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***BOTTLE OF SMOKE - by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer
from the album "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"
Bottle Of Smoke - as perfomed by The Pogues
Intro:
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C
Thanks and praises
F C
Thanks to Jesus
F C
I bet on the Bottle of Smoke
C
I went to hell
F C
And to the races
F C
To bet on the Bottle of Smoke
F
The day being clear
C
The sky being bright
F G
He came up on the left
C
Like a streak of light
C
Like a drunken fuck
F C
On a Saturday night
F C
Up came the Bottle of Smoke
F C
Twenty fucking five to one
C F
Me gambling days are done
F C
I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke
F G C
And my horse won
Am G Am G Am over instrumental part
Stewards inquiries
Swift and fiery
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Inquisitions and suppositions
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Fuck the stewards
A trip to Lourdes
Might give the old fuckers
The power of sight
Screaming springers and stoppers
And call out coppers
But the money still gleams in my hand like a light
Am G Am G Am over instrumental part
Am Am C G Am G Am over other instrumental part
Am G Am G Am over instrumental part
Bookies cursing
Cars reversing
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Glasses steaming
Vessels bursting
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Slip a fifty to the wife
And for each brat a crisp new five
To give me a break on a Saturday night
When I had the Bottle of Smoke
Priests and maidens
Drunk as pagans
They had the Bottle of Smoke
Sins forgiven and celebrations
They had the Bottle of Smoke
Fuck the Yanks
And drink their wives
The moon is clear
The sky is bright
I'm happy as the horses shite
Up came the Bottle of Smoke
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Steve Wanna Be |
#1 by Steve Williams at Feb 12, 1977 at 8:12 PM EST |
| About winning at the races, yeah, but more about simple, prosaic moments of total elation. I smile so much at the "eeeeeeeyeah"s. And actually, there's something deeper - it's a moment of elation that comes rarely, in a rigged game. Odds are "20-fucking-5 to one," and the house usually comes out ahead. How much money do we think the guy has lost gambling, you know? | |
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Juandiego Rhythm Player |
#2 by Juandiego Schubnell at May 30, 1988 at 12:16 AM EST |
| a very kick ass song !! | |
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Alexxx <3 Lead Player |
#3 by Alexxx <3 at Jan 27, 1989 at 7:30 PM EST |
| Qiute obviously about winning at the races. | |
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SLUT Badass |
#4 by SLUT at Oct 5, 1994 at 5:26 AM EST |
| this is about smoking hookah | |
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Zach Rhythm Player |
#5 by Zach at Feb 26, 2004 at 9:47 AM EST |
| Race course gambling doesn't work like that. The paramutuel (the "tote" in British terms) figures the odds from moment to mement by how much is bet on the horses altogether. If there are (say) five horses in the race, and $4 is bet on each of three of them, $2 on one, and $6 on another, for a total of $20 bet, then the one bet at $2 goes off (theoretically) at 10-to-1, the three with the $4 bets at 5-to-one and the one bet at $6 at 10-to-3. (Actually, the Tote takes a percentage of the handle, so the odds aren't going to be that exact, but it's close. The Tote may also gets the "breakage" - when a bet doesn't work out to an exact amount, like 10-to-2, which is properly 3.33333... to one, they would pay out $3.33. Doesn't sound like much - but imagine how much it might come to on a million dollar handle...) So the odds are 25 to one because the heavy money is on other horses. The favourite may well go off at 4 to 5 or so, which means that your win on it would be less than your bet (though you get your bet back, too, so you make some money) | |
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