Danny Elfman - Jacks lament
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SONG: Jack's Lament
ARTIST: Danny Elfman
From the musical, The Nightmare Before Christmas
There are A#mfew who'd deF/Any
C#/G# Gm9b5
At what I do I am the best
For my F#talents are Frenowned far and D#mwide
When it Ccomes to suC#dim7prises
C/E D#m/A#
On a moonlit night
I exC7cel without ever even F7trying
With the D#mslightest little A#7effort
Of my D#mghost like Fdimcharms
I have D#mseen grown men give out a Eshriek
With the G#dimwave of my D#mhand
And a A#7well placed D#mmoan
I have swept the very A#7bravest off their D#mfeet
Yet A#7year after Bmyear
It's the Esame rouD#dim7tine
And I A#grow so weary
D#dim7 A#7/F
Of the sound of screams
And F#dim7I
D#mJACK..THE PUMPKIN KING
Have B7grown so A#7tired of the F#dimsame
D#dimold
A#thing
Oh D#dim7somewhere Gmdeep inA7/Gside of these Embones
An Am6emptiEmness beAm6gan to Emgrow
D#dim7 Gm/D A/C# Em/B
There's something out there far from my home
A Am6longing Em6that I've B7never Em6known
Em B/D# G/D C#m9b5
I'm a master of fright and a demon of light
And I'll Cscare you right Bout of your Ampants
F# Gdim7 F#/A# Am/E
To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky
And I'm F#7known throughout England and BFrance
And Amsince I am Bdimdead, I can Am/Ctake off my Ddimhead
To reAmcite Shakesperean quoA#tations
No Ddim7animal nor Amman can E7SCREAM like I Amcan
With the fury of my E7reciAmtations
But E7who Fmhere would A#ever underAdim7stand
E7 Am6 E7/B
That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
Cdim7 Am F#m/C#
Would tire of his crown, If they only
C#7undersF#mtood
He'd D7give it all C#7up, if he F#monly D
C#b9 C#(no5)
could....
Fdim7 Am B7/A F#m
Oh theres an empty place in my bones
That Bm6calls out F#mfor someBm6thing unF#mknown
Fdim7 Am/E B/D# F#m/C#
The fame and praise come year after year
Does Bm6nothing F#m6for these C#7empty F#mtears....