Tom: B minor
Intro 1
B
A
F
Verse 1
Bbm
There was a time when I saw
Gb
myself a flood- lit figure on the stage
Bbm
The Metropolitan Opera,
Ab
the Daily Critic's latest rage
Ebm
Fm
But my voice went through a change
Gm
Abm
about the same time as my skin
Ab
Fm
Bbm
Now the op era is gone and what
Cm
Fm
is left is getting awfully thin
Bbm
Verse 2
There was a time when I saw myself
Gb
a superstar upon the stage
Bbm
In someone's rock and roll opera,
Ab
but then my throat began to age
Ebm
Fm
And I wound up working nights with
Gm
Abm
afternoons when I'm awake
Ab
Fm
Bbm
Cm
So I watch the daily dramas as my life
Fm
becomes a coffee break
Bbm
Verse 3
Bb
Here's the story up to date
Gm
Shirley's found another mate
Dm
Though she'll wind up with
Fm
Ab
her husband in the end
Eb
But her husband's got no life
Cm
He can't make it with his wife
Fm
Though his secretary's more
Verse 4
Bb
It's a day- to- day routine and
Dm
Letting Bob and Shirley
Eb
It's an opera made of soap using
Fm
And to morrow's show ain't
Verse 5
Bbm
There was a time when I saw myself
Gb
a clean- cut cowboy on the screen
Bbm
A spurs- and- saddle horse opera,
Ab
but that's a long- forgotten dream
Ebm
Fm
So I watch Let's Make a Deal
Gm
Abm
and win the jackpot in my brain
Fm
Bbm
Then it's time to watch the show that's
Cm
Fm
got my cerebellum half insane
Bbm
Verse 6
Bb
Here's the story down to earth
Gm
Shirley's finally given birth
Dm
She's been carrying the
Ab
Fm
baby for a year
Ab
Eb
Though it don't belong to Bob
Bb
'Cause he's got this sudden fear
Verse 7
Bb
He can't stand the sight of blood
Gm
Meanwhile Shirley's mining Judd
Dm
Who's the father of the kid
Fm
Ab
Fm
but he won't give
Eb
And tomorrow's show will say
Cm
what they left out yesterday
Fm
Bb
And that gives me one good reason I should live
Eb
Cm
Interlude 1
Ebm
Cdim
Ebm
Bb
G
Cdim
Fm
Bbm
Verse 8
in a shell
Gm
Bobby's mind is shot to hell
Dm
'Cause he can't recall
Fm
his name or how he feels
Ab
Eb
He's a lost amnesiac
Cm
Fm
While his wife is in the back of her station
Bb
wagon notching up her heels
Verse 9
Bb
Meanwhile Bob's assistant nurse
Gm
has some poison in her purse
Dm
And she's gonna slip into
Eb
Good old Judd thought up the scheme
Cm
Good old Judd is Shirley's dream
Fm
But old Judd don't want
Bb
to share her chicken coop
Verse 10
Bb
And the nurse would like to keep Shirley's
Gm
Dm
body six feet deep in her grave
F
Fm
And chase him to the Baltic Sea
Eb
For she sees herself his wife to poor Bob
Cm
Fm
Who's found a life as a farmer
Bb
since he lost his memory
Verse 11
Gm
Bobby's bailing up the hay
Dm
F
While his wife is in the straw
Fm
Ab
with Bill and Fred
Eb
But she don't feel great inside
Cm
Fm
It's that dose of cyanide that the nurse and
Bb
Judd will feed her til she's dead
Verse 12
Bb
There's a baby who just grew
Gm
fifteen years in only two
Bb
Dm
F
And she has her eyes on
Ab
Eb
But of course she can't know that
She just knows just where it's at
As her mother says,
"It's good to be so glad"
O que você achou da música?
AfinadorE A D G B E
AcordesB A F Bbm Gb...
Mais músicas de Rupert Holmes
Descubra acordes para tocar mais músicas
5.0
Músicas relacionadas
Descubra acordes para tocar mais músicas
Acordes populares ao redor do mundo
Acordes e tablaturas mais tocados pelos usuários
Adicionado recentemente
Acordes e tablaturas adicionados recentemente