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- From: Johan Kristian Sveen <johans@ifi.uio.no>
-
- Here's "Ol '55" from the Album "Closing Time" from 1973. (The Eagles did a
- cover of this song)
-
- Ol'55 (Tom Waits)
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-
- A Asus4 A
- Time went so quickly,
- C#m
- I went lickety splitly
- D A
- out to my Ol'55
- A Asus4 A
- As I pulled away slowly
- C#m
- feeling so holy
- D E7
- god knows I was feeling alive
-
- A C#m D D/E E7
- Now the suns comming up
- A C#m D D/E E7
- I'm riding with lady luck
- A C#m D D/E E7
- freeways cars and trucks
- Bm E A
- stars beginning to fade
- Bm E A
- and I lead the parade
- Bm E
- and I wish that I could
- F#m
- stay a little longer
- B E E7
- ooh 'cause this fellings getting stronger
-
-
- Six in the mornin'
- gave me no warnin'
- had to be on my way
- now the cars are all passin' me
- trucks are all flashin' me
- 'n I'm headed home from your place
-
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- from
-
- Johan Kristian Sveen
- University of Oslo, Norway
- Dept. of Mechanics
-
-
- From: jgoffin@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jeffrey Goffin)
-
- OL' 55' by Tom Waits
-
- C Em7
- Well my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly
- F G C
- Out to my ol' fifty-five
- C Em7
- As I pulled away slowly feelin' so holy
- F G G7
- God knows I was feelin' alive.
-
- C Em7 F G G7
- And now the sun's comin' up
- C Em7 F G G7
- I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
- C Em7 F Em
- Freeway cars and trucks
- Dm G C Am
- Stars beginning to fade
- Dm G C Am
- And I lead the parade
- Dm G Am
- Just a-wishin' I'd stayed a little longer
- D F G7
- Lord don't you know the feelin's gettin' stronger.
-
- Six in the mornin' gave me no warnin'
- I had to be on my way.
- Now the cars are all passin' me, trucks are all flashin' me
- I'm headed home from your place.
-
- And now the sun's comin' up
- I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
- Freeway cars and trucks
- Stars beginning to fade
- And I lead the parade
- Just a-wishin' I'd stayed a little longer
- Lord don't you know the feelin's gettin' stronger.
-
- Well my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly
- Out to my ol' fifty-five
- As I pulled away slowly feelin' so holy
- God knows I was feelin' alive.
-
- C Em7 F G G7 C Em7 F G G7
- And now the sun's comin' up I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
- C Em7 F G G7 C Em7 F G G7
- Freeway cars and trucks, Ridin' with Lady Luck
- C Em7 F G G7 C Em7 F G G7
- Freeway cars and trucks, Ridin' with Lady Luck
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