Tom Waits, Ice Cream Man (1973)
Key: :[Cm] (w: Tom Waits)
INTRO: [Cm] [Cm/Bb] [Ab] [G7]
VERSE 1:
[Cm] Clicking by your
[Cm/Bb] house about
[Ab] two forty-
[G7]-five,
A
[Cm] sidewalk
[Cm/Bb] sundae straw-
[Ab]-berry sur-
[G7]-prise
I got a
[Cm open] cherry popsicle
[Fm open] right on time;
I got a
[G7 open] big stick, mamma, that'll blow your mind
CHORUS:
'Cause I'm your
[Cm] ice cream
[Cm/Bb] man
[Ab] [G7],
I'm a
[Cm] one-man
[C/Bb] band
[Ab] yeah
[G7]
I'm your
[Cm] ice cream
[Cm/Bb] man,
Honey,
[Ab] I'll be
[G7] good to
[Cm] you
[Cm/Bb] [Ab] [G7]
VERSE 2:
Baby, missed me in the alley, baby, don't you fret,
Come back around and don't forget,
When you're tired and you're hungry and you want something cool,
Got something better than a swimming pool
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL:
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
See me coming; you ain't got no change,
Don't worry baby, it can be arranged
Show me you can smile, baby just for me,
Fix you with a drumstick; I'll do it for free
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
Be good to you; Be good to you
(yeah)
good to you
(yeah); good to you
(yeah)
good to you
(yeah); good to you
(yeah)
good to you
(yeah); good to you I'll be good to you