Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette
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[Intro]
G C G D7 G
[Verse]
C
I'm a guy with a heart of gold the ways of a gentleman I've been told
G D G
A kind of guy who'd never harm a flea
C
But if me and a certain character met the man who invented the cigarette
G D G
I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree
[Verse]
C
Now it ain't 'cause I don't smoke myself and I don't figure it'll hurt my health
G D G
I've been smokin' for 25 years I ain't dead yet
C
But them nicotine slaves they're all the same at a pettin' party or poker game
G D7 G
Every thing's gotta stop when they smoke that cigarette
[Chorus]
C G C A7
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette puff puff puff and if you puff yourself to
D7
death
G C G
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate that you hate to make him wait
D7 G G C G D7 G
But you just gotta have another cigarette
[Verse]
C
At a game of chance the other night ol' Dame Fortune was doin' me right
G D G
Kings and Queens just kept on comin' round
C
So I played 'em low bet 'em high my bluff didn't work on a certain guy
G D7 G
Kept on bettin' layin' that money down
C
He's raise me I'd raise him I sweated blood you got to sink or swim
G D7 G
Well he finally called and didn't even raise the bet
C
I said aces full pal how about you he said I'll tell you in a minute or two
G D7 G
But right now I'm gonna smoke another cigarette
[Chorus]
C G C A7
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette puff puff puff and if you puff yourself to
D7
death
G C G
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate that you hate to make him wait
D7 G G C G D7 G
But you just gotta have another cigarette
[Verse]
C
The other night I had a date with the cutest little gal in the 48 states
G D G
A regular uptown fancy kind'a dame
C
She said she loved me and it seemed to me things was goin' the way they 'sposed to be
G D7 G
Hand in hand we was strollin' down Lover's Lane
C
She was oh so far from a cake of ice our pettin' party was goin' nice
G D7 G
So help me Hannah I'd of been there yet
C
But I give her a hug and a little squeeze she said Cody excuse me please
G D7 G
But right now I gotta light up one of them cigarettes
[Chorus]
C G C A7
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette puff puff puff and if you puff yourself to
D7
death
G C G
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate that you hate to make him wait
D7 G G C G D7 G
But you just gotta have another cigarette
[Verse]
C
Now life ain't nothin' but a poker game and no two hands are quite the same
G D7 G
I never saw a winner that didn't bet
C
So if any you folks spectin' to quit I ain't gonna criticize you one little bit
G D7 G
Instead I'm gonna light up one of them cigarettes
[Chorus]
C G C A7
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette puff puff puff and if you puff yourself to
D7
death
G C G
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate that you hate to make him wait
D7 G
But you just gotta have another cigarette got a smoke
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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