Cemetery Polka

[Verso 1]

      Cm     G#     Cm     G# 
Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon 
     Cm           G#     G 
Inde-pendent as a hog on ice 
       Cm        G#                Cm             G# 
He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse 
          Cm          G#  G   Cm 
Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss 

 

[Verso 2]

      Fm       C#         Fm      C# 
Uncle Biltmore, and Uncle William 
       Fm             C#        C 
Made a million during World War II 
            Fm        C#           Fm          C# 
But they're tightwads, and they're cheapskates 
            Fm           C#   C  Fm 
And they'll never give a dime to you 


Interlude
( G# ) 
 

[Verso 3]

       Cm       G#      Cm        G# 
Auntie Mame has gone in-sane; she lives 
       Cm                G# G 
In the doorway of an old ho-tel 
        Cm    G#          Cm    G# 
And the radio, is playing opera 
        Cm             G#  G  Cm 
All she ever says is; "go to Hell" 

 

[Verso 4]

      Fm      C#      Fm    C# 
Uncle Violet, flew as pilot 
          Fm              C#       C 
And there ain't no pretty girls in France 
       Fm     C#          Fm           C# 
Now he runs a tiny little bookie joint 
            Fm             C# C   Fm 
They say he never keeps it in his pants 
 

[Verso 5]

      A#m       F#            A#m  F# 
Uncle Bill will never leave a will 
        A#m          F#        F 
And the tumour is as big as an egg 
      A#m      F#            A#m   F# 
Has a mistress; she's Puerto Rican 
      A#m             F#  F   A#m 
And I heard she has a woo-den leg 


Interlude 

( G# ) 
 

[Verso 6]

      Cm         G#               Cm 
Uncle Phil can't live without his pills 
G#            Cm            G#     G 
 He has emphy-sema and he's almost blind 
       Cm        G#            Cm       G# 
And we must find out where the money is 
       Cm             G#    G   Cm 
Get it now, before he loses his mind 



[Verso 7]

      Fm     C#     Fm     C# 
Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon 
     Fm           C#     C 
Inde-pendent as a hog on ice 
       Fm        C#                Fm             C# 
He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse 
         Fm          C#   C   Fm 
Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss 

( Cm  G#  G  Fm ) 
( C#  C  A#m  F#  F )