Black Market Baby Chords

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Author TheBurningFish [a] 144. Last edit on Dec 13, 2021

Chords

G#m7

G#6

A#7

D#7

C#m

G#m

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Intro: G# minor
 
The bassline moves chromatically from G# to E, and then back to G#. When the bass gets to E play an E7 chord.
 (A quick suggestion on how to play the chords. Play them sparsely. Here's a tab suggestion for each chord)
 
G#m7:     G#m6:      A#7:      D#7:      C#m:       A7:       E7:
E|-x-|    E|-x-|     E|-x-|    E|-x-|    E|-x-|     E|-x-|    E|-x-|
B|-x-|    B|-x-|     B|-x-|    B|-x-|    B|-5-|     B|-x-|    B|-3-|
G|-4-|    G|-4-|     G|-x-|    G|-6-|    G|-6-|     G|-6-|    G|-1-|
D|-4-|    D|-3-|     D|-6-|    D|-5-|    D|-6-|     D|-5-|    D|-2-|
A|-x-|    A|-x-|     A|-5-|    A|-6-|    A|-4-|     A|-x-|    A|-2-|
E|-4-|    E|-4-|     E|-6-|    E|-x-|    E|-x-|     E|-5-|    E|-0-|
 
G#m7                 G#6
She lives in a house
A#7                  D#7
That's way back off the road
G#m7                G#6
There's a man with a lantern
A#7                 D#7
And he carries her soul
C#m                 A7
A coal stove and a bed
G#m
A skillet and a hound
C#m                 A7
She drove a camel through a needle
D#7                 G#m7
In this sinking board walk town
C#m
She's my Black Market Baby
G#m
She's my Black Market Baby
D#7
She's a diamond that
              G#m          E7
Wants to stay coal
Wants to stay coal
 
It doesn't really change for the rest. Listen to the tune for the exact moment of the
changes, since he sometimes sneaks a syllable or two before the new chord kicks in.
 
Enjoy!
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Black Market Baby – Tom Waits

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BLACK MARKET BABY She lives in a house, That's way back off the road There's a man with a lantern, And he carries her soul A coal stove and a bed, Skillet and a hound She drove a camel through a needle, In this sinking boardwalk town She's my black market baby She's my black market baby, (She's my baby) She's a diamond, Who wants to stay coal, Wants to stay coal I swang out wide with her, On Hells iron gate Anything that you wanted, You could have My eyes say their prayers to her, Sailors ring 'er bell The way a moth mistakes a lightbulb, For the moon and goes to Hell She's my black market baby She's my black market baby, (She's my baby) She's a diamond, Who wants to stay coal, Wants to stay coal There's no prayer like desire, There's amnesia in her kiss She's a swan and a pistol, And she will follow you like this In Moberly, Missouri, At the Iroquois Hotel She checked in with the President, And she ran up quite a bill She's my black market baby She's my black market baby, (She's my baby) She's a diamond, Who wants to stay coal, Wants to stay coal INST: Well, She's a whiskey in a teacup, She gives blondes a lousy name She's a Bonsai Aphrodite, And a ticket back to Spain She's a hard way to go, There ain't no way to stop Everytime you play the red, The black is comin' up She's my black market baby She's my black market baby, (She's my baby) She's a diamond, Who wants to stay coal, (She's my baby) She wants to stay coal, My baby wants to stay coal, Coal, Coal My baby wants to stay coal