Ice Cream Man

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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<C bass> Bbm7 Bb7 A+ A7 Gm7 A7

xxo___ x_x___ x_x___ x_x___ xox___ xoxo__ _x____ xoxo_o

INTRO: (Moderately: ad-lib arpeggios [piano, really])

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/ BbM7 / A+ [5x ... 5th x, move A+ fingering up every

2 frets for neat effect; then pause...]

(quicker tempo:)

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 / [2x]

VERSE 1:

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

Well, I take 'em by your house about two forty-five--

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

Sidewalk sundaes, strawberry surprise--

I got a cherry popsickle, right on time--

A big stick, mama, that'll blow your mind--

CHORUS:

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

'Cuz I'm an Ice Cream Man--

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

I'm a one-man band--

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

I'm an Ice Cream Man, honey, I'll be good to you.

VERSE 2:

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

If you meet me in the alley, baby, don't you fret--

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

Come back around, and don't forget--

When you're tired and you're hungry, and you want somethin' cool--

Got somethin' better than a swimmin' pool--

CHORUS

LEAD TACIT {"over" Verse chords}

CHORUS

VERSE 3:

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

If you see me comin', 'n'you ain't got no change--

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

Don't worry, baby, it can be arranged--

Show me you can smile, baby, just for me--

Feed you with a drumstick, I'll do it for free--

[no Freudian stuff in THIS song, by God!]

CHORUS

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

[... I'll be good to you.] --Be good to you--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--Be good to you--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--Good to you, yeh--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--Good to you, yeh--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--Good to you, yeh--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--Good to you, yeh--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--Good to you, yeh--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--Good to you--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--I'll be good to you--

Bb7 /

A7 /

Dm /

Dm<

C> /

--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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| nobody's business but my \ (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) |

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