WARNING: You are trying to view
content from Ultimate-Guitar.com
in an unauthorized application,
which is prohibited.
Please use an official Ultimate
Guitar Tabs application for iPhone,
iPad or Android to access legitimate
chords, guitar, bass, and drum tabs
from Ultimate-Guitar.com database.
Type "ultimate guitar tabs" in Apple
App Store's or Android Market's
search to find the application.
...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits
--------------------.............
*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*
Verse 1:
Cm Ab Cm Ab
Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon,
Cm Ab G
Inde-pendent as a hog on ice.
Cm Ab Cm Ab
He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse,
Cm Ab 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:
Ab
Verse 3:
Cm Ab Cm Ab
Auntie Mame has gone in-sane; she lives,
Cm Ab G
In the doorway of an old ho-tel.
Cm Ab
And the radio,
Cm Ab
Is playing opera,
Cm Ab 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:
Bbm F# Bbm F#
Uncle Bill will never leave a will,
Bbm F# F
And the tumour is as big as an egg.
Bbm F# Bbm F#
Has a mistress; she's Puerto Rican,
Bbm F# F Bbm
And I heard she has a woo-den leg.
Interlude:
Ab
Verse 6:
Cm Ab Cm
Uncle Phil can't live without his pills;
Ab Cm Ab G
He has emphy-sema and he's almost blind.
Cm Ab Cm Ab
And we must find out where the money is,
Cm Ab 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:
---------------
Cm Ab G Fm C# C Bbm 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)
