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Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])
FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm DO
v v v v v v v v
-1-------1-0-----|-------1---------
-1-----1---1--1h3|-----3---3-3-5-5-
-2---2-----2---3-|---3-----3-3-5-5-
-3-3-------3---3-|---------5-5-5-5-
-----------0---1-|-------------3-3-
-1---------------|---------3-3-----
Verse 1:
FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm
Well I know it sounds funny
DO FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm
But I'm not in it for the money, no
DO FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm
I don't need no reputation
DO FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm
And I'm not in it for the show
[band enters]
Chorus
DO FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm
I just want a hit record, yeah
DO FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm
Wanna hear it on the radio
DO FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm
Want a big hit record, yeah
DO FA FAmaj7/LA SIb
One that everybody's got to know
Post-chorus:
DO MIb/SIb SIb
Well if the program director don't pull it
DO MIb/SIb SIb
It's time to get back the bullet
DO
So bring the group down to the station
MIb/SIb SIb MIb/SIb SIb
You're gonna be an overnight sensation
MIbmaj7 SIbmaj7 MIbmaj7/SOL SOL#maj9
Bb-D-Eb-G A-Bb-D-F G-Bb-D-Eb C-Eb-G-Bb <- r.h. keyboard voicings
[guitar solo over intro chord progression, 1X]
Verse 2:
I've been tryin' to write the lyric
Non-offensive but satiric too
And if you put it in the A-slot
It's just got to make a mint for you
[repeat chorus]
[repeat post-chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"]
Bridge:
FA#/DO# DO# FA#/DO# DO#
I fit those words to a good melody
FA#/DO# DO# FA#/DO# DO#
Amazing how success has been ignoring me
DO#/DOb DOb DO#/DOb DOb
So long
FA#/DO# DO# FA#/DO# DO#
I use my bread making demos all day
FA#/DO# DO# FA#/DO# DO#
Writing in the night while in my head I hear
DO#/DOb DOb DO#/DOb DOb
The record play
LAaddB SOLm DO
Hear it play
Coda:
[through radio]:
FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm DO
Hit record, yeah
(C) FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm DO
Wanna hit record, yeah
[band fades in]
FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm DO
Wanna hit record, yeah [9X; drums enter 3rd time]
(4,6,8: number one)
[band drops out]
[piano/vocal improvisation intro chords, 6X (fade 3rd time)]
[2-bar drum fill w/overdubbed firecrackers]
[band re-enters]
FA FAmaj7/LA SIb SOLm DO
Wanna hit record, yeah [repeat to fade]
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