...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits --------------------............. *from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)* Verse 1: Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon, Inde-pendent as a hog on ice. He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse, Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss. Verse 2: Uncle Biltmore, And Uncle William, Made a million during World War II. But they're tightwads, And they're cheapskates, And they'll never give a dime to you. Interlude: Verse 3: Auntie Mame has gone in-sane; she lives, In the doorway of an old ho-tel. And the radio, Is playing opera, All she ever says is; "go to Hell". Verse 4: Uncle Violet, Flew as pilot, And there ain't no pretty girls in France. Now he runs a tiny little bookie joint; They say he never keeps it in his pants. Verse 5: Uncle Bill will never leave a will, And the tumour is as big as an egg. Has a mistress; she's Puerto Rican, And I heard she has a woo-den leg. Interlude: Verse 6: Uncle Phil can't live without his pills; He has emphy-sema and he's almost blind. And we must find out where the money is, Get it now, before he loses his mind. Verse 7: Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon, Inde-pendent as a hog on ice. He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse, Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss. CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35543 466544 355433 133111 x46664 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35553 x13331 244322 133211