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This is my transcription of ‘Blue Valentines’ by Tom Waits, on
the album ‘Blue Valentine’ ( actually one of the songs that hooked me
to Tom Waits !).
It is note-for-note for the intro and the first verse ( first
80 seconds of the song on the album). Then there are some slight
variations I didn’t want to tab.
As the rhythm of this song is not very regular, I didn’t try to
match the words on the notes(I think it wouldn’t make sense with
such a song). Though, the first note of each ‘measure’ should be
played together with the word that is just below it.
The complete lyrics are included in the album so I didn’t write them all.
Title : Blue Valentines
Author : Tom Waits
Album : Blue Valentine (1978)
Intro
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/———— twice —————-
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||–12—-|————-|—————12–|—————–|
||–10—-|——–7—-|—————10–|——–7—–7–|
||–10—-|——–7—-|—————10–|——–7—–7–|
||–0—–|—–6——-|——————-|—–6—–6—–|
||——–|–0———-|——————-|–0————–|
||——–|————-|–~~~~10—10——|—————–|
(long slide)
1st Verse
———
She sends me…
/———– three times ————-
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|——-5—6–|———————–|
|——-6—6–|—————7—7—|
|—–5—5—-|—————7—7—|
|————–|————6—-6—–|
|–5———–|———————–|
|————–|———0————-|
blue valen-tines
a-way from phila-delphia
to mark the anni-versary
/————————— three times —————————
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|————–|——————|——–5—–5–|——————|
|——-5—5–|———5—-5—|——–6—–6–|———–7—7–|
|——-5—5–|———6—-6—|——–5–5—–|———–7—7–|
|—–5—5—-|——5—-5——|—————–|——–6—-6—-|
|–0———–|—0————–|-~~5–5———-|——————|
|————–|——————|—————–|——0———–|
of someone that I used to be and it feels like there’s a warrant out
of my arrest, got me checkin’ in my rear view-
mirror and i’m always on the run
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|——-5—5–|————5—-5—|
|——-5—5–|————6—-6—|
|—–5—5—-|———5—-5——|
|–0———–|——0————–|
|————–|———————|
that’s why I changed my name and I
|—————-|——-|———————–|——-|
|——-7—–7–|——-|————–7—–7–|——-|
|——-8—–8–|–bis–|————–7—–7–|–bis–|
|—-7—–7—–|——-|———–6—–6—–|——-|
|—————-|——-|———————–|——-|
|–7————-|——-|———0————-|——-|
didn’t think you’d ever find me here -> goto beginning
Tabbed by :
Richard Taillet
LAPP(Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules)
Chemin de Bellevue, BP 110
74941 Annecy-le-Vieux
FRANCE