Cigarettes And Beer
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ERSKINEVILLE
The Gadflys
This is off "Many Happy Returns", and this is the crappy piano chords version.
Corrections requested, 'cause I don't think I got it quite right. Works, though.
This was sung by Andy Lewis, the late bassist for both The Gadflys and The Whitlams.
rgawthorpe@bigpond.com
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Bb Dm/A Gm F F/G F/A)
Bb Dm/A Gm F F/G F/A)
Bb Dm/A
A little later
Gm F Bb
In the morning when we rise
Dm/A
We'll read the paper
Gm F Bb
And wipe the sleep out of our eyes
We could go walking
Or maybe not you can decide
Out in the sunlight
Beneath the cool autumn sky
The leaves are falling
As we go walking past the school
You don't see it often
'Cause you'd be driving as a rule
But it's so pretty
This afternoon down in the lane
It's such a pity
To think we won't see it again.
Gb Bb
It's just another story
Gb Bb
Played out along familiar lines
A Dm
I know that things just don't work out sometimes
G F C
And life can often be unkind
When we get hungry
We could stop in for a meal
We'll drink some wine
And later on some beer
And in the evening
As we go walking down our street
Stop in at our house
Take the load off our feet
It's just another story
Played out along familiar lines
I know that things just don't work out sometimes
And life can often be unkind
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end.
Rozsa: Andy stole my thoughts, I tellsya.
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