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Intro 1
(G sharp major) (F sharp major) (D major)
Verse 1
(G minor) There was a time when I saw
myself (E flat major) a flood- lit figure on the stage
(G minor) The Metropolitan Opera,
(F major) the Daily Critic's latest rage
But my (C minor) voice went through a change (D minor)
about the same (E minor) time as my skin (F minor)
Now (F major) the op (D minor) era is (G minor) gone and what
is (A minor) left is (D minor) getting awfully thin
(G minor)
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Verse 2
There was a time when I saw myself
(E flat major) a superstar upon the stage
(G minor) In someone's rock and roll opera,
(F major) but then my throat began to age
And I (C minor) wound up working night (D minor) s with
after (E minor) noons when I'm awake (F minor)
So (F major) I watch (D minor) the daily (G minor) dramas as my (A minor) life
becomes (D minor) a coffee break
(G minor)
Verse 3
(G major)
Here's the story up to date
Shirley's found (E minor) another mate
Though she'll (B minor) wind up with
her husband (D minor) in the (F major) end
But (C major) her husband's got no life
He can't make (A minor) it with his wife
Though (D minor) his secretary's more
than just his (G major) friend
Verse 4
It's a day- (G major) to- day routine and
I watch (E minor) the TV screen
Let (B minor) ting Bob and Shirley
live my (D minor) life for me
It's (C major) an opera made of soap using
oth (A minor) er people's hope
And (D minor) to morrow's show ain't
soon enough for (G minor) me
Verse 5
There was a time when I saw (G minor) myself
(E flat major) a clean- cut cowboy on the screen
(G minor) A spurs- and- saddle horse opera,
(F major) but that's a long- forgotten dream
So I (C minor) watch Let's Make a Deal (D minor)
and win the jackpot (E minor) in my brain (F minor)
Then (D minor) it's time to watch the show (G minor) that's
(A minor) got my cerebellum (D minor) half insane
(G minor)
Verse 6
(G major)
Here's the story down to earth
Shirley's fi (E minor) nally given birth
She's (B minor) been carrying the
baby (F major) for a year (D minor)
(F major) Though (C major) it don't belong to Bob
Who's been fired (A minor) from
his job as (D minor) a surgeon
'Cause he's got this sudden (G major) fear
Verse 7
He can't stand (G major) the sight of blood
Meanwhile Shir (E minor) ley's mining Judd
Who's (B minor) the father of the kid
but (D minor) he won't (F major) give (D minor)
(C major) And tomorrow's show will say
what they left (A minor) out yesterday
And that gives (D minor) me one good reason I should (G major) live
(C major) (A minor)
Interlude 1
(C minor) (Adim) (C minor) (G major)
(E major) (Adim) (D minor) (G minor)
(G major) Here's the story
Verse 8
in a shell
Bobby's mind (E minor) is shot to hell
'Cause (B minor) he can't recall
his name or (D minor) how he feels
(F major) He's (C major) a lost amnesiac
While his wife (A minor) is in the back of (D minor) her station
wagon notching up her (G major) heels
Verse 9
Meanwhile Bob's (G major) assistant nurse
has some pois (E minor) on in her purse
And (B minor) she's gonna slip into
Shirley's soup (D minor)
Good (C major) old Judd thought up the scheme
Good old Jud (A minor) d is Shirley's dream
But (D minor) old Judd don't want
to share her chicken (G major) coop
Verse 10
And the nurse (G major) would like to keep Shirley's
body (E minor) six feet deep in (B minor) her grave
And chase him (D major) to the Baltic (D minor) Sea
For (C major) she sees herself his wife to poor Bob
(A minor) Who's found a life as (D minor) a farmer
since he lost his memory (G major)
Verse 11
So to give (G major) a resume
Bobby's bail (E minor) ing up the hay
While (B minor) his wife is in the straw (D major)
with Bill and (D minor) Fred (F major)
But she (C major) don't feel great inside
It's that (A minor) dose of cyanide that the nurse (D minor) and
Judd will feed her til (G major) she's dead
Verse 12
There's a baby (G major) who just grew
fifteen (E minor) years in only two
(G major) And she (B minor) has her eyes (D major) on
Judd who is (D minor) her dad
(F major) But of (C major) course she can't know that
She just knows just where it's at
As her mother says,
"It's good to be so glad"
Soap Opera
Rupert Holmes
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