Invitation To The Blues

Tom Waits

Tom: F

  Dm Bbm 
Well she's  up against the register with  an apron and a spatula,  
  F Bdim 
With y esterday's deliveries and the t ickets for the bachelors  
  Gm7 A7sus4 A7 
She's a mov ing violation from her c onk down to her sh oes,  
  Dm Gm A7 Dm 
But it's j ust an invit ation  to the b lues  

  Gm C7 
And you f eel just like Cagney, she lo oks like Rita Hayworth  
  F 
At the co unter of the Schwab's drugstore  
  Gm C7 
You wonder  if she might be single, she's a lon er and likes to mingle  
  F A A7 Dm A7 
  Got to be patient, try and pi ck up  a clu e        

  Dm Bbm 
She said "H ow you gonna like 'em, over m edium or scrambled?",  
  F G 
You say "A nyway's the only way", be c areful not to gamble  
  Gm7 A7sus4 A7 
On a g uy with a suitcase and a  ticket getting  out of here  
  Dm Bbm 
In a t ired bus station in an o ld pair of shoes  
  A7sus4 A7 Dm 
This ain't no thing but an invit ation to the bl ues  
  Gm C7 
But you can't t ake your eyes off her, get an other cup of java,  
  F 
And it's jus t the way she pours it for you, joking with the customers  
  Gm C7 
Mercy  mercy, Mr. Percy, there ain't no thing back in Jersey  
  F A A7 
But a bro ken-down jalopy of a m an I left beh ind  

  Dm 
And a d ream that I was chasing,  
  Bbm 
a b attle with booze  

  A7sus4 A7 Dm 
And an  open invit ation to the b lues  

  Gm C7 
But she used to h ave a sugar daddy and a c andy-apple Caddy,  
  F F 
And a b ank account and everything, accu stomed to the finer things  
  Gm C7 
He probably  left her for a socialite, and he di dn't love her 'cept at night,  
  F A 
And th en he's drunk and never even to ld her that he cared  
  Dm 
So they  took the registration,  
  Bbm 
And the  car-keys and her shoes  
  A7sus4 A7 Dm 
And le ft her with an invitat ion to the blues  (...solo sax)  

  Gm C7 
'Cause there's a Continental Trailways leaving l ocal bus tonight, good evening  
  F F 
Y ou can have my seat, I'm sticking r ound here for a while  
  Gm C7 
Get me a r oom at the Squire, the f illing station's hiring,  
  F A 
And  I can eat here every night, what the h ell have I got to lose?  
  Dm 
Got a c razy sensation,  
  Bbm 
Go or  stay? now I gotta choose,  
  A7sus4 A7 Dm 
And I'll  accept your invita tion to the b lues