Talking Cancer Blues - Dave Van Ronk Chords
Chords: CAPO, G, C, D, A
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Genre: blues, folk, acoustic
Standard talking blues progression, but the timing is a little funky from
verse to verse.
If you're not singing with the same timing as Dave the chord placement will
look a little different.
NO CAPO
[Verse 1]
G C
I was sitting in the back yard sucking on a Good Humor
D
Along comes a Doc, says my wife has a tumor
G C D
And it was malignant
[Verse 2]
G C
Now the AMA and the medical highers
D
They don't agree with Liggette & Meyers
G C
They say smoking is bad for you, it'll give you cancer
D G
Hell of a cough, too
[Verse 3]
G C
Well, there is cancer of the liver; there is cancer of the lung
D
Cancer of the lip, the throat, the tongue
G C
There's 17 malignant tumors in one filter tip king size
D
Now light up
[Verse 4]
G C
Well, a cigarette was needed that was relatively clean
D
They come out with filters, low tars & nicotine
G C
(Pretty low on sales, too!) All that research gone to waste
D G
No harmful ingredient, no cigarette taste
[Verse 5]
C
Well, the companies panicked, they had to find an answer
D G
They increased the tobacco strain and everybody's getting cancer
C
Look what I got free with these cigarette coupons
D
A chest X-ray
[Verse 6]
G C
Well, the hashish interest in Mexico
D
Has found a way to redouble their dough
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