Tom Waits — Ice Cream Man Chords
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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)
**ICE CREAM MAN (Tom Waits)**
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—— comp. Tom Waits (from _Closing_Time_) ["transcr." tcg, '86]
—— 4/4 // Key of Dm (transposed from Cm) // Allegro [except Intro]
—— each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat
CHORDS——
Dm Dm BbM7 Bb7 A+ A7+ Gm7 A7
xxo___ x_x___ x_x___ x_x___ xox___ xoxo__ _x____ xoxo_o
1 |||||1 |||||1 |1===1 |1=1=1 |||||1 |||||1 |||||| ||||||
|||2|| |||2|| |||2|| |||||| |||23| ||||2| |||||| ||2|3|
||||3| |3||4| ||||3| ||||3| |||||| |||||| 1=1111 ||||||
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INTRO: (Moderately: ad—lib arpeggios [piano, really])
Dm / Dm / BbM7 / A+ [5x ... 5th x, move A+ fingering up every
2 frets for neat effect; then pause...]
(quicker tempo:)
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ / [2x]
VERSE 1:
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
Well, I take 'em by your house about two forty—five——
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
Sidewalk sundaes, strawberry surprise——
Dm / / / Gm7 / / /
I got a cherry popsickle, right on time——
A7 / / / A7+ / / /
A big stick, mama, that'll blow your mind——
CHORUS:
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
'Cuz I'm an Ice Cream Man——
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
I'm a one—man band——
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
I'm an Ice Cream Man, honey, I'll be good to you.
VERSE 2:
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
If you meet me in the alley, baby, don't you fret——
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
Come back around, and don't forget——
Dm / / / Gm7 / / /
When you're tired and you're hungry, and you want somethin' cool——
A7 / / / A7+ / / /
Got somethin' better than a swimmin' pool——
CHORUS
LEAD TACIT {"over" Verse chords}
CHORUS
VERSE 3:
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
If you see me comin', 'n'you ain't got no change——
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ /
Don't worry, baby, it can be arranged——
Dm / / / Gm7 / / /
Show me you can smile, baby, just for me——
A7 / / / A7+ / / /
Feed you with a drumstick, I'll do it for free——
[no Freudian stuff in THIS song, by God!]
CHORUS
Dm / Dm / Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
[... I'll be good to you.] ——Be good to you——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——Be good to you——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——Good to you, yeh——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——Good to you, yeh——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——Good to you, yeh——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——Good to you, yeh——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——Good to you, yeh——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——Good to you——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——I'll be good to you——
Bb7 / A7+ / Dm / Dm /
——I'll be good to you—— [...fade]
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| Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |
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