Cemetery Polka chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*


Verse 1:

   G#G#
Uncle Vernon,
   G#G#
Uncle Vernon,
   G+G
Inde-pendent as a hog on ice.
    G#G#
He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse,
     C minorCm
Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss.

Verse 2:

   C#C#
Uncle Biltmore,
     C#C#
And Uncle William,
    C majorC
Made a million during World War II.
      C#C#
But they're tightwads,
      C#C#
And they're cheapskates,
      F minorFm
And they'll never give a dime to you.

Interlude:

G#G#

Verse 3:

    G#G#
Auntie Mame has gone in-sane; she lives,
    G+G
In the doorway of an old ho-tel.
    G#G#
And the radio,
      G#G#
Is playing opera,
    C minorCm
All she ever says is; "go to Hell".

Verse 4:

   C#C#
Uncle Violet,
    C#C#
Flew as pilot,
     C majorC
And there ain't no pretty girls in France.
    C#C#
Now he runs a tiny little bookie joint;
      F minorFm
They say he never keeps it in his pants.

Verse 5:

   F#F#
Uncle Bill will never leave a will,
    FF
And the tumour is as big as an egg.
   F#F#
Has a mistress; she's Puerto Rican,
   A#mA#m
And I heard she has a woo-den leg.

Interlude:

G#G#

Verse 6:

   C minorCm
Uncle Phil can't live without his pills;
G+G
 He has emphy-sema and he's almost blind.
    G#G#
And we must find out where the money is,
    C minorCm
Get it now, before he loses his mind.

Verse 7:

   C#C#
Uncle Vernon,
   C#C#
Uncle Vernon,
   C majorC
Inde-pendent as a hog on ice.
    C#C#
He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse,
     F minorFm
Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  C#C#

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 x35543 466544 355433 133111 x46664

  FF

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 x35553 x13331 244322 133211


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006