Key: C major
Verse 1
Em
G
C
Em
Mama took the dishes, the furniture
C
B
Mama took the pillows,
the candlesticks
E
G
Mama took the children and fled to Berlin
Am
A
I went into business, a patriot
Foolishly believing
A
E
My incurable optimism
Then that knock on the door
Fm
E
Fm
In the dead of the night
Csus4
I remember still what I was thinking
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
I'll
Am
A
G#dim
Alive and well and thriving
G
C
My talent is surviving
Am
D
if before the dawn
Gm
D
G
this fragile world might crack
Gm
Bbm
C
Someone's got to try
F
C
to put the pieces back
A
E
you'll hear a little voice say
Am
D
So let the skeptics say,
Gm
D
Bb
tonight we're dead and gone
C
F
Dm
Am
G
Gm
simply going on
Eb
C
B
E
A
F#
Migration number two, we move to Vienna,
Bm
Cdim
the city of waltzes,
A
D
of strudel and glitter and gold.
F#
Bm
Cdim
but under the waltzes,
A
Faug
a strange counter -melody,
D
Dm
ruthless and cold.
I looked up at the stars
C
F
Dm
I'll be here to morrow,
Am
Abdim
alive and well and thriving
Gm
Eb
I'll be here tomorrow
Edim
C
My talent is surviving
Am
D
if before the dawn
Bbm
C
Someone's got to try to
C
F
Dm
So from beneath the rubble
Am
Abdim
You'll hear a little voice say
Gm
Eb
life is worth the trouble
Gm
C
Have you a better choice?
Am
D
So let the skeptics say,
Gm
Bbm
tonight we're dead and gone
F
Fm
I'll be here tomorrow,
C
F
Dm
simply going on
Gm
C
A city of freedom and wonder
Dm
G
Dm
and music and light
D
A
But even in Paris,
Dm
Faug
D
I'm dreading that knock on the door,
Fm
Ddim
in the dead of the night.
Csus4
you'll know very well what I'll be thinking.
C
F
Dm
G
D
Gm
Eb
Cm
C
Gm
C
Am
D
Gm
Bbm
C
F
Someone's got to try to put the pieces back
C
G
So from beneath the rubble
Gdim
F#
You'll hear a little voice say
Am
F
Life is worth the trouble
Bm
E
So let the skeptics say
Am
Adim
Tonight we're dead and gone
Cm
G
Gdim
I'll be here tomorrow
A
Am
D
I'm simply going
Outro 1
On
G
Dm
F
Dm
G
Gm
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