Jack's Lament chords by 
Danny ElfmanThe Nightmare Before Christmas
Key: Eb minor
Intro 1
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Gb
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Edim7
Dbdim7
Edim7
Verse 1
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There are few who deny
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At what I do, I am the best
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F
Ebm
For my talents are renowned far and wide
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Dbdim7
When it comes to surpris es
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Ebm
in the moonlit night
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F
I excel without ever even trying
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With the slightest little effort
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of my ghost-like charms
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E
I have seen grown men give out a shriek
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With a wave of my hand
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Ebm
and a well-placed moan
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I have swept the very bravest off their feet
Pre-chorus 1
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E
Ebdim7
Yet, year after year, it's the same routine
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Bb
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Bb
And I grow so weary of the sound of screams
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Dm
Cm
And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King
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Have grown so tired of the same old thing
Chorus 1
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Gm
Oh, some where deep
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Em
inside of these bones
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Em
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Em
An emptiness began to grow
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Gm
There's some thing out there
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Em
far from my home
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Em
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Em
Em
A longing that I've never known
Verse 2
Em
I'm the master of fright
and a demon of light
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B
Am
And I'll scare you right out of your pants
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Gdim7
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C
To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky
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And I'm known
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throughout England and France
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E
Am
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And since I am dead, I can take off my head
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To recite Shakespearean quotations
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Am
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Am
No animal nor man can scream like I can
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Am
With the fury of my re- ci- tations
Pre-chorus 2
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But who here would ever understand
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E
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E
That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
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Am
Would tire of his crown?
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F#m
If they only understood
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He would give it all up if he on ly could
Chorus 2
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Am
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F#m
Oh, there's an empty place in my bones
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F#m
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F#m
That calls out for some thing unknown
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Am
The fame and praise,
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F#m
come year after year
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F#m
C#
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Does nothing for these empty tears
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