Talking Cancer Blues
- Dave Van Ronk
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Verse 1
G C
I was sitting in the back yard sucking on a Good Humor
D
Along comes a Doc, says my wife has a tumor
G C D
And it was malignant
Verse 2
G C
Now the AMA and the medical highers
D
They don't agree with Liggette & Meyers
G C
They say smoking is bad for you, it'll give you cancer
D G
Hell of a cough, too
Verse 3
G C
Well, there is cancer of the liver; there is cancer of the lung
D
Cancer of the lip, the throat, the tongue
G C
There's 17 malignant tumors in one filter tip king size
D
Now light up
Verse 4
G C
Well, a cigarette was needed that was relatively clean
D
They come out with filters, low tars & nicotine
G C
(Pretty low on sales, too!) All that research gone to waste
D G
No harmful ingredient, no cigarette taste
Verse 5
C
Well, the companies panicked, they had to find an answer
D G
They increased the tobacco strain and everybody's getting cancer
C
Look what I got free with these cigarette coupons
D
A chest X-ray
Verse 6
G C
Well, the hashish interest in Mexico
D
Has found a way to redouble their dough
G
They got a weed!
C
Has no tar, so they say
D
Let's all get the habit, marijuana's here to stay
G C D
So if you want a treat and you don't mind the treatment
G C
Smoke pot!
D G C D G
It's the thinking man's cigarette!











