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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
