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6 5 4 3 2 1
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C+2 x 3 0 2 1 x
Csus4 x 3 3 0 1 x
D7 x x 0 5 3 x
D7/F# 2 x 0 2 1 x
D6 x x 0 4 3 x
F+2 x x 3 1 1 3
Fmaj7 x x 3 2 1 0
G/B x 2 0 0 3 x
G7sus4 3 x 3 0 1 x
Gsus4/A x 0 0 0 1 x
G5(add C#)/B x 2 0 0 2 x
C E7 Fmaj7 G7sus4 G7 C Csus4
C
If you want some real contentment,
E7
to live life at its best,
F+2
You can buy these dry tobacco leaves,
Fm
to breathe into your chest.
C A7
And then look up at the billboard,
D7 D6
while all the promises come
G Gsus4/A G5/B G/B
true, for you.
C
You'll feel alive with pleasure,
E7
playful as a child.
F+2
You've come to where the freedom is.
Fm
You're cool and mild.
C A7
You'll laugh with every lungful
D7 D6 G7sus4 G7 C Csus4 G7sus4
as the change comes over you.
G7sus4 G7 C
So look up at the billboard.
G7sus4 G7 C
See her smiling, sexy and tan.
G/B Csus4 G7sus4 G7 C Am7 D7/F# G Gsus4/A
But the only one who's laughing
Am7 D7/F# G Gsus4/A
is the advertising man.
C E7
Those portraits of pleasure,
E7
of those who like to smoke,
F Fm
They're laughing in the photograph,
Fm
but we don't get the joke.
C A7 D7 D6
Now why would they be smiling
D7 D6 G Gsus4/A G5 G/B
while they're looking down our way?
C E7
I guess they're making easy money climbing up the rungs,
F Fm
C A7 D7 D6
They must be laughing in astonishment
D7 D6 G7sus4 G7 C Csus4 G7sus4
that we believe the things they say
G7sus4 G7 C
So look up at the billboard.
G7sus4 G7 C
See her smiling, sexy and tan.
G/B Csus4 G7sus4 G7 C Am7 D7/F# G Gsus4/A
But the only one who's laughing
Am7 D7/F# G Gsus4/A
is the advertising man.
C
Now crack'll kill you quickly.
E7
That's why it's got to go.
F+2
They'll get more of your money
Fm
if they kill you nice and slow.
E D C B A G G G
And the on - ly one who's laugh - ing is the
G7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4 B C G G7sus4 C+2 C
ad - ver - ti - sing man.