William Finn - And they're off (a new brain)

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^CPonies in the ^Gsun.^{E7/G# Am} The race is soon^G beginning. My ^Cfather bet the fam^Gily fortune on a ^Amsleek brown ^Ghorse. ^{E7/G# Am} My father had^E7 a hunch, ^Fwe gave up lunch so Dad^E7dy could make a wa^Am9ger. ^D9 Ma would scoff.^Dm7/G She would scoff. Hear her scoff! And they're ^Coff! ^Am Yeah they're ^Goff! ^Dm7/G And they move^C in a herd, like a four^Am letter word and ^G they're off.^E7/G# Tickets float,^{Am C7/G} to the ^Fground. ^D7 And the band^C/G starts to play^Am7 as the hors^Ges go round. ^Dm7/G And they're ^Coff! ^G

^CMommy sat and ^Gcried.^{E7/G# Am} But Dad was un^Gaffected. He said, "Have you ^Cever had a be^Gtter two minutes in the ^Amlast three ^Gyears?" ^E7/G#We said, "But ^AmDad the dumb^E7 horse lost!". He said ^F"Sometimes joy has a terr^E7ible cost. I know that."^{Am9 D9} Ma would scoff.^Dm7/G She would scoff. Hear her scoff! And they're ^Coff! ^Am Yeah they're ^Goff! ^Dm7/G Mommy's bit^Cing his neck as they roll^Am on the deck, and ^G they're off.^E7/G# There is blood^{Am C7/G} on the ^Fground. ^D7 And the band^C/G starts to play^Am7 as the hors^Ges go round. ^Dm7/G And they're ^Ab7off!

Isn't life funny? ^Ab7People lose money and ^C7 have fun. ^Ab7Betting of course, is hell on the horses. And on ^Dm7/Gfamilies where the ^Gbetting is done, it's a ^Dm7/Gjoke to believe someone's ^Gwon.

^CAll they did was ^Gfight.^{E7/G# Am} Plus they discussed the ^Gweather. My ^Cfather bet the fam^Gily fortune till it ^Am disap^Gpeared.^{E7/G# Am} We also laughed^E7 a lot. ^FThat was the thing I ^E7often forgot to tell^Am9 you. ^D7 But it's true.^Dm7/G Yes it's true. It is true. And he's ^Coff! ^Am Daddy's ^Goff! ^Dm7/G We get ^Cletters from Maine where he tries^Am to explain why ^Ghe's off. ^E7/G# What was ^Amlost ^C7/G was not found.^{F F#dim7} And the band^C/G starts to play^Am7 as the hor^Gses go round. ^Dm7/G And they're ^Abofffffffffff^Bb/Abffff. ^{Ab Bb/Ab Ab Bb/Ab Ab Bb/Ab} And they're ^Coff! ^Am They are ^Goff. ^Dm7/G And they move^C in a herd, like a four^Am letter word and ^G they're off.^E7/G# There is blood^{Am C7/G} on the ^Fground. ^D7 And the band^C/G starts to play^Am7 as the hors^F/Ges go round. ^Dm7/G And ^Dm7/G'round And ^Dm7/G'round And a^Dm7/Ground. And a^Dm7/Ground. And A^Dm7/Grooooounnd. And they're ^Coff!