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