FANNIN STREET TOM WAITS
C = 332010
Csus4 = x33010
C
F G C Csus4 C
There's a crooked street in Houston town
F G C Csus4 C
It's a well born path I've traveled down
F G C C/B Am
Now there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train
F G C
I wished I'd listened to the words you said
Chorus:
C Csus4 C Csus4 C
Don't go down to Fannin Street
F C Csus4 C
Don't go down to Fannin Street
F C C/B Am
Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah
C F
You'll be lost and never found
C F
You can never turn around
C G
Don't go down
G C Csus4 C
to Fannin Street
F G C Csus4 C
Once I held you in my arms, I was sure
F G C Csus4 C
And I took that silent step through the gilded door
F G C C/B Am
The desire to have much more, all the glitter and the roar
F G C Csus4 C
Now I know just where the sidewalk ends
Chorus
F G C
When I was young I thought only of getting out
F G C
I said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house
F G C C/B Am
Give a man gin, give a man cards, give an inch he takes a yard
F G C Csus4 C
And I rue the day that I stepped off this train
Chorus (x2)
C G C Csus4 C
Don't go down to Fannin Street (x2)
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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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