...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits --------------------............. *from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)* Verse 1: Cm G# Uncle Vernon, Cm G# Uncle Vernon, Cm G# G Inde-pendent as a hog on ice. Cm G# Cm G# He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse, Cm G# G Cm Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss. Verse 2: Fm C# Uncle Biltmore, Fm C# And Uncle William, Fm C# C Made a million during World War II. Fm C# But they're tightwads, Fm C# And they're cheapskates, Fm C# C Fm And they'll never give a dime to you. Interlude: G# Verse 3: Cm G# Cm G# Auntie Mame has gone in-sane; she lives, Cm G# G In the doorway of an old ho-tel. Cm G# And the radio, Cm G# Is playing opera, Cm G# G Cm All she ever says is; "go to Hell". Verse 4: ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tom_waits/cemetery_polka_crd.html ) Fm C# Uncle Violet, Fm C# Flew as pilot, Fm C# C And there ain't no pretty girls in France. Fm C# Fm C# Now he runs a tiny little bookie joint; Fm C# C Fm They say he never keeps it in his pants. Verse 5: A#m F# A#m F# Uncle Bill will never leave a will, A#m F# F And the tumour is as big as an egg. A#m F# A#m F# Has a mistress; she's Puerto Rican, A#m F# F A#m And I heard she has a woo-den leg. Interlude: G# Verse 6: Cm G# Cm Uncle Phil can't live without his pills; G# Cm G# G He has emphy-sema and he's almost blind. Cm G# Cm G# And we must find out where the money is, Cm G# G Cm Get it now, before he loses his mind. Verse 7: Fm C# Uncle Vernon, Fm C# Uncle Vernon, Fm C# C Inde-pendent as a hog on ice. Fm C# Fm C# He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse, Fm C# C Fm Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss. CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- CGGFC# EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35543 466544 355433 133111 x46664 CAFF EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35553 x13331 244322 133211 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)