Intro (piano arr. for guitar {2X; continue into verse})
FFmaj7/ABbGmC
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:
FFmaj7/ABbGm
Well I know it sounds funny
CFFmaj7/ABbGm
But I'm not in it for the money, no
CFFmaj7/ABbGm
I don't need no reputation
CFFmaj7/ABbGm
And I'm not in it for the show
{band enters}
CFFmaj7/ABbGm
I just want a hit record, yeah
CFFmaj7/ABbGm
Wanna hear it on the radio
CFFmaj7/ABbGm
Want a big hit record, yeah
CFFmaj7/ABb
One that everybody's got to know
Post-Chorus:
CEb/BbBb
Well if the program director don't pull it
CEb/BbBb
It's time to get back the bullet
C
So bring the group down to the station
Eb/BbBbEb/BbBb
You're gonna be an overnight sensation
Ebmaj7Bbmaj7Ebmaj7/GAbmaj9
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:
Gb/DbDbGb/DbDb
I fit those words to a good melody
Gb/DbDbGb/DbDb
Amazing how success has been ignoring me
Db/CbCbDb/CbCb
So long
Gb/DbDbGb/DbDb
I use my bread making demos all day
Gb/DbDbGb/DbDb
Writing in the night while in my head I hear
Db/CbCbDb/CbCb
The record play
AaddBGmC
Hear it play
Coda:
{through radio}:
FFmaj7/ABbGmC
Hit record, yeah
(C) FFmaj7/ABbGmC
Wanna hit record, yeah
{band fades in}
FFmaj7/ABbGmC
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}
FFmaj7/ABbGmC
Wanna hit record, yeah {repeat to fade}