A5 Now I'm a fellar with a heart of gold D5 With the ways of a gentleman, I've been told A5 E5 A5 E5 The kind of a fellar that wouldn't even harm a flea A5 But if me and a certain character met D5 That guy that invented the cigarette A5 E5 A5 I'd murder that son-of-a-gun in the first degree. A5 Now, it ain't 'cause I don't smoke myself D5 An' I don't reckon that they hinder your health D5 A5 E5 A5 E5 I've smoked 'em all my life and I ain't dead yet! A5 But nicotine slaves are all the same D5 At a pettin' party or a poker game A5 E5 A5 Ev'ry-thing's gotta stop while they smoke the cigarette. D5 A5 Smoke!, Smoke!, Smoke! that cigarette D5 B5 E5 ? E5 Puff!, Puff!, Puff! it ?till you smoke yourself to death D5 A5 Tell Saint Peter at the Golden Gate A5 D5 A5 That you hates to make him wait A5 E5 ? E5 A5 You've just gotta have another cigarette. Verse In a game of chance the other night Old Dame Fortune was a-doin' me right Man, the kings and queens just kept on comin' around Then I got a full and I bet it high But my bluff didn't work on a certain guy He just keep on raisin' and layin' the money down. Now, he'd raise me - I'd raise him I sweated blood - you gotta sink or swim He finally called - didn't raise the bet I said, "Aces full, Pal, how 'bout you?" He said, "Well, I'll tell you in just a minute or two But right now, I just gotta have myself a cigarette." CHORUS Verse Now, the other night I had me a date With the cutest little gal in the forty-eight states A highbred, uptown, fancy little dame She said she loved me and it seemed to me That ev'rything was 'bout like it oughta be So hand in hand, we strolled down lover's lane. She was, oh, so far from a chunk of ice And our smoochin' party was goin' real nice So help me, Hanna, I think I'd-a been there yet Well, I give her a kiss - a little squeeze She said, "Tex, excuse me - please, but I just gotta have another cigarette."
