Chords for Wilf Carter - The Smoke Went Up The Chimney Just The Same.mp4

[F#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ Sitting round the bunk, check on [B] the cold [F#] November morn
And most of us [D#m] a [G#] wishing that we [C#] never had been [F#] born
The north wind just a [B] howling, letting in [F#] the sleet and rain
But the [D#m] smoke [G#] went up [C#] the chimney [F#] just the same
_ _ Some were playing poker, [B] losing all their [F#] summer stay
And some were stealing [D#m] cookies [G#] that the cook had [C#] chanced to make
[F#] The flunky chopping forward [B] says we're driving [F#] him insane
But the [D#m] smoke went [G#] up the [C#] chimney [F#] just the same
[G#m] For [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ breakfast we get [B] flapjacks, for dinner [F#] pork and beans
For supper a big [D#m] chunk of [G#] pork that didn't [C#] have no leek
[F#] There ain't no use complaining [B] boys, there ain't a [F#] thing to gain
When the [D#m] smoke went [G#] up the [C#] chimney [F#] just the same _
One day we boys decided [B] four to have some [F#] different chunks
We give old Jim the [D#m] job [G#] cause he always [C#] had good luck
[F#] And soon the pot was boiling [B] and the fragrance [F#] sure was tame
But the [D#m] smoke [G#] went up the [C#] chimney [F#] just the same
[C#]
We [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ had beef and spuds and carrots [B] boys that made a [F#] dandy stew
Along with chunks of [D#] turnips [G#] that they never [C#] would cook through
[F#]
Asparagus and onions [B] that are noted [F#] for their [C#] fame
[D#m] But the smoke went [C#] up the chimney [F#] just the same
_ Oh after we had eaten [B] all the chuck that [F#] we could hold
Decided we had [D#m] better [G#] rest to crawl [C#] into our roles
[F#] But soon we get the feeling [B] boys it turned [F#] into a pain
But the [D#m] smoke [G#] went up the [C#] chimney [F#] just the same
[C#] _ [D#] [F#] Old _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ Jim led into laughing [B] not the way we [F#] all perform
He said he never [D#m] had just [G#] fun since the day that [C#] he was born
[F#] He said he'd made a big [B] mistake and the only [F#] one to blame
But the [D#m] smoke went [C#] up the chimney [F#] just the same
_ He was putting in some seasoning [B] like most a [F#] cookies do
A sack fell off the [D#m] pantry [G#] shelf and fell [C#] into the stew
[F#] It was a little sack of hidey [B]-ho that caused us [F#] all the pain
But the [D#m] smoke [G#] went up the [C#] chimney [F#] just the same
[C#] [D#] And [F#] _ _ [G#] _
_ [F#] _ _ now you've heard the mystery [B] of the cowboy [F#] and their stew
Next morning all were [D#m] grumbling [G#] and a feeling [C#] mighty blue
[F#] Old Jim was frying bacon [B] and a singing [F#] this refrain
And the [D#m] smoke went [G#] up the [C#] chimney [F#] just the same
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _