Alice
Tom WaitsVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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(replaces......................)
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It's dreamy weather we're on
You waved your crooked wand
Along an icy pond with a frozen moon
A murder of silhouette crows I saw
And the tears on my face
And the skates on the pond
They spell Alice
VERESE 2 (Same as Verse 1)
I disappear in your name
But you must wait for me
Somewhere across the sea
There's a wreck of a ship
Your hair is like meadow grass on the tide
And the raindrops on my window
And the ice in my drink
Baby all I can think of is Alice
Arithmetic arithmetock
Turn the hands back on the clock
How does the ocean rock the boat?
How did the razor find my throat?
The only strings that hold me here
Are tangled up around the pier
same as verse 1+2)
And so a secret kiss
Brings madness with the bliss
And I will think of this
When I'm dead in my grave
Set me adrift and I'm lost over there
And I must be insane
To go skating on your name
And by tracing it twice
I fell through the ice
Of Alice
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Readable chord sheet for Alice by Tom Waits
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B|---2---------1--------1--------1-----------------------------------------|
G|---1---------3--------1--------2-----------------------------------------|
D|---3---------2--------3--------1-----------------------------------------|
A|---1---------3--------3--------3-----------------------------------------|
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[Bbm7] [C7] [Fm] [F7]
(replaces....[Bbm7].....[C7].....[Fm]........[F7])
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B|------------1--------0------0--------0---------------------------|
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[Am7] [B7] [Em] [E7]
It's dreamy [Am7]weather we're [B7]on
You waved your cr[Fm]ooked wand [F7]
Along an i[Am]cy pond with a frozen mo[B7]on
A murder of silh[Fm]ouette c[Am]rows I saw
And the tears on my f[B7]ace
And the skates on the p[Am]ond [B7]
They spell A[Em]lice
VERESE 2 (Same as Verse 1)
I disappear in your name
But you must wait for me
Somewhere across the sea
There's a wreck of a ship
Your hair is like meadow grass on the tide
And the raindrops on my window
And the ice in my drink
Baby all I can think of is Alice
Arithm[Am]etic arithme[B7]tock [Fm]
Turn the hands back [F7]on the clock [Am]
How does the ocean ro[B7]ck the boat?
[Fm]How did the razor f[F7]ind my throat? [Am]
The only strings that ho[B7]ld me here
Are ta[Am]ngled up around the pi[B7]er
same as verse 1+2)
And so a secret kiss
Brings madness with the bliss
And I will think of this
When I'm dead in my grave
Set me adrift and I'm lost over there
And I must be insane
To go skating on your name
And by tracing it twice
I fell through the ice
Of Alice