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Version 1 Version 2[Intro] C G C [Verse 1] C G C I was talking to a swaggy yesterday F C His beard was long his hair was silver grey G C His dress was out of style but he wore a friendly smile D7 G And here is what the old man had to say [Verse 2] C G C “You may think me most unusual my boy F C When I tell you straight that I am stony broke F C I tramp from year to year and I’ll drink all kinds of beer G C But I like to have good 'baccy when I smoke" [Verse 3] C G C Now I’ll show you this here old terbacco tin F C The paint is gone the sides are dinted in F C But it’s opened many a bottle in its wild and chequered life G C And to me it has always been a friend [Yodel] F C G C [Verse 4] C G C I one time had a wife and everything F C But a stranger came and soon we were apart F C So I left my friends and home and I hit the road to roam G C But nicotine has mended my old heart [Verse 5] C G C I’ve got no use for money in my life F C You strive and struggle till it gets you down F C I tramp until I lag and then I’ll drop my swag G C And I’ll sit and smoke and watch the world go 'round [Verse 6] C G C When finally I reach the golden gates F C They say St Peter he’s a decent bloke F C If I’m taken with the blessed this will be my last request G C I must have good terbaccy when I smoke [Verse 7] C G C Yes I was talking to that swaggy yesterday F C And what he told me I’ll remember clear F C Trampin’ out there with the breeze happy as the birds and bees G C And I reckon that he has the right idea. [Yodel] G D A D