BETTER OFF WITHOUT A WIFE (Tom Waits) ======================== -- comp. Tom Waits (from _Nighthawks_at_the_Diner_) -- "transcr." tcg [recently divorced!], 198? -- 4/4 // Key of G // Andante (pretty slow) -- each chord symbol OR slash = 1 beat "Odd" Voicings-- / xxo___ __o___ ______ __o___ 1 ||||1| 1 ||||1| 1 ||||1| 1 ||||1| |||2|| |||2|| ||2||| 2x|3|4 |||||3 3x|||4 3x|||4 |||||| INTRO: 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | / / / | / / / | (7) / | (7) / / VERSE 1: / / All my friends are married-- / / Ev'ry Tom and Dick and Harry-- (7) / (7) / / It must be strong of you to go it alone-- / / Here's to the bachelors and the Bow'ry bums-- / / Those who feel that they're the ones that are (7) C/ / Better Off Without a Wife-- CHORUS: / / I been sleepin' until the crack of noon-- / Midnight howlin' at the moon-- and I been (7) / / Goin' out when I want to, (and I'm) / / Comin' home when I please-- / / Don't have to ask permission / If I wanna go out fishin'-- Am(7) / / / D7sus4 / D7 / Never have to ask for the keys-- VERSE 2 [!!]: / / Well, I never been no Valentino-- / / But I had a girl who lived in Reno-- (7) / (7) / / Left me for a trumpet player, but it didn't get me down-- / / He was wanted for assault, and though he / / Said it weren't his fault-- (7) C/ / You know the coppers rode him right outa town-- CHORUS VERSE 3: [_underlined_phrases_are_spoken_, ad-lib style] / / / / _Ah,_yu'_see,_I'm_kinda_selfish_about_my privacy_-- (7) / (7) / Now as long as I can be with me, _we_get_along_so_well,_I_can_ / _hardly_believe_it_-- / / Love to chew the fat with folks-- / / I been list'nin' to all your dirty jokes-- (7) C/ / I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive-- CHORUS [...recording ends (& begins) with some "Here Comes the Bride" piano!] | --:--tcg )