Tom Waits - Fall Of Troy

i know it’s not exactly right , but it’s simple and
leaves room to work out how to sing the really deep
notes in the song .
tabbed by – flatwound –
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fall of troy
( waits/Brennan )
C G C G

C F
it’s the same with men as with horses and dogs
C G C
nothing wants to die
C F
ethel and james they killed in a game
C G
with guns too big for their hands
C F
just off saint charles , in no – man’s land
C G C F
and you’ll have to find your own way home , boys ,
C G C
you’ll have to find your own way home

C F
the oldest was troy , an eighteen year old boy
C G C
shot dead in march , in a robbery
C F
his brothers started out , to hell and to ruin
C G
troy’s killers were never , caught they say
C F
young nick , he just went bad that day
C G C F
now he’ll have to find his own way home , boy’s ,
C G C
he’ll have to find his own way home

G C G C
why cook dinner , why make my bed , why come home , at all
F C Am
out the door and through the woods ,
C Am Em G
there’s a world where nothing grows

C F
it’s hard to say grace , and to sit in the place
C G C G
of someone missing at the table
C F
mom’s hair sprayed tight and her face in her hands
C G
watching t . v . for answers to me
C F
after all she’s only human
C G C F
and she’s trying to find her own way home , boy’s
C G C
she’s trying to find her own way home

C G C F C G Am
my legs ache , my heart is sore , the well is full of pennies