it is a kinda ska song. listen to the album for the timing.

Intro is just D then:

D                                 F#
giging alone at the bottom of the hill
						   	         D
Our protaganist named Bill

                      A
Sets his sights on an anchor steam pond

D       F#       D                      F#
All he  Needs is thirteen quarters

                          D     F#    D    A    D
Congregated in his hat

D                         A             D
A crow, a scavenger type, California redemption

F#                         D
Provides him with his rent, room and board inside of,

F#               D    F#   D    A
a fifth, of comfort.

D                             F#                          D   F#   D   A
As the wind, penetrates his bones his mind keeps focused

D              F#                D              F#
Tidal waves of sound, catapulted from his horn

D                F#   D   A
wail like lovers

D                     F#                      D
The coins don't drop, consistent, as does the mercury

A                  D          F#                    D
his mean eyes slow realizing, a zenith he's reached perfection

F#            	D   F#   D   A
no one did see him die.