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