Artist: Tex Ritter    Roman Numerals: I, II7, IV7, V7    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]    Entered by: Leadpencil9   
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A
(A,C♯,E)

- A E A C♯ E
B7
(B,D♯,F♯,A)

- B D♯ A B F♯
D7
(D,F♯,A,C)

- - D A C F♯
E7
(E,G♯,B,D)

E B D G♯ B E


Verse
Now [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
I'm a fellar with a heart of gold
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
With the
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
ways of a gentleman, I've been told
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
The
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
kind of a guy that
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
wouldn't even harm a
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
flea
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
But if
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
me and a certain character met
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
That
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
guy that invented the cigarette
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
I'd
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
murder that son-of-a-
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
gun in the first de-
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
gree.

Verse
Cause, [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
it ain't 'cause I don't smoke myself
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
An' I
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
don't reckon that they hinder your health
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
I've
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
smoked 'em all my
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
life and I ain't dead
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
yet!
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
But
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
nicotine slaves are all the same
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
At a
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
pettin' party or a poker game
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Ev'ry-
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
thing's gotta stop while they
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
smoke the ciga-
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
rette.

Chorus
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Smoke!, Smoke!, Smoke! that ciga-
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
rette
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Puff!, Puff!, Puff! it til you
[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Major Second
]
smoke yourself to
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
death
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
Tell Saint
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Peter at the Golden Gate
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
That you
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
hate to make him
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
wait
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
You've just gotta have an-
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
other ciga-
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
rette.

Verse
In a [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
game of chance the other night
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Old Dame
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Fortune was a-doin' me right
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
the
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
kings and queens just
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
kept on comin' a
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
round
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
Then I
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
got a full and I bet it high
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
But my
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
bluff didn't work on a certain guy
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
He just
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
keep on raisin' and
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
layin' the money
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
down.

Verse
Now, [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
he'd raise me - I'd raise him
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
I
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
sweated blood - you gotta sink or swim
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
He
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
finally called
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
didn't raise the
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
bet
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
I said,
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
"Aces full, Pal, how 'bout you?"
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
He said,
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
I'll tell you in just a minute or two
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
But right
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
now, I just gotta
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
have a ciga
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
rette."

Chorus

Instrumental
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Major Second
]
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]

Verse
Now, the [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
other night I had me a date
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
With the
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
cutest little gal in these fifty states
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
A
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
highbred, uptown,
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
fancy little
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
dame
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
She said she
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
loved me and it seemed to me
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
That
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
ev'rything was 'bout like it oughta be
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
So
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
hand in hand, we
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
strolled down lover's
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
lane.

Verse
She was, [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
, so far from a chunk of ice
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
And our
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
smoochin' party was goin' real nice
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
So
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
help me, Hanna, I
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
think I'd-a been there
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
yet
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
Well, I
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
give her a kiss - a little squeeze
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
She said,
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
" a excuse me - please, but
[D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
I just
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
gotta have
[E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
another ciga
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
rette."

Chorus