Ron Sexsmith – Cigarette And Cocktail (Guitar)

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Single released June 27, 2025. From the album "Hangover Terrace". Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3A21LQAIDgLvngAuoKAibx?si=499bb5fd414043dc [Intro] | G G7 | C/G | D | G | | G G7 | C/G | D | G | [Verse 1]
   G                  C/G              D/F#               G
As kids have grown up parties, all our fathers and our mothers

      G   G7       C/G            D7              G
Had a cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other

        G                 C/G          D/F#                   G
When it came to lungs and livers, well they just could not be bothered

  G   G7       C/G            D7              G  C/G    G
A cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other
[Verse 2]
           G                  C/G                D/F#        G
It was the best of times, the worst of times but if I had my druthers

           G   G7       C/G            D7              G
I'd have a cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other

    G                C/G            D/F#            G
Far from the eyes of mother and our sisters and our brothers

      G   G7       C/G             D7              G
Had a cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other

G      G7       C/G            D7              G  C/G    G
 A cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other
[Chorus]
D
La-la-la-la

     Cmaj7           G
What comes for us we can't outrun

D
 La-la-la

       Cmaj7          G                Am7   D11  D9  D7
We can gather dust or we can have some fun
[Instrumental] | G | C/G | D | G | | G G7 | C/G | D7 | G | | G | C/G | D | G | | G G7 | C/G | D7 | G C/G | C/G | G | [Chorus]
D
La-la-la-la

     Cmaj7           G
What comes for us we can't outrun

D
 La-la-la

       Cmaj7          G                 Am7      D11  D9  D7
We can gather dust or we can get things done, oh yeah
[Verse 3]
   G                  C/G              D/F#            G
As kids have grown up parties, all our fathers and our mothers

      G   G7       C/G            D7              G
Had a cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other

        G             C/G             D/F#          G
When on our deathbeds someday and you pull down the covers

             G   G7       C/G            D7              G
They'll be a cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other

G    G7       C/G            D7              G
 Cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other

G   G7       C/G            D7              G  C/G    G
Cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other