BURMA SHAVE TOM WAITS
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Licorice tattoo, turned a gun metal blue
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Scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town
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The one eyed jacks, across the railroad tracks
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And the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through
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He was a juvenile delinquent, never learned how to behave
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But the cops would never think to look
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In Burma Shave
2)
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And the road was like a ribbon, and the moon was like a bone
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He didn't seem to be like any guy she'd ever known
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He kinda looked like Farley Grainger, with his hair slicked back
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She says i'm a sucker for a fella in a cowboy hat
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How far are you going
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He said depends on what you mean
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He says i'm only stop in ' here to get some gasoline
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I guess i'm going thataway just as long as it's paved
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And I guess you'd say i'm on my way
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To burma shave
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And with her knees up on the glove compartment, took out her barrettes
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And her hair spilled out like root beer
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And she popped her gum and arched her back
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Hell Marysville ain't nothing , but a wide spot in the road
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Some night my heart pounds just like thunder i don't know why it don't explode
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Cause everyone in this stinking town, has got one foot in the grave
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And i'd rather take my chances
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Out in burma shave
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Presley's what i go by, why don't you change the station
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Count the grain elevators in the rearview mirror
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Mister anywhere you point this thing, has got to beat the hell out of the sting
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Of going to bed with every dream that dies here every mornin,
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And so drill me a hole
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With a barber pole
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I'm jumping my parole just like a fugitive tonight
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Why don't you have another swig, and pass that car if you're so brave
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I wanna get there before the sun comes up in
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Burma Shave
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And the spider web crack and the mustang screamed
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Smoke from the tires and the twisted machine
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Just a nickel's worth of dreams and every wishbone that they saved
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Lie swindled from them on the way to
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Burma Shave
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And the sun hit the derrick and cast a bat wing shadow
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Up against the car door on the shotgun side
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And when they pulled her from the wreck you know she
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Still had on her shades
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They say that dreams are growing wild just this side of
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Burma Shave
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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