Intro (piano arr. for guitar {2X; continue into verse})
Verse 1:
F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
Well I know it sounds funny
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
But I'm not in it for the money, no
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
I don't need no reputation
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
And I'm not in it for the show
{band enters}
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
I just want a hit record, yeah
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
Wanna hear it on the radio
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
Want a big hit record, yeah
C F Fmaj7/A Bb
One that everybody's got to know
Post-Chorus:
C Eb/Bb Bb
Well if the program director don't pull it
C Eb/Bb Bb
It's time to get back the bullet
C
So bring the group down to the station
Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb
You're gonna be an overnight sensation
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7/G Abmaj9
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/Db Db Gb/Db Db
I fit those words to a good melody
Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db
Amazing how success has been ignoring me
Db/Cb Cb Db/Cb Cb
So long
Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db
I use my bread making demos all day
Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db
Writing in the night while in my head I hear
Db/Cb Cb Db/Cb Cb
The record play
AaddB Gm C
Hear it play
Coda:
{through radio}:
F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
Hit record, yeah
(C) F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
Wanna hit record, yeah
{band fades in}
F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
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}
F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
Wanna hit record, yeah {repeat to fade}
Composição de Eric Carmen