Raspberries - Overnight sensation
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"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"
(Eric Carmen)
Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])
Fv v Fmaj7/A v v Bb v v Gmv Cv
-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:
Well I know it Fsounds funny Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
But I'm notC in it fFor the money, Fmaj7/A no Bb Gm
I Cdon't nFeed no repFmaj7/Autation Bb Gm
And IC'm not Fin it for theFmaj7/A show Bb Gm
[band enters]
Chorus:
I jCust wFant a hiFmaj7/At record, yBbeah Gm
WCanna hFear it on thFmaj7/Ae radio Bb Gm
WCant a bFig hit Fmaj7/Arecord, yBbeah Gm
OCne that eFverybody'Fmaj7/As got to kBbnow
Post-chorus:
Well if the prCogram director don't pull it Eb/Bb Bb
It's tCime to get back theEb/Bb bullet Bb
So bring the gCroup down to the station
You're gonna be an Eb/BboverniBbght sEb/BbensatiBbon
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]:
FHit Fmaj7/Arecord, yBbeah Gm C
(C) F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
Wanna hit record, yeah
[band fades in]
Wanna hFit Fmaj7/Arecord, yBbeah [9X; GmdrumCs 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]
Wanna hFit Fmaj7/Arecord, yBbeah Gm C[repeat to fade]
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers