Warm Beer And Cold Women

Warm Beer and Cold Women--Tom Waits

from Nighthawks at the Diner

the song is in 3/4 time

Intro: Ebmaj9 | Cm7 | F9 | Bb | single notes Bb-C-D

VERSE 1:

Warm beer and cold women, I just don't fit in

Every Joint I stumbled into tonight

Eb s.n. Bb-C-D

That's just how it's been.

All these double knit strangers with

Gin and vermouth, and recycled stories

Eb s.n. Eb-F-G

In the naugahyde booths.

With the platinum blondes, and tobacco brunettes,

I'll be drinkin to forget you,

Bb Eb s.n. Eb-F-G

I'll lite another cigarette.

And the band's playin' something by Tammy Wynette,

F9 Bb Eb s.n. Bb-C-D

And the drinks are on me tonight.

VERSE 2:

All my conversations I'll just be talkin' about you baby

Borin' some sailor as I try to get through.

I just want him to listen, that's all you have to do,

He said I'm better off without you,

Till I showed him my tattoo

Now the moon's rising, ain't no time to lose,

Time to get down to drinking,

Tell the band to play the blues.

And the drinks are on me, I'll buy another round,

At the last ditch attempt saloon.

SAX SOLO (over the chords of an entire verse)

VERSE 3: Same as verse 1, except for the following lines.

..."receding hairlines" (instead of recycled stories)

..."I lite a menthol cigarette

And the band's playin' something by Johnny Barnett

At the last ditch attempt saloon"

NOTES:

On the single notes I usually play thirds to give it a better

sound. For instance, play the Bb-C-D with the left hand on the

piano, and then an octave higher with the right hand play D-Eb-F.

The same can be done for the notes leading to the Ab chord. Also,

it seems as if he is riding on a G note a lot, so a Bb(add 6th)

could be played in place of the Bb chord.

Jeff Henscheid

henschj5753@cobra.uni.edu