Tonalità: B minor
Intro 1
E#
D#
B
Verse 1
Em
There was a time when I saw
C
myself a flood- lit figure on the stage
Em
The Metropolitan Opera,
D
the Daily Critic's latest rage
Am
Bm
But my voice went through a change
C#m
Dm
about the same time as my skin
D
Bm
Em
Now the op era is gone and what
F#m
Bm
is left is getting awfully thin
Em
Verse 2
There was a time when I saw myself
C
a superstar upon the stage
Em
In someone's rock and roll opera,
D
but then my throat began to age
Am
Bm
And I wound up working nights with
C#m
Dm
afternoons when I'm awake
D
Bm
Em
F#m
So I watch the daily dramas as my life
Bm
becomes a coffee break
Em
Verse 3
E
Here's the story up to date
C#m
Shirley's found another mate
G#m
Though she'll wind up with
Bm
D
her husband in the end
A
But her husband's got no life
F#m
He can't make it with his wife
Bm
Though his secretary's more
E
than just his friend
Verse 4
E
It's a day- to- day routine and
C#m
I watch the TV screen
G#m
Letting Bob and Shirley
Bm
live my life for me
A
It's an opera made of soap using
F#m
oth er people's hope
Bm
And to morrow's show ain't
Em
soon enough for me
Verse 5
Em
There was a time when I saw myself
C
a clean- cut cowboy on the screen
Em
A spurs- and- saddle horse opera,
D
but that's a long- forgotten dream
Am
Bm
So I watch Let's Make a Deal
C#m
Dm
and win the jackpot in my brain
Bm
Em
Then it's time to watch the show that's
F#m
Bm
got my cerebellum half insane
Em
Verse 6
E
Here's the story down to earth
C#m
Shirley's finally given birth
G#m
She's been carrying the
D
Bm
baby for a year
D
A
Though it don't belong to Bob
F#m
Who's been fired from
Bm
his job as a surgeon
E
'Cause he's got this sudden fear
Verse 7
E
He can't stand the sight of blood
C#m
Meanwhile Shirley's mining Judd
G#m
Who's the father of the kid
Bm
D
Bm
but he won't give
A
And tomorrow's show will say
F#m
what they left out yesterday
Bm
E
And that gives me one good reason I should live
A
F#m
Interlude 1
Am
F#dim
Am
E
C#
F#dim
Bm
Em
E
Here's the story
Verse 8
in a shell
C#m
Bobby's mind is shot to hell
G#m
'Cause he can't recall
Bm
his name or how he feels
D
A
He's a lost amnesiac
F#m
Bm
While his wife is in the back of her station
E
wagon notching up her heels
Verse 9
E
Meanwhile Bob's assistant nurse
C#m
has some pois on in her purse
G#m
And she's gonna slip into
Bm
Shirley's soup
A
Good old Judd thought up the scheme
F#m
Good old Judd is Shirley's dream
Bm
But old Judd don't want
E
to share her chicken coop
Verse 10
E
And the nurse would like to keep Shirley's
C#m
G#m
body six feet deep in her grave
B
Bm
And chase him to the Baltic Sea
A
For she sees herself his wife to poor Bob
F#m
Bm
Who's found a life as a farmer
E
since he lost his memory
Verse 11
E
So to give a resume
C#m
Bobby's bail ing up the hay
G#m
B
While his wife is in the straw
Bm
D
with Bill and Fred
A
But she don't feel great inside
F#m
Bm
It's that dose of cyanide that the nurse and
E
Judd will feed her til she's dead
Verse 12
E
There's a baby who just grew
C#m
fifteen years in only two
E
G#m
B
And she has her eyes on
Bm
Judd who is her dad
D
A
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"
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