Cemetery Polka Tom Waits
...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*
Verse 1:
Uncle [Cm]Vernon,[G#]
Uncle [Cm]Vernon,[G#]
Inde-[Cm]pendent as a [G#]hog on [G]ice.
He's a [Cm]big-shot, [G#]down there at the [Cm]slaughterhouse,[G#]
Plays ac-[Cm]cordion for [G#]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:
[G#]
Verse 3:
Auntie [Cm]Mame has [G#]gone in-[Cm]sane; she [G#]lives,
In the [Cm]doorway of an old [G#]ho-[G]tel.
And the [Cm]radio,[G#]
Is playing [Cm]opera,[G#]
All she [Cm]ever says is; "[G#]go [G]to [Cm]Hell".
Verse 4:
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tom_waits/cemetery_polka_crd.html )
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 [A#m]Bill will [F#]never leave a [A#m]will,[F#]
And the [A#m]tumour is as [F#]big as an [F]egg.
Has a [A#m]mistress;[F#] she's Puerto [A#m]Rican,[F#]
And I [A#m]heard she has a [F#]woo-[F]den [A#m]leg.
Interlude:
[G#]
Verse 6:
Uncle [Cm]Phil can't [G#]live without his [Cm]pills;
[G#] He has emphy-[Cm]sema and he's [G#]almost [G]blind.
And we [Cm]must find [G#]out where the [Cm]money is,[G#]
Get it [Cm]now, before he [G#]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] [G#] [G] [Fm] [C#]
[EADGBE]x35543 [EADGBE]466544 [EADGBE]355433 [EADGBE]133111 [EADGBE]x46664
[C] [A#m] [F#] [F]
[EADGBE]x35553 [EADGBE]x13331 [EADGBE]244322 [EADGBE]133211
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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