The Smoke Went Up The Chimney Just The Same chords by Montana Slim, Wilf Carter

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) Sitting
round the funk check
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on a  (G major) cold November morn,  (D major) 
And most of us were wishing
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that we  (E major) never had been  (A major) born.
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The  (D major) north wind just a -howling,
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letting in  (G major) the sleet and  (D major) rain,
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But the smoke went up the  (E major) chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same.
Some were playing poker,
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losing  (G major) all their summer state,  (D major) 
And some were stealing cookies
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that the  (E major) cook had chance to  (A major) make.
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The  (D major) flonky -choppin' firewood
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says we're  (G major) drivin' him in (D major) sane,
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But the smoke went up the  (E major) chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same.  (E major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
For breakfast we get flapjacks,
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for  (G major) dinner pork and  (D major) bean,
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For supper a big chunk of  (E major) pork
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I didn't have no  (A major) lean.
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They  (D major) ain't no use complainin',
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boys, there  (G major) ain't a thing to  (D major) gain,
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When the smoke went up the  (E major) chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same.
One day we boys decided four
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to  (G major) have some different chunk
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 (D major) We give old Jim the job
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cause he  (E major) always had good  (A major) luck
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And  (D major) soon the pot was failing
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and the  (G major) fragrance sure was  (D major) tame
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But the smoke went up the  (E major) chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) We had beef and spuds and carrot
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boys that  (G major) made a dandy stew
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 (D major) Along with chunks of turnips
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that they  (E major) never would cook  (A major) through
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Asparagus  (D major) and onions
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that are  (G major) noted for their  (D major) fame,
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But the smoke went up the  (E major) chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same.
Oh, after we had eaten all the
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 (G major) chuck that we could  (D major) hold,
Decided we had better rest
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of  (E major) crawling to our  (A major) oals,
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But  (D major) soon we gets a feeling,
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boys, it  (G major) turned into a  (D major) pain,
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But the smoke went up the  (E major) chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same.  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Old Jim led him to laughing
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at the  (G major) way we all per (D major) formed
He said he never had such fun
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since the  (E major) day that he was  (A major) born
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He said  (D major) he'd made a big mistake
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and the  (G major) only one to  (D major) blame
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But the smoke went up the  (E major) chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same
He was putting in some seasoning
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like  (G major) most a cookies  (D major) do
A sack fell off the pantry shelf
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and  (E major) fell into the  (A major) stew
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There's a  (D major) little sack of hidey -ho
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That  (G major) causes all the  (D major) pain
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But the smoke went  (E major) up the chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same  (A major)  (D major)  (E major) 
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 (D major) And now you've heard the mystery
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Of the  (G major) cowboy and their stew
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 (D major) Next mornin' all were grumblin'
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And a  (E major) -feelin' mighty blue
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 (A major) Old  (D major) Jim was fryin' bacon
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And a  (G major) -singin' this re (D major) frain
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And the smoke went up the  (E major) chimney
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just  (A major) the  (D major) same  (D major)  (D major) you