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"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"
(Eric Carmen)
Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])
F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
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:
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]
Chorus:
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:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/r/raspberries/15640.html ]
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]
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
