Musical Chairs

by Jonathan Garrett

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Lyrics

Verse 1:        I don’t know you, but you claim to know me.
                     Don’t know what to do, I’ll just play along

PreChorus1: Something’s happening downstairs, they’re playing musical chairs
                     But it’s a drinking game.

Chorus:        Here in my home, you will see things you’ve never seen before,
                     Like Conquistadors, in mini-skirts.

Verse2:        What’s there to do? Lets walk on the ceiling,
                    There’s quite a view, what a nice idea.

PreChorus2: You can hover if you like, I’ll ride my interstellar bike!
                     200 gears and all…

Chorus2:      As Above.

Verse3, PreChorus 3: Harmonica Solo

Chorus 3:    Once through as above, then repeats…
                    Here in my home, you will do things you’ve never done before
                    Like taxes, by candlelight.

Chords

Open w/ Drone on C#Min/Maj7

Intro:         G#Maj7      G#Maj7      G#maj7      C#min/maj7

Verse:        G#Maj        Edim7        Fmin7        Edim7
                 G#Maj        Edim7        Fmin7        EbMaj x2

Pre-Chorus: Bbmin7       Eb9           G#maj7      G#7
                 Bbmin7       Amaj7

Chorus:      G#maj7      Fmin7         Bbmin7       Eb7
                Cmin7        Fmin7          Bbmin7      Amaj7

Repeat intro

Verse 2

Pre
Bridge:      G#M7     G#M7     G#M7-AM7-BbM7-BM7-BbM7-AM7 x4
               C#maj7   Cmin7         C#maj7          Fmin7-F7

Modulates up a step to Bb

Verse 3:   BbMaj      F#dim7      Gmin7      F#dim7
              BbMaj      F#dim7      Gmin7      FMaj

Pre 3:      Cmin7      F9            BbMaj7     Bb7
              Cmin7      Bmaj7

Chorus 3:  Bb          Maj7         Gmin7       Cmin7 F7
               Dmin7     Gmin7        Cmin7       Bmaj7 x2

Intro repeats as outro up a step:
           BbMaj7      BbMaj7      Ebmin/Maj7
Ends on BbMaj7

Jon Garrett is a student at Fairhaven College. He says, " I wrote this song for Marie Eaton’s Songwriting Workshop this spring. It starts out on the ever-mysterious min/maj7 chord, which I had always been fascinated by but never used, and I tried to capture a Stevie Wonderish feel with the chord changes throughout the song. This song also features the first key change I’ve ever written into a song, something which Marie had challenged me to do at the beginning of the quarter, as well as my first incorporation of the harmonica into a song (I got it the weekend I wrote this song.) The lyrics are just silly; for a song of this nature I didn’t see the point of being serious, so I chose the other end of the spectrum.

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