SMOKE! SMOKE! SMOKE! THAT CIGARETTE Recorded by Tex Williams Words and music by Merle Travis and Tex Williams [Verse] A Now I'm a fellar with a heart of gold D7 With the ways of a gentleman, I've been told A E7 A E7 The kind of a fellar that wouldn't even harm a flea A But if me and a certain character met D7 That guy that invented the cigarette A E7 A I'd murder that son-of-a- gun in the first de- gree. [Verse] A Cause, it ain't 'cause I don't smoke myself D7 An' I don't reckon that they hinder your health A E7 A E7 I've smoked 'em all my life and I ain't dead yet! A But nicotine slaves are all the same D7 At a pettin' party or a poker game A E7 A Ev'ry- thing's gotta stop while they smoke the ciga- rette. [Chorus] D7 A Smoke!, Smoke!, Smoke! that ciga- rette D7 B7 E7 Puff!, Puff!, Puff! it if you smoke yourself to death A Tell Saint Peter at the Golden Gate D7 A That you hates to make him wait E7 A You've just gotta have an- other ciga- rette. [Verse] A In a game of chance the other night D7 Old Dame Fortune was a-doin' me right A E A E7 the kings and queens just kept on comin' a round A Then I got a full and I bet it high D7 But my bluff didn't work on a certain guy A E A He just keep on raisin' and layin' the money down. [Verse] A Now, he'd raise me - I'd raise him D7 I sweated blood - you gotta sink or swim A E A E7 He finally called didn't raise the bet A I said, "Aces full, Pal, how 'bout you?" D7 He said, "Well, I'll tell you in just a minute or two A E A But right now, I just gotta have myself a ciga rette." [Chorus] D7 A Smoke!, Smoke!, Smoke! that ciga- rette D7 B7 E7 Puff!, Puff!, Puff! it if you smoke yourself to death A Tell Saint Peter at the Golden Gate D7 A That you hates to make him wait E7 A You've just gotta have an- other ciga- rette. [Instrumental] D7 A D7 B7 E7 A D7 A E7 A [Verse] D7 A Smoke!, Smoke!, Smoke! that ciga- rette D7 B7 E7 Puff!, Puff!, Puff! it if you smoke yourself to death A Tell Saint Peter at the Golden Gate D7 A That you hates to make him wait E7 A You've just gotta have an- other ciga- rette. [Verse] A Now, the other night I had me a date D7 With the cutest little gal in these fifty states A E A E7 A highbred, uptown, fancy little dame A She said she loved me and it seemed to me D7 That ev'rything was 'bout like it oughta be A E A So hand in hand, we strolled down lover's lane. [Verse] A She was, , so far from a chunk of ice D7 And our smoochin' party was goin' real nice A E A E7 So help me, Hanna, I think I'd-a been there yet A Well, I give her a kiss - a little squeeze D7 She said, "Tex, excuse me - please, but A E A I just gotta have another ciga rette." [Chorus] D7 A Smoke!, Smoke!, Smoke! that ciga- rette D7 B7 E7 Puff!, Puff!, Puff! it if you smoke yourself to death A Tell Saint Peter at the Golden Gate D7 A That you hates to make him wait E7 A You've just gotta have an- other ciga- rette. NOTE: Some recordings, after the first chorus change keys 1/2 step up and then again 1/2 step up after each chorus.So if you begin in A , 1/2 step after chorus would be Bb then next would be B to end the song.This above chording has kept in one key.
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