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Hell Broke Luce Chords

Music by: Tom Waits
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[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Dm]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I ha[C]d
a [Dm]good home but I left
[C]I had a good hom[Dm]e but[C] I left, right, lef[Dm]t
[C]That big fucking bomb made me deaf,
[Dm]deaf[C]
[F]A Hum[G]vee mechanic
[C]put his [G]Kev[C]lar on wrong
I [F]guarantee you'll [Dm]meet
[C]up with a [G]sui[C]cide [Am]bomb
[C]Hel[Dm]l broke Luc[C]e
[Dm]Hell [C]broke [Am]Luce[C][Dm]
[C][G][Dm]

[Verse 2]
[C][Cm][C]
Big [Cm]fucking ditches [C]in the
middle of the road
You [F]pay a hundred [Dm]dollars
[F]just for fillin' in the [C]hole
[F]Listen to the gen[Dm] eral eve[C]ry goddamn wor[Am]d
[C]How many way[G]s can[C] you pol[Cm]ish up [C]a t[Am]urd
[C]Left, [Dm]right, [C]lef[Am]t, lef[C]t, rig[F]ht
Left, right
[C]Hell [F]broke [Cm]Luce[C]
Hell [Cm]broke Luce
[C]Hel[Cm]l bro[C]ke Luc[Cm]e[F]
[C]How [G]is it [C]that the

[Verse 3]
only [G]ones re[C]sponsible
for [F]making this [Ab]mess
[F]Got their [C]sorry asses [F]stapled
to a [Ab]goddamn desk
[F]Hell [C]bro[F]ke Luce
Hell [Ab]broke Luce
[F]Left, rig[C]ht, left
[F]What did you [C]do before the

[Verse 4]
war?
I was a chef, I was a [F]chef
[C]What was your name?
It was Jeff, Jeff
I lost my buddy [Cm]and I [C]wept, wept
I come down from the meth
So I slept, [Dm]slept
[F]I h[C]ad a g[F]ood h[C]ome but I left,
[Dm]left[F][C][Cm]

[Interlude 1]
[F][Cm][Dm][G][C][F][C]
[F]Pantsed at the [C]wind for a

[Verse 5]
[F]joke[F]
[C]I pranced right in with the dope
Glanced [B]at her [G]shin she said [C]nope[F]
[C]Left, [C]right, [C]left[C]

[Verse 6]
Nimrod [F]Bod[C]fish have you [F]any wool
[C]Get me another body
bag, the [F]body bag's [C]full
My face was [F]scorched, [C]scorched
I [C]miss my [F]home I miss my [C]porch, [F]porch
Left, right, left
[C]Can I go

[Verse 7]
[F]home [Bb]in March? March
My [F]stanch was a chin full [Fm]of soap
[Ab]That rancid dinn[F]er with the [Ab]Pope
Left, [F]right, [Ab]left[F]

[Verse 8]
[F]Kelly [Am]Pres[F]utto got his thumbs
blown [C]off
Sergio's devel[F]oping a real [C]bad
cough
Sergio's developing a real [F]bad [C]cough
[Cm]And [C]hell b[F]roke l[C]uce
Hell broke Luce
Hell [F]broke [Cm]Luce[F]
[Dm][F]

[Verse 9]
[F]Boom went his head [C]away
And [F]boom went Valerie [F]huh
[C]What the [Cm]hell [C]was it [Am]that the
[Ab]presid[Eb]ent said?
[Cm]Give him a bea[C]utiful parade instead[Dm]
[F]Lef[C]t, rig[F]ht, lef[Cm]t
When [C]I was over here I

[Verse 10]
[Dm]never got to vote
I [F]left my arm [F]in my coat
My mom she died and never wrote
We [F]sat by the fire and [F]ate a goat
Just before he [Dm]died he had a toke
Now I'm [F]home [Ab]and I'm blind
And I'm [F]broke
What is [F]next
[Ab]
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