Pompadour chords by Tim O’Brien
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Verse 1
(E minor) They say that life's a gamble,
you can't know what's in store (A minor) (E minor)
Just when (G major) you think it's one (C major) thing,
an (F major) other (E minor) walks (B major) through the (E minor) door
Thought nothing could (B major) sur (E minor) prise me,
(B major) thought I'd (E minor) seen it all before
(A minor) Un (G major) til that fateful morn (C major) ing
I woke (F major) up with a (B major) pompadour (E minor)
(B major) Most days
Verse 2
(E minor) I (B major) wake early, (E minor)
when the birdies start to sing (A minor)
I'm be (G major) side a sleeping beau (C major) ty,
she's the (F major) one who (B major) wears my ring (E minor)
(B major) And I tried (E minor) hard (B major) not to (E minor) wake her,
(B major) I got (E minor) up and tiptoed (A minor) out
But when I (G major) looked in the bathroom
mirror (C major) I gave (F major) out a (B major) rowdy shout (E minor)
Verse 3
Pom (A minor) padour,
(B major) it was a pompadour
(E minor) (B major)
Verse 4
(E minor)
It was not (B major) just some (E minor) bed- head,
(B major) (Baug) it (E minor) did not look like hell (A minor)
I (G major) thought I might be dreaming (C major)
so I (F major) pinched (E minor) my self (B major) to (E minor) tell
(B major) It was (E minor) like a range (B major) of (E minor) mountains,
it swooped high before it fell (A minor)
It (G major) looked like Christopher (C major) Walken run
amuck (F major) with styling (B major) (E minor) gel
Verse 5
Pom (A minor) padour, (B major) a real pompadour
Interlude 1
(E minor) (B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (E minor)
(F major) (B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(F major) (B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (F minor) (C major) (F minor) (C major)
Verse 6
I star (F minor) ted thinking (C major) (F minor) different (C major) about
(F minor) how I'd spend my day (B flat minor)
I would (G sharp major) need a suit (C sharp major) of rhinestones,
that would (F sharp major) be the (C major) only (F minor) way
(C major) I'd write (F minor) my name (C major) on the (F minor) neck of
my (C major) guitar (F minor) in pearl inlay (B flat minor)
It would (G sharp major) be worth every penny (C sharp major) of
the (F sharp major) dough I'd have (C major) to pay (F minor) (C major)
Verse 7
My ideals (F minor) were (C major) high and (F minor) mighty (C major)
but they (F minor) didn't last so long (B flat minor)
As I read (G sharp major) the morn (C sharp major) ing paper
things started (F sharp major) (C major) going (F minor) wrong (C major)
I ran (F minor) my fin (C major) gers through (F minor) my
hair (C major) (F minor) and I did it for too long (B flat minor)
I flattened (G sharp major) my poor pompadour (C sharp major)
but at (F sharp major) least I got (C major) this song (F minor)
Verse 8
Pompa (B flat minor) dour,
(C sharp major) I (C major) woke up with a pompadour
Outro 1
(F minor) (B flat minor) (C sharp major) (F minor) (C major) (F minor) (F major)
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