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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES 

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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date:  June 23, 1999
Album:  Old Dogs
Written by: Shel Silverstein
Note:  Thanks to "Avrom Pozen" avrom@ica.net for the
writers and album info.  http://www.theolddogs.com


    YOU'RE STILL GONNA DIE       Old Dogs

(talking)The chords are droning.
                                           D
So you're taking better care of your body
                G
Becoming more aware of your body
                            A
Responding to your body's needs

Everything you hear and read
             D
About diets,   nutrition, and sleeping position
    F#
And detoxifying the system 
                                Em
And buying machines that they advertise to help you exercise
 E
Herbs that revitalize you if you're tramatized
       A                                      D 
Soaps that will sanitize Sprays to deodorize

Liquids to neutralize acids and pesticides
 G          
Free weights to maximize your strength and muscle size
                          D
Shits that will immunized

Pills to re-energerize you
A
  But remember that for all your pain and gain
G                               D
 Eventually the story ends the same

D                                    A
So you can quit smoking but you're still gonna die
                           D
Cut out coking but you're still gonna die
                        G
Eliminate everything fatty or fried
             A                                       D
Then you'll get real healthy but you're still gonna die
D                                 A
Stop drinking booze and you're still gonna die
                                         D
Stay away from coos and son but you're still gonna die
                            G
You can cut out coffee and never get high
            A                                     D
But you're still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
         D                        A
You're still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
                            D
Still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
                            G
You can even give aerobics one more try
               A                                     D
But when the music stops playing you're still gonna die
D                                   A
Put seat belts in your car you're still gonna die
                              D
Cut nicotine and tar you're still gonna die
                                 G
You can exercise that cellulite off of your thigh
A                                              D
Get slimmer and trimmer but you're still gonna die
D                           A
Stop getting a tan you're still gonna die
                                          D
You can eat a lot of oatbran but you're still gonna die
                        G
You can search for UFOs up in the sky
            A                                        D
They might fly you to mars where you're still gonna die
         D                         A
You're still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
                            D
Still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
                                 G
And all the Reboks, Nikis, and Deetes you buy
         A                                        D
You can jog up the Heaven and you're still gonna die
D                               A
Drink James Seen Tonic you're still gonna die
                                D
Try Highcylonics you're still gonna die
                                G
You can have yourself frozen suspended in time
              A                                         D
But when they do thaw you out Ha ha you're still gonna die
D                              A
You can have safe sex you're still gonna die
                                     D
You can switch to Crest but you're still gonna die
                           G
You can get rid of stress get a lot of rest
A
Get an aides test Enroll in NS

Move out west where it's sunny and dry
                                                        D
And you'll love to be a hundred but you're still gonna die
D                                 A
You're still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
                            D
Still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die
                                         G
So you'd better have some fun before you say bye bye

Cause you're still gonna
A
Still gonna
A
Still gonna  (I don't know)
A
Still gonna
A
Still gonna   (I don't wanna)
A
Still gonna   (I ain't going)
A            D
Still gonna die