The Cigarette Song Chords
by Matt Pless
The Cigarette Song by Matt Pless is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
F C Bb C F C Bb C
Verse
F Dm
Smoked lots of cigarettes, filled my lungs up with regret
Bb C
But I got a second chance, I put down those cancer sticks
F Dm
Never should have picked them up, but they say whats done is done
Bb C
And I'm done with slavery, feeling better everyday
Bb C Dm
I said I'd quit a time or two before
Bb C F
Then I'd always bum another from a friend
Bb C Dm
Because moderation meant just one more
Bb C F
So I hope I never smoke one again
C Bb C F C Bb C
Verse
F
No more holding hands with Death
Dm
Had to stop and catch my breathe
Bb
No more coughing in the cold
C
Stranded on Tobacco Road
F
Used to smoke them in the car
Dm
When my favorite song came on
Bb C
With a coffee or a beer, after nearly every meal
F Dm
Feeling like a hypocrite and making corporations rich
Bb C
In exchange they make me sick, either way you pay for it
F Dm
They sell them to you overpriced, medical bills start to rise
Bb C
Life's a drag but surely I can find a cheaper way to die
Bb C Dm
And I remember fits of nicotine
Bb C F
Wishing every cigarette would never end
Bb C Dm
But it seems like lately I need room to breathe
Bb C F
So I hope I never smoke one again
Instrumental
C Bb C F C Bb C Bb C Dm Bb C F C
Verse
F* Dm*
But when it comes down to it, some folks just don't wanna quit
Bb* C
And that's their prerogative, I can't tell you how to live
F Dm
But I hope that you survive, hope I bought myself some time
Bb C
Hope we make it out alive, or at least 'till 95
Bb C Dm
I'm through with throwing half a pack away
Bb C F
Then the next day digging through the garbage can
Bb C Dm
Because I'm an addict, what else can I say?
Bb C
But I hope I never smoke one
Bb C
I hope I never smoke one
Bb C F C F
I hope I never smoke one again