Jan 20,  · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of Whiskey In The Jar on Discogs. Label: Not On Label (Tom Waits) - TW99B • Format: 2x, CD Unofficial Release • Genre: Rock • Style: Folk Rock, Alternative Rock/5(4).

Shore Leave Lyrics: Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart / I rolled down the national stroll / And with a big fat paycheck / Strapped to my hip sack / And a shore leave wristwatch underneath my.

Shore Leave Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart I rolled down the national stroll and with a big fat paycheck strapped to my hip sack and a shore leave wristwatch underneath my sleeve in a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank and I'd left all my papers on the Ticonderoga and was in a bad need of a shave and so I slopped at the corner on cold chow.

Story "Whiskey in the Jar" is the tale of a highwayman or footpad who, after robbing a military or government official, is betrayed by a woman; whether she is his wife or sweetheart is not made clear. Various versions of the song take place in Kerry, Kilmoganny, Cork, Sligo Town, and other locales throughout ucallokecompli.ndemehhortimmwinfundbackkingwoopedumde.co is also sometimes placed in the American South, in various places among the.

[B Bm G Gm Cm D C Dm] Chords for Tom Waits - Shore leave with capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano, ukulele & mandolin.

Bob Dylan Thin Lizzy, “Whiskey in the Jar.” It’s become kind of a hard rock staple, but when you hear Thin Lizzy do it, you can still hear its DNA as an Irish folk song.

Dec 14,  · Few musicians have captured the emotional complexity of being an American in the 20th and 21st centuries with as much elegance and nuance as Tom Waits.

The new aspect for this album is the use of Tom Waits voice as a human beatbox in some places, almost as another instrument. His son Casey dons the turntables, another new aspect. There isn't a single song here that features Toms trademark piano, another slightly different thing, and so on.