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Verse 1
(G major) Uncle (B minor) Vernon, (G major) Uncle Vernon,
independent (B minor) as a (G major) hog on ice (F sharp major)
He's a (B minor) big-shot down (G major) down
there at the slaughterhouse
Plays accordion for (B minor) Mr. (F sharp major) (B major) Weiss (E minor)
Verse 2
Uncle Biltmore and (C major) Uncle William
Made a million during
World War Two (E minor) (B major)
(E minor) But they're tightwads (C major) and
they're cheapskates
And they'll never give a dime (E minor) to you
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Interlude 1
(E minor) (C major) (E minor) (C major)
(F major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (F sharp major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(E minor) Auntie Mame (G major) (B minor) has gone
Verse 3
(G major) in sane
(B minor) She lives (G major) in the doorway
of an old hotel (B minor) (F sharp major)
(B minor) And the radio (G major) is playing opera
All she ever says is (B minor) go to (F sharp major) hell (B major)
(E minor) Uncle Violet flew
Verse 4
(C major) as a pilot
And there ain't no pretty
girls in France (B major)
Now he (E minor) runs a (C major) tiny
little bookie joint
They say he never keeps (E minor) it (C major) in (B major) his (E minor) pants
(A minor) Uncle Bill will
Verse 5
(F major) never leave a will
And the tumor is as big as an (A minor) egg
(E minor) He (E major) has a (A minor) mistress, (F major) she's Puerto Rican
And I (A minor) heard she has a wooden (E minor) (A minor) leg
Interlude 2
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(A minor) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (B minor)
Verse 6
Uncle Phil can't (G major) live without his pills
He has emphysema and
he's almost blind (F sharp major)
And we (B major) must find (G major) out where the money is
Get it now before he (B major) loses (F sharp major) his (B major) mind
(E minor) Uncle Vernon,
Verse 7
(C major) Uncle Vernon,
independent as a hog on ice (B major)
He's a (E minor) big shot (C major) down there
at the slaughterhouse
He plays ac (E minor) cordion for Mr. Weiss
Cemetery Polka
Tom Waits
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