Pompadour chords by Tim O’Brien

SimplifiedEm · Am · G · C · F …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Em
Am
G
C
F
B
Baug
Fm
Bbm
G#
C#
F#

Verse 1
Em 
They say that life's a gamble,
Am 
Em 
you can't know what's in store
G 
C 
Just when you think it's one thing,
F 
Em 
B 
Em 
another walks through the door
B 
Em 
Thought nothing could surprise me,
B 
Em 
thought I'd seen it all before
Am 
G 
C 
Until that fateful morning
F 
B 
Em 
I woke up with a pompadour
B 
Most days

Verse 2
Em 
B 
Em 
I wake early,
Am 
when the birdies start to sing
G 
C 
I'm beside a sleeping beauty,
F 
B 
Em 
she's the one who wears my ring
B 
Em 
B 
Em 
And I tried hard not to wake her,
B 
Em 
Am 
I got up  and tiptoed out
G 
But when I looked in the bathroom
C 
F 
B 
Em 
mirror I gave out a rowdy shout

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Verse 3

Pompadour,

it was a pompadour

Verse 4
Em 
B 
Em 
It was not just some bed- head,
B 
Baug 
Em 
Am 
it did not look like hell
G 
C 
I thought I might be dreaming
F 
Em 
B 
Em 
so I pinched my  self to tell
B 
Em 
B 
Em 
It was like a range of mountains,
Am 
it swooped high before it fell
G 
C 
It looked like Christopher Walken run
F 
B 
Em 
amuck with styling gel

Verse 5

Pompadour, a real pompadour

Interlude 1

Verse 6
Fm 
C 
Fm 
C 
I started thinking different about
Fm 
Bbm 
how I'd spend my day
G# 
C# 
I would need a suit of rhinestones,
F# 
C 
Fm 
that would be  the only way
C 
Fm 
C 
Fm 
I'd write my name on the neck of
C 
Fm 
Bbm 
my guitar in pearl inlay
G# 
C# 
It would be  worth every penny of
F# 
C 
Fm 
C 
the dough I'd have to pay

Verse 7
Fm 
C 
Fm 
C 
My ideals were high and mighty
Fm 
Bbm 
but they didn't last so long
G# 
C# 
As I read the morning paper
F# 
C 
Fm 
C 
things started going wrong
Fm 
C 
Fm 
I ran my fingers through my
C 
Fm 
Bbm 
hair and I did it for too long
G# 
C# 
I flattened my poor pompadour
F# 
C 
Fm 
but at least I got this song