| D | D7 | Gm | A | |
| A small c | igar | can change the world |
| D | D7 | |
| I know, I've done it fr | equently at p | arties |
| Gm | A | |
| Where I've won | all the guests' att | ention |
| D | D7 | Gm | A | |
| With my gener | osity | and suave g | entlemanly b | earing |
| D | D7 | |
| A little fl | at tin case is | all you need |
| Gm | Asus4 | A | |
| Breast-pocket c | onversation | opener |
| D | D7 | |
| And one of those c | iggie lighters that look r | ather good |
| Gm | Asus4 | A | |
| You can thr | ow away when | empty |
| D | D7 | |
| Must b | e declared a gr | eat success |
| Gm | Bb | D | B | |
| My sm | all cigars all v | anish within m | inutes |
| Am* (An Am with lifted |
| Em Am Am* e 0 index finger) |
| Excuse me, mine host, that I may visit B 0 |
| G | D | G | 2 | |
| A nearb | y tob | acconist | D | 2 |
| Em Am Am* A 0 |
| To replenish my supply of small cigars E - |
| G | B | |
| And m | ake the party swing again |
| D | D7 | |
| I kn | ow my clothes seem sh | abby |
| Gm | A | |
| And don't f | it this Hampstead s | oiree |
| D | |
| Where unread copies of R | olling Stone |
| D7 | |
| Well-thumbed Pl | ayboys |
| Gm | A | |
| Decorate the h | i-fi stereo record sh | elves |
| D | D7 | |
| If y | ou ask me they're | on their way |
| Gm | Asus4 | A | |
| To upper-m | iddle-class obl | ivion |
| D | D7 | |
| The st | upid twits, they r | oll their only |
| Gm | Asus4 | A | |
| One c | igarette betw | een th | em |
| D | D7 | |
| My sm | all cigar's red | undant now |
| Gm | Bb | |
| In the h | aze of smoking ple | asure |
| D | D7 | |
| Call | it a day, get the h | ell away |
| Gm | Bb | D | B | |
| Go down the c | afe, for a c | up of real t | ea |
| Em Am Am* |
| By the tube station, there's a drunk old fool |
| G | D | |
| Who sells p | apers in the rush hour |
| Em Am Am* |
| I hand to him ten small cigars |
| G | B | |
| He sm | iles, says, ``Son, God bless you'' |
| D | C | |
| A sm | all cigar has ch | anged his world, my friend |
| D | C | |
| A sm | all cigar has ch | anged the world again |
| Piano, repeated |
| Dsus4 D C ... G Bb Asus4 A Asus2 A |
| A small cigar . . . |