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The Heart of Saturday Night

Tom Waits
Chords & TabKeyDTuningDrop Dadvanced
4.8(73)

Chords in this song10

Song

Dropped D
D6 004200
G/B x2003x
G/A 0003x
G 5x0030
G/F# 4x003x
Em7 2x203x
A7sus4 x02000
D 0x7x7x
A x05050
Bass Run For Bridge:
|-----------|-------------|
|---3-------|-------0-----|
|---0-------|-----0-0-----|
|---0-------|---2---------|
|-2---2-0---|-0-----------|
|---------5-|-------------|

Intro

D6 G/B G G/F# Em7 f# g g#
|-------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------|-------0-------|-0-------0-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3---3---------|
|-------|---2---2---2---|-----2-------2-|-0---0-----0-|-----0-----0-|-0-------------|
|---0-2/|-4---4-------4-|---4-------4---|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|-2-2-----------|
|-0-----|---------------|---------------|-2-----0-----|-------------|---------------|
|-------|-0-------------|---------------|-------------|-5-----4-----|-2-----2-4-5-6-
A7sus4 (D A) repeat twice
|---------------|-----------------|---|
|-------0-------|-----7-------5---|---|
|-----0-----0---|-----------------|-%-|
|---2---------2-|---7---7---5---5-|-%-|
|-0-------------|---------0-------|---|
|---------------|-0---------------|---|
well, you gassed her up....

Verse

Well you gassed her up, be-hind the wheel with your
arm around your sweet one in your Oldsmo-bile
Barrelin’ down the boulevard, you're
lookin' for the heart of Saturday
night 

Verse

You got paid on Friday, your pockets are jinglin'
And you see the lights, you get all tinglin' cause you're
cruisin' with a six, and you're
looking for the heart of Saturday night

Bridge 1

Then you comb your hair, shave your face,
trying to wipe out every trace
Of all the other days in the week, you know that
this'll be the Saturday you're reaching your peak

Verse

Stoppin' on the red, goin on the green
Cause the night'll be like nothin' you've ever seen
and you're barrellin' down the boulevard,
looking for the heart of Saturday night

Bridge 2

Tell me is the crack of the pool balls, neon buzzin'
Telephone‘s ringing, it's your second cousin
Is it the barmaid that smiles from the corner of her eye or the
magic of the melancholy tear in your eye

Verse

Makes it kinda quiver, down in the core
Cause you're dreaming of them Saturdays that came before
and now you're stumblin',
stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night 

Verse

And you've gassed her up, and you're behind the wheel
With your arm around your sweet one in your Oldsmobile,
Barrelin’ down the boulevard, you're
looking for the heart of Saturday night

Bridge

Tell me is the crack of the pool balls, neon buzzin'
Telephone‘s ringing, it's your second cousin
Is it the barmaid that smiles from the corner of her eye or the
magic of the melancholy tear in your eye
Makes it kinda special, down in the core
Cause you're dreaming of them Saturdays that came before
and now you're stumblin',
stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night
And you're stumblin',
stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night
Mmmmm, hmmm, mmm     

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