--5h4-5-4-0--5~5~~5~5~-5-----|
|--0---------------2----|-----------------------------|
|----4-2-1-----------4--|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----4----4----4-----4-4---3-4|3-4-3-4-3--------------|
|--2----2----2----2-----------|----------6-4-3--3-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------0------|-----|
|----------------|-0-1-0---------------0---0----|-----|
|----------------|-------2-0---------0-------0-0h2----|
|--------4---4---|-----------4-2-1-2------------|-----|
|-2--s6----------|------------------------------|-----|
|--------------7-|------------------------------|-----|
Chorus:
Am Em
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|0h2~----------------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-2-----------------|
E|----------------------------0-3-|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-----------------------------------------------0-|-0-|
|-----------------------------------------0-2-3---|---|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Am Em
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------2--2-2-2-|--1~-|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|----------------------------------------------0-|0h2-|
|---------------------------------------0--0-3---|----|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
verse 3:
e|----------------------------------------------|-----|
B|----------------------------------------------|-----|
G|--------------------------------------4-4-2---|-----|
D|--------------------------------------------5-|-2~--|
A|----------------------------------------------|-----|
E|----------------------------------------------|-----|
Yellow sheets in a Hong Kong bed
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|------------------0h2--------------------------|-----|
|----------------------0------------------------|-----|
|---------------------------------------------5-|5b---|
Stayzbo horn and a Singerland slide
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------------------------4-5-|--4~-|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
To the carnival is what she said
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|-2--|
|----------------------------------------------2-|----|
|------------------------------------------0-3---|----|
A hundred dollars makes it dark inside
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|------------------------------------------------|----|
|----------------------------------------1-------|-0--|
|-------------------------------------------2----|----|
|----------------------------------------------3-|----|
Edna Millon in a drop dead suit
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|---------------------------------------------1-|-4---|
|-2---------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
Dutch pink in a downtown train
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|---------------------------------------------4-|-4~--|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
Two dollar pistol, but the gun won't shoot
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-----------------------------------------------2-|-0-|
|----------------------------------------0--2-3---|---|
I'm in the corner in the pouring rain
Chorus:
Am Em
e|--------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------|
G|---------------------4-4--4-2---|-------------------|
D|------------------------------5-|-4-----------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------|-2-|
|----------------------------------------7/-/-5s2-|---|
Your house is on fire, your children are alone
Am Em
|--------------------------------------------------|--|
|--------------------------------------------------|--|
|--------------------------4-----------------------|--|
|----------------------------------5--5-----5------|--|
|-----------------------------5h6h7---5h6h7-5h6h7--|--|
|--------------------------------------------------|--|
Hey little bird, fly away home
B7 Em
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|---------|
|-------------------------------------0-3---|---------|
Your house is on fire, your children...
End/Solo:
e|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---4-4---4-4-4--4---4-|-4--4-4---4--2---------------|
D|----------------------|----------------5--4~~-------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|
...are alone
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------2~-----------|-----------------------||
|----------2--4------4--------|-----------------------||
|---4~--5---------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
Written by Tom Waits