{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":876965,"song":"Cemetery Polka","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/876965-cemetery-polka-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/876965?type=chord","rating":4.81473,"votes":27,"content":"...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits\r\n--------------------.............\r\n\r\n*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nUncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInde-pendent as a hog on ice.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]G#[/ch]                [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nHe's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nPlays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]Fm[/ch]      [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nUncle Biltmore, and Uncle William,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMade a million during World War II.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]           [ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nBut they're tightwads, and they're cheapskates,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll never give a dime to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\nInterlude:\r\n\r\n[ch]G#[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]G#[/ch]      [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAuntie Mame has gone in-sane; she lives,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the doorway of an old ho-tel.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cm[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAnd the radio, is playing opera,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAll she ever says is; \"go to Hell\".[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]      [ch]C#[/ch]      [ch]Fm[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nUncle Violet, flew as pilot,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fm[/ch]              [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd there ain't no pretty girls in France.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nNow he runs a tiny little bookie joint;[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nThey say he never keeps it in his pants.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5:\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A#m[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]A#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nUncle Bill will never leave a will,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A#m[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the tumour is as big as an egg.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A#m[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]A#m[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHas a mistress; she's Puerto Rican,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A#m[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I heard she has a woo-den leg.[/tab]\r\n\r\nInterlude:\r\n\r\n[ch]G#[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 6:\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nUncle Phil can't live without his pills;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]Cm[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n He has emphy-sema and he's almost blind.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAnd we must find out where the money is,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nGet it now, before he loses his mind.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 7:\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch]     [ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nUncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInde-pendent as a hog on ice.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]                [ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nHe's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nPlays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n   [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Fm[/ch]      [ch]C#[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]A#m[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\r\n x35543  466544  355433  133111  x46664  x35553  x13331  244322  133211\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits\n--------------------.............\n\n*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude:\n\nG#\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 5:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude:\n\nG#\n\nVerse 6:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 7:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n   Cm      G#      G       Fm      C#      C       A#m     F#      F\n\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\n x35543  466544  355433  133111  x46664  x35553  x13331  244322  133211\n\n\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["Cm","G#","G","Fm","C#","C","A#m","F#","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}