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Social Disease               Elton John  T A B  By   Baddad
DMy bulldog is barking in the backyarD7d    
G7Enough to raise a dead man from his grEave 
DAnd I can't concentrate on what I'm doinB7g 
EDisturbance going to crucify my days A  Asus4  
And the Ddays they get longer and longer D7  
G7And the nightime is a time of little use E  
For I Djust get ugly and oldeB7r 
EI get juiced on Mateus A7and just hang loose D  
Chorus 
BmAnd I get bombed for breakfast in the morniG7ng 
BmI get bombed for dinnertime and tea G7  
DI dress in rags, smell a lotA, and have a G7real good time 
I'm a Dgenuine example,,     A7of a social disease D  G  D  
DMy landlady lives in a caravan D7  
G7Well that is when she isn't in my armEs 
DAnd it seems I pay the rent in human kindnesB7s 
EBut my liquor also helps to grease her palm A  Asus4  
DAnd the ladies are all getting wrD7inkles 
G7And they're falling apart at the seams E  
DWell I just get high on tequilB7a 
EAnd see visions of A7vineyards in my Ddreams 
Chorus 
BmAnd I get bombed for breakfast in the morniG7ng 
BmI get bombed for dinnertime and tea G7  
DI dress in rags, smell a lotA, and have a reG7al good time 
I'm a Dgenuine example,,,     A7of a social disease D  G  D  
DAnd the ladies are all getting wrD7inkles 
G7And they're falling apart at the seams E  
DWell I just get high on tequilB7a 
EAnd see visions of A7vineyards in my Ddreams
Chorus 
BmAnd I get bombed for breakfast in the morniG7ng 
BmI get bombed for dinner time and teG7a 
DI dress in rags, smell a lAot, and have a G7hart of gold 
I'm Da genuine example A7,,,         a sociaDl diGsease Dof 

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Social Disease

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Social Disease Elton John T A B By Baddad

D D7

My bulldog is barking in the backyard

G7 E

Enough to raise a dead man from his grave

D B7

And I can't concentrate on what I'm doing

E A Asus4

Disturbance going to crucify my days

D D7

And the days they get longer and longer

G7 E

And the nightime is a time of little use

D B7

For I just get ugly and older

E A7 D

I get juiced on Mateus and just hang loose

Chorus

Bm G7

And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning

Bm G7

I get bombed for dinnertime and tea

D A G7

I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a real good time

D A7 D G D

I'm a genuine example,, of a social disease

D D7

My landlady lives in a caravan

G7 E

Well that is when she isn't in my arms

D B7

And it seems I pay the rent in human kindness

E A Asus4

But my liquor also helps to grease her palm

D D7

And the ladies are all getting wrinkles

G7 E

And they're falling apart at the seams

D B7

Well I just get high on tequila

E A7 D

And see visions of vineyards in my dreams

Chorus

Bm G7

And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning

Bm G7

I get bombed for dinnertime and tea

D A G7

I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a real good time

D A7 D G D

I'm a genuine example,,, of a social disease

D D7

And the ladies are all getting wrinkles

G7 E

And they're falling apart at the seams

D B7

Well I just get high on tequila

E A7 D

And see visions of vineyards in my dreams

Chorus

Bm G7

And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning

Bm G7

I get bombed for dinner time and tea

D A G7

I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a hart of gold

D A7 D G D

I'm a genuine example ,,, a social disease of

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