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From: HENSCHJ5753@uni.edu
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:09:40 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Tom Waits_On the Nickel

On the Nickle--Tom Waits

>From "Heartattack and Vine

Starts in the key of F# major:
Intro:
         B        F#        B        F#        B       F#  D#m
e-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|
b-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|
G-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|
D-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|
A---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|
E-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|

  G#m  C#   F#
e----------|-----||
b----------|-----||
G----------|-----||
D-8------6-|-----||
A---9--9---|9----||
E----------|-----||

Verse 1:
B                     F#
Stick ...
B                    F#
But ..
B                     F#       D#m
And ..
               G#m              C#(sus4)--C#
I'll ..
B                           F#
And ..
B                    F#
Who ..
B            G#(major)    F#         D#m
Well ..
       G#m    C#   F#
On ...


Verse 2:
B                     F#
So ..
B                      F#
There ..
B                       F#   D#m
And ..
            G#m              C#(sus4)--C#
Then ..
B                                  F#
And ..
B                   F#
Who ..
B            G#(major)       F#  D#m
Well ...
       G#m    C#   F#
On ...

Key change to Ab:

         B       G            Db        Ab
e------|--------|------------|--------|-----||
b------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||
G------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||
D------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||
A--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||
E------|--------|------------|--------|-----||


Verse 3:
Db              Ab
And ..
Db              Ab
And ...,
Db                             Ab         Fm
Well ..
          Bbm                   Eb
Just ..
Db                         Ab
And ..
Db               Ab
Can ..
Db  Bb/D        Ab/Eb   Fm
And ..
          Bbm    Eb   Ab
Is ...


Verse 4:
Db                 Ab
So ...
Db                    Ab
You're ..
Db                         Ab     Fm
And ..
            Bb                       Eb
And ..
Db                  Ab
I ..
Db              Ab
Roosevelt..
Db      Bb/D                Ab/Eb   Fm
You ..
       Bbm    Eb   Ab
On ...


Key change to Bb:
          Db        A              Eb         Bb
e--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||
b--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||
G--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||
D--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||
A--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||
E--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||

Verse 5:
Eb                                Bb
So ..
Eb                Bb
Who ..
Eb                        Bb      Gm
Well ..
Cm                       F
Once ..
Eb                          Bb
So ..
Eb                    Bb
The ..
Eb                     Bb        Gm
Your ..
       Cm     F    Bb
On ...


Verse 6:
Eb                    Bb
So ..
Eb                    Bb
And ..
Eb            C/E       Bb/F      Gm
I'll ..
       Cm       F    Bb
On ...


Ending:
           Eb            G               C           G
e--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
b--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
G--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||
D--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||
A--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||
E--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||

Notes:
The tabs are not exactly guitar parts, but are string parts on the
song. I'm not a guitarist, so I don't know what are the best
fingerings, but these are the right notes.

Jeff Henscheid
henschj5753@cobra.uni.edu