Cold Beer And Cigarettes

Bb   F

  C
A white ghost, making his way up the
 west coast Trying to focus his
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high hopes on a vagina or two He's
 Bb         F
 taking his chances

C
Meanwhile, back in his living room 
Bright smiles are watching his 
toddler
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run speed trials Over a 
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grandmother's rug And nature 
   F
advances


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Up the interstate He's been 
          Ab     Bb        G
awake And pretty drunk for three 
whole

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Days. No one wants to stop 
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Until they get to where they're 
going

     Cm     Bb        Ab    G   
I'll get to where I'm going 
        G7
pretty soon

Continues after the ad
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So he takes another drink   'Cause
                      F
 watching the scenery bleed

  Fm              C     Am       
Into each similar scene Isn't as 
         G      F       C
sweet as it had been in his dreams

solo over verse with slightly 
different ending:
C              Bb  Am  F   F


     C
It's faster to buy cigarettes and 
some cold beer If you don't rattle 
the
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cashier By asking her back to your 
F/A         G
room. She's calling security

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Our car's on fire in the parking 
                          C
lot And nobody wants it to rain
But God isn't listening So all of 
                F
the windshields glisten
The water and oil mix Causing the 
        C
fire to spread
                              G    
To five or six innocent automobiles
 G7                      F
 Sitting in their nearby spots
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What a cruel God we've got

      Am        Em        F C   
Right on, right on, right on   
     Dm        G  G7   C
Right on, right on
      Am        Em        F C   
Right on, right on, right on   
     Dm        G  G7
Right on, right on

      C             Gm            
So he takes another drink   'Cause
                      F
 watching the scenery bleed

  Fm              C     Am       
Into each similar scene Isn't as 
         G      F       C
sweet as it had been in his dreams