Semi Suite

    Am     D9     G      Gb7    F7     E7
E|---5------5------3------2------1------0-------------------------------| 
B|---5------5------3------2------1------0-------------------------------| 
G|---5------5------4------3------2------1-------------------------------| 
D|---5------4------5------2------1------0-------------------------------| 
A|---6------5------5------4------3------2-------------------------------| 
E|---5------x------3------2------1------0-------------------------------| 

Now Tom Waits never does anything straight forward.  There is a lot of
bass between these notes and it makes up the turn around between the E7
and back to the Am.  Think of it as a little 1-4 blues tune with the G
to run down to E7 break with the E7 turn around.  The bass in these tracks
is fretless and slides a lot to get a kind of crying bass sound.

Put the chords over the lyrics like so:

1st Verse

Am                          D9
Well you hate those diesels rollin'

Am                          D9
And those Friday nights out bowlin'

G                   Gb7    F7    E7
When he's off for a twelve hour lay over night.