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...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*
Verse 1:
Cm G# Cm G#
Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon,
Cm G# G
Inde-pendent as a hog on ice.
Cm G# Cm G#
He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse,
Cm G# G Cm
Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss.
Verse 2:
Fm C# Fm C#
Uncle Biltmore, and Uncle William,
Fm C# C
Made a million during World War II.
Fm C# Fm C#
But they're tightwads, and they're cheapskates,
Fm C# C Fm
And they'll never give a dime to you.
Interlude:
G#
Verse 3:
Cm G# Cm G#
Auntie Mame has gone in-sane; she lives,
Cm G# G
In the doorway of an old ho-tel.
Cm G# Cm G#
And the radio, is playing opera,
Cm G# G Cm
All she ever says is; "go to Hell".
Verse 4:
Fm C# Fm C#
Uncle Violet, flew as pilot,
Fm C# C
And there ain't no pretty girls in France.
Fm C# Fm C#
Now he runs a tiny little bookie joint;
Fm C# C Fm
They say he never keeps it in his pants.
Verse 5:
A#m F# A#m F#
Uncle Bill will never leave a will,
A#m F# F
And the tumour is as big as an egg.
A#m F# A#m F#
Has a mistress; she's Puerto Rican,
A#m F# F A#m
And I heard she has a woo-den leg.
Interlude:
G#
Verse 6:
Cm G# Cm
Uncle Phil can't live without his pills;
G# Cm G# G
He has emphy-sema and he's almost blind.
Cm G# Cm G#
And we must find out where the money is,
Cm G# G Cm
Get it now, before he loses his mind.
Verse 7:
Fm C# Fm C#
Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon,
Fm C# C
Inde-pendent as a hog on ice.
Fm C# Fm C#
He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse,
Fm C# C Fm
Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Cm G# G Fm C# C A#m F# F
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x35543 466544 355433 133111 x46664 x35553 x13331 244322 133211
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)