Rosie

....ROSIE... by Tom Waits

*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*

(Original Key: Eb)

Intro:

D G (x3), E A7, D, A D

Verse 1:

Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,

Nobody's up, except the moon and me.

And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,

All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 1:

Ro-sie, why do you e-vade?

Ro-sie, how can I pur-suade?

Rosie...

Interlude:

Verse 2:

The moon's all up, full and big,

Apricot tips in an indigo sky.

I been lovin' you Rosie, since the day I was born,

I'll love ya Rosie, 'till the day I die.

Chorus 2:

Ro-sie, why do you e-vade?

Ro-sie, how can I pur-suade?

Rosie...

Interlude:

D G (x3), E A7, D, G D

Chorus 3:

Ro-sie, why do you e-vade?

Ro-sie, how can I pur-suade?

Rosie...

Verse 2:

Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,

Nobody's up, except the moon and me.

And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,

All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.

Chorus 4:

Ro-sie, why do you e-vade?

Ro-sie, how can I pur-suade?

Rosie...

Outro:

xx0232 320003 022100 x02223 x02220 2x0230

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)