Key: Eb major
Verse 1
A
E
A
G#
Cdim
G#
Intro- conversa tion
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Cm
G#
A
C#m
G#
in a crowded room
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E
A
E
???? at the club tonight. Ole Richard went home
early- he's got the key to the
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C#m
G#
house. I'm gonna knock on the door,
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E
G#
see if I kin get in.
B
E
G#
Open the door, Richard!! Ya see, Richard
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G#
B
sleeps in the back room. It's kinda hard
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B
to hear.
Cm
A
G#
a little louder.
E
G#
B
E
Open the door, Richard!! I don't think Richard
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B
heard me yet. Knock one more
time- let's see
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A
G#
F#
what's gonna happen.
G#
B
E
Richard, open the door, please.
A
E
SUNG: Open the door, Richard
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B
Open the door and let me in
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E
Open the door, Richard
B
A
E
Richard, why don't you
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E
open that door?
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B
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Richard, open the door, man- it's *co- hold* out
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A
old woman 'cross the street lookin'
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E
(Who's that, Widow Sweet?)
That must be her sister,
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E
A
D
G#
D
I guess. She wants to make SURE this is me. She's tryin'
to find out
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G#
what's happenin'. Yes,
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A
(??,did you hear what
the lady's sayin'?)
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D
Cdim
B
COMMON? Man, I got class I ain't never used
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G#
E
yet. I'm gonna knock again-
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B
A
B
Richard's got to get up.
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B
E
Open the door, Richard!! Man, you got
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G#
a key to the house?
F#
C#
I DON'T have a key.)
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B
Somebody's got to get in the house.
E
G#
We can't climb in the transit.
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B
(Oh, I know he's in there.)
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C#m
Ooooh, let's try it one
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B
G#
more time!
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B
Richard, open that door,
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G#m
C#m
Cdim
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G#m
G#
A
C#
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D#m
man. Maybe Richard's gone.
E
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A
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B
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Open the door and let me in
that door?
I know he's in there.
I know I got on the only suit. Ain't got but
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E
one suit between us. That's the
reason why I don't like to
E
roooooom with nobody.
FADE
Richard, why don'tcha open the door, man?
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