Rosie Lyrics

....ROSIE... by Tom Waits
*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro:
Verse 1:
Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,
Nobody's up, except the moon and me.
And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,
All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.
Chorus 1:
Ro-sie, why do you e-vade?
Ro-sie, how can I pur-suade?
D D/F# G, D G D
Rosie...
Interlude:
Verse 2:
The moon's all up, full and big,
Apricot tips in an indigo sky.
I been lovin' you Rosie, since the day I was born,
I'll love ya Rosie, 'till the day I die.
Chorus 2:
Ro-sie, why do you e-vade?
Ro-sie, how can I pur-suade?
D D/F# G, D G D
Rosie...
Interlude:
Chorus 3:
Ro-sie, why do you e-vade?
Ro-sie, how can I pur-suade?
D D/F# G, D G D
Rosie...
Verse 2:
Well, I'm sittin' on the windowsill, blowing my horn,
Nobody's up, except the moon and me.
And a lazy old tomcat, on a midnight spree,
All that he left me was a me-lo-dy.
Chorus 4:
Ro-sie, why do you e-vade?
Ro-sie, how can I pur-suade?
D D/F# G, D G D
Rosie...
Outro:
D D/F# G, D G, D
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