Jethro Tull – A Small Cigar (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

bonus track from “Too Old to Rock'n'Roll: Too Young to Die!” (1976) [Verse 1]
D         D7  Gm             A
A small cigar can change the world

                     D             D7
I know, I've done it frequently at parties

               Gm                Asus4
Where I've won all the guests' attention

A           D      D7        Gm          Asus4
With my generosity and suave gentlemanly bearing

A        D                D7
A little flat tin case is all you need

              Gm           Asus4
Breast-pocket conversation opener

A                D                         D7
And one of those ciggie lighters that look rather good

        Gm              Asus4  A
You can throw away when empty

     D             D7
Must be declared a great success

   Gm               Bb            D         B
My small cigars all vanish within minutes
[Chorus 1]
  Em                       Am Asus2
Excuse me, mine host, that I  may visit

      G              D
A nearby tobacconist

      Em                  Am    Asus2
To replenish my supply of small cigars

             G                 B
And make the party swing again
[Verse 2]
  D                    D7
I know my clothes seem shabby

          Gm                 Asus4
And don't fit this Hampstead soiree

      A                D                           D7
Where unread copies of Rolling Stone, well-thumbed Playboys

             Gm           Asus4          A
Decorate the hi-fi stereo record shelves

   D                  D7
If you ask me they're on their way

         Gm             Asus4  A
To upper-middle-class oblivion

    D                  D7
The stupid twits, they roll their only

    Gm           Asus4     A
One cigarette between them

   D               D7
My small cigar's redundant now

       Gm              Bb
In the haze of smoking pleasure

     D                 D7
Call it a day, get the hell away

            Gm          Bb          D   B
Go down the cafe, for a cup of real tea
[Chorus 2]
       Em                      Am    Asus2
By the tube station, there's a drunk old fool

          G                       D
Who sells papers in the rush hour

  Em              Am    Asus2
I hand to him ten small cigars

           G                          B
He smiles, says, "Son, God bless you"
[Verse 3]
D         D7      C
A small cigar has changed his world, my friend

D                 C
A small cigar has changed the world again

[Outro]                                            |-3-|
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B|-3---3-3---1---1-1---|----------------0---------0---3-2-|
G|-2---2-2---0---0-0---|--------0---------2-1-2-3---------|
D|-0---0-0---x---x-x---|----0-1---4-3-4-------------------|
A|-----------3---3-3---|-3--------------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------------------|

e|--------------------0-1-|-----------------|
B|-3---------------3------|-3---2---0---2---|
G|--------0--------3------|-2---2---2---2---|repeat and fade
D|--------------3--3------|-2---2---2---2---|
A|-----2-----1-----1------|-0---0---0---0---|
E|------------------------|-----------------|