Hows It Gonna End - Tom Waits


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Chords: Damp with palm muting and alternate the bass notes.

Am:   002210
C:    x32010
Dm:   x00231
E:    022100
E7:   020100

Intor: 
            
He had three w

             
hole dollars, 

  
a worn out car
             
A wife who was

           
 leaving for g

ood
              
Life's made of

         
 trouble, worr

y, pain and st

ruggle
              
She wrote good

             
bye in the dus

         
t on the hood
             
They found a m

             
ap of Missouri

  
, lipstick on 

a glass
            
They must have

             
 left in the m

             
iddle of the n

ight
           
And I..    wan

              
t to know the 

                    
same thing 
              
Everyone wants

            
 to know, how'

             
s it going to 


end

            
Behind the smo

             
ke coloured cu

  
rtain the girl

 disappeared
             
They found out

           
 that the ring

 was a fake
              
A tree born cr

         
ooked will nev

er grow straig

ht
              
She sunk like 

             
a hammer into 

    
the lake
             
Long lost lett

             
er and an old 

  
leaky boat
            
Promises are n

             
ever meant to 

   
keep
           
And I... want 

              
to know the sa

                    
me thing 
              
I wanna know h

           
ow's it going 

    
to end

            
The barn leane

             
d over, the vu

  
ltures dried t

heir wings
             
The moon climb

           
ed up an empty

 sky
              
The sun sank d

         
own behind the

 tree on a hil

l
              
There's a kill

             
er and he's co

    
ming through t

he rye
             
But maybe he's

             
 the father of

  
 that lost lit

tle girl
            
It's hard to t

             
ell in this li

   
ght
           
And I... want 

              
to know the sa

                    
me thing 
                  Dm                     Am   /B /C
Everyone wants to know how's it going to end
            
 Tied your wag

              
on and you plo

              
ugh over the b

        
ones of the de

ad
              
Out among the 

              
roses and the 


weeds
            
And you can ne

ver go back an

d the answer i

s no
              
And wishing fo

             
r it only make

               
s it bleed

            
Joe Tornabenny

             
 was broken on

  
 the whell
             
Shane and Bum 

           
Mahoney on the

 lamb
              
The grain was 

         
as gold as She

ila's hair
              
All the way fr

             
om Liverpool w

    
ith all we cou

ld steal
             
He was robbed 

             
of twenty doll

  
ars his body f

ound stripped
            
Cast inot the 

             
harbour there 

   
and drowned
           
And I... want 

              
to know the sa

                    
me thing 
              
We all wanna k

            
now how's it g

              
oing to end

            
The sirens are

             
 snaking their

  
 way up the hi

ll 
             
I'ts last call

           
 somewhere in 

the world
              
The reptiles b

         
lend in with t

he colour of t

he street
              
Life is sweet 

             
at the edge of

    
 a razor
             
And down in th

             
e first row of

  
 an old pictur

e show
            
An old man is 

             
asleep the cre

   
dit starts to 

roll
           
And I want to 

              
know the same 

                    
thing 
We all wanna know how's it going to end
           
I want to know

              
 the same thin

                    
g 
              
We all wanna k

            
now how's it g

            
oing to end
           
And I just wan

              
na know the sa

                    
me thing 
              
I wanna know h

           
ow's it going 

       
to end