Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
E
B
F#
B
Verse 1
his suit to dinner
nearly every day
E
B
No particular reason,
and both his wingtip shoes
E
B
He built a closet on a high -back porch
F#
B
and put a penny in a burned -out fuse
E
B
He chained, camels, cigarettes,
F#
B
Cause Winkler won the war
E
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
Well he used to sing me
Blood on the Sabbath
And rock me on his knee
E
B
And let me listen to the radio
Before we got to bed
F#
B
Well he tried the church on Sunday
And he'd take me with him too
E
B
Stained glass in every window,
F#
B
Ironate in every key.
E
B
Chains smoked chemo cigarettes,
F#
B
Cause Lincoln wouldn't war.
E
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
Well, my grandma was a teacher,
F#
B
after Grandpa died
E
B
James smoked candles, cigarettes,
F#
B
called Lincoln one to war
E
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
he built houses, stores,
E
B
Chainsmoked camels, cigarettes,
B
E
B
And voted for Eisenhower,
F#
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
called Lincoln one to war
You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E F# G#m
B
E
F#
G#m
Capo: 4
Transpose: 0
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