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            [Intro]
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[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]
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[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]
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