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