On the Nickel ( Wino's Lullabye) Based on this live performance from 1979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6V5DXk6TbA Chorded by GWiZ (gwiz665@gmail.com) Capo on 4th Fret. Sticks and stones will break my bones, But I always will be true, /c# When your mama is dead and gone, - I'll sing this lullaby just for you, So what becomes of little boys, Who never say their prayers, Well they're sleepin' like a baby, On the Nickel over there. And if you chew tobacco, And wish upon the star, /c# Well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit, - Man they look like punchlines between the cars, And I know a place where a royal flush, Can never beat a pair, And even Thomas Jefferson, Is on the nickel over There. So ring around the rosie, You're sleepin in the rain, And you're always late for supper, And man you let me down again, I thought I heard a mocking bird, Roosevelt knows where, They're whisteling past the grave yard And they're on the nickel over there. So what becomes of little boys, That run away from home, Well the world keeps gettin' bigger, - Once you get out on your own, So climb up thru that buttonhole, And fall right up the stairs, I'll show you where the short dogs go, On the nickel...over there. Seque into riff from Waltzing Matilda (not Tom Traubert's Blues) Notes: Since this is played on the Piano originally, there's a lot of fiddling with singular tones to widen the sound, generally you can feel free to experiment with 7's and sus4 and sus2s. The ending Waltzing Matilda chord progression is a little different than the chords I found anywhere, the is a Tom Waits substitution but just sounds great.