Altar Boy chords by Tom Waits

Verse 1:

Eb     Ab
  He's an ol' altar boy

 Bbm      Eb7
  Lying out there in the street

Ab       F7     Bbm7
  He's an ol' altar boy

Eb     Db7          Gb7
  Bound up in leather and chains

Cm    F7         Bbm7
  That's why I'm feeling so blue

  Eb7       Ab
  I'm an old altar boy

 F7       Bb
  What about you?


Verse 2:

 Eb7        Ab
  Now, I can order in Latin

 F7      Bbm7     Eb7
  Make 'em au gratin, Joe

  Ab
  I'm an old altar boy

F     Bbm7     Eb7
  That's why I'm so depressed

   Db7      Gb7
  I never got the rest of the dream

Cm7       F7
  Just the ritual

    Bbm7   Eb
  Now I'm habitual

   Ab      F7        Bbm7
  Majoring in crimes that are unspeakable

 Eb7         Ab
  Cause I'm an old altar boy

 F7          Bbm7
  That's what happened to me


Verse 3:

Eb7    Ab       F7
  I'm an old altar boy

    Bbm7        Eb7          Db
  He's hoping he can meet   a woman dressed like a nun

  Gb7        Cm7       F7
  He knows there's got to be some around here

  Bb7          Eb7
  Drinking across from the church

   Ab        F
  A little Father Cribari wine

Bbm    Eb7    Ab
  On a Sunday morn' time


Verse 4:

Db      Gb
  I'm an old altar boy

Cm   F7      Bb7
  Why is he winking at this time in his life?

 Eb7        Ab         F7
  He never took a wife, cause he's an old altar boy

  Bbm  Eb
  Oh, yeah...

       Ab
  What about you?