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A small cigar can change the world
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I know, I've done it frequently at parties
G5 A5
Where I've won all the guests' attention
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With my generosity and suave gentlemanly bearing
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A little flat tin case is all you need
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Breast-pocket conversation opener
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And one of those ciggie lighters that look rather good
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You can throw away when empty
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Must be declared a great success
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My small cigars all vanish within minutes
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Excuse me, mine host, that I may visit B 0
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A nearby tobacconist D 2
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To replenish my supply of small cigars E -
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And make the party swing again
D5 D5
I know my clothes seem shabby
G5 A5
And don't fit this Hampstead soiree
D5
Where unread copies of Rolling Stone
D5
Well-thumbed Playboys
G5 A5
Decorate the hi-fi stereo record shelves
D5 D5
If you ask me they're on their way
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To upper-middle-class oblivion
D5 D5
The stupid twits, they roll their only
G5 A5 A5
One cigarette between them
D5 D5
My small cigar's redundant now
G5 Bb5
In the haze of smoking pleasure
D5 D5
Call it a day, get the hell away
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Go down the cafe, for a cup of real tea
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By the tube station, there's a drunk old fool
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Who sells papers in the rush hour
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I hand to him ten small cigars
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He smiles, says, ``Son, God bless you''
D5 C5
A small cigar has changed his world, my friend
D5 C5
A small cigar has changed the world again
Piano, repeated
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A small cigar . . .