Cemetery Polka Chords by Tom Waits

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[Ab] Uncle Paul, hell, [C] Independence [Cm] is a hog [G] on ice.
[C] He's [Ab] a big shot down there at the [Cm] slaughterhouse.
He's a cody [C] for Mr.
Rice.
[Fm]
[Db] Uncle Bill Paul and Uncle William [Fm] made a million during World War II.
But [Db] the tight rods and the cheapskates, [F] they'll never give a dime to you.
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[Cm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Fm] _ _ [C] And [Ab] a man has gone insane, she lives in the doorway of [G] an old hotel.
[C] And the [Ab] radio is playing up.
All she ever says is, [C] call up Uncle [Fm] Bill.
Uncle [Db] Violet is a pilot on the ring of pretty girls in [C] France.
[F] Now he [Db] runs a tiny little dookie joint.
[F] They say he never gets it in his [Bb] bed.
Uncle [Gb] Bill will never leave her will.
And the tumor is as [Bb] big as an egg.
As a [Gb] mistress, [Bbm] she's Puerto Rican.
And I heard she has a [Bb] wooden leg. _
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[Ab] Uncle Bill can't [C] put down his [Ab] pills.
[C] This [Ab] man is [G] almost blind.
[C] And we [Ab] must find [C] out where the [Ab] money is.
[Cm] Get it now, because he [C] loses his mind.
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[Db] _ Uncle Violet, [F] Independence [Db] is a [C] hog on ice.
[Fm] He's a [Db] big shot down there at the slaughterhouse.
[Fm] He plays the cody for Mr.
Rice. _ _
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