WAITS TOM - "on the nickle" Tablature

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