To the tune of the wabash cannon ball
G C
The aroma of Tacoma, takes your breath away
D G
You can tell it when you can smell it, 14 mile away
G C
From the great Olympic Mountains, to the tide flats by the shore
D G
That aroma will be with us, for now and ever more
G C
As you drive along the highway, the scenery is sublime
D G
But the flowers smell like sulfur almost all the time
G C
The aroma of Tacoma will cure a head cold any day,
D G
In fact I'll guarantee it'll take your breath away
G C
As you gather on your patio for a barque you find
D G
The aroma comes a creeping and you almost change your mind,
G C
No matter how good that meat would taste when you smell that garbage smell
D G
You'd think the meat was butchered when it really wasn't well
G C
Someday they'll find a use I know for that wonderful aroma
D G
And when they do I hope it'll be 10,000 miles from Tacoma
G C
They can stuff it in a missile case for the green barret
D G
Use it on the viet cong to end the war that way
G C
Now if you keep complaining, remember we're not alone
D G
There always is Seattle with a smell all of it's own
G C
When you resent the factories and the cars have lots of shame
D G
All we've got is a smelter to lay the blame