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Cigarettes, whiskey and wild women

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V

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Verse 1

Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women
3 / 4 time

Verse 2

G                          C         G
Cigarettes and whiskey and wild wild women
                                A7        D7
They'll drive you crazy they'll drive you insane
G                          C         G
Cigarettes and whiskey and wild wild women
                                D7        G7
They'll drive you crazy they'll drive you insane
                     C          G
Once I was happy and had a good wife
                      A7          D7
I had enough money to last me for life
  G                     C         G
I met with a gal and we went on a spree
                          D7       G
She taught me smoking and drinking whiskey

Chorus

And now I’m feeble and broken with age
The lines on my face make a well written page
I'm weaving this story how sadly how true
On women and whiskey and what they can do

Chorus

Write on the cross at the head of my grave
For women and whiskey here lies a poor slave
Take warning dear stranger take warning dear friend
Then write in big letters these words at the end

Chorus

Cigarettes is a blithe on the whole human race
A man is a monkey with one on his face
So gather round friends and listen dear brother
There’s a fire on one end and a fool on the other