Turning turtle chords by Meryl streep

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Gm
Dm
D
F
Bb
G#m
E
C#m
Eb
G#
Am
F#
Bdim
C#dim
Bm
C
Adim
B
Eaug
Aaug
A
Ebdim
F#m
Gdim
D#
E#
Ebaug
F#dim

Verse 1
Gm 
Turning turtle? What exactly
does that mean?
It means my whole world goes flippity
flop like a turtle on its back
And I don't know my up from
my down, my east from my west
Dm 
D 
My topsy from my bottomsy

Verse 2
Dm 
Gm 
If you bring something
broken on a Thursday
I'll make new, with my glue,
F 
Gm 
pins and thread
F 
But you bring whatever
Bb 
F 
G#m 
broken on  a Friday
E 
C#m 
I will mend and   then spend
Eb 
G# 
the day in bed
Eb 
Children, Satur, Sun and Mondays
are just everything is fun days
But in the second week,
C#m 
E 
I     wear a frown
Am 
For, I know that after Tuesday comes
F 
the Topsy get's bad news day
Am 
F 
It's the dreaded second Wednesday
F# 
When from nine to noon,
E 
Am 
my life turns upside down
E 
Am 
E 
Am 

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Verse 3

Bdim

If fast is slow, low is high,

stop is go and that is why

Every second Wednesday

is a hurdle

C#dim

From eight to nine, all is well

Then I roll over on my shell

And all because the world is turning turtle

Verse 4
E 
Am 
Bm 
Day is night, dog is cat,
E 
Bm 
E 
black is white, thin is fat
Am 
That is why I'm loosening
Bdim 
F 
up     my girdle
Bdim 
C 
Dm 
I cannot help this
F 
charming troop
Don't lock me, 'cause I'm in this soup
E 
And why? Because the world
Am 
is turning turtle

Verse 5
Adim 
F 
Oh, woe is me,
Am 
I'm as opposite as I can be
F 
E 
I long for Thursdays when the world
Am 
Dm 
Am 
Dm 
is drab
F 
When will it cease? Now my life
Am 
F 
resembles War and Peace
E 
That Tolstoy certainly had the gift of gab,

Verse 6
I couldn't get through it
E 
Am 
B 
Bottom's top, ying is yang,
Adim 
Am 
E 
peace  and quiet's Sturm und Drang
Am 
E 
Tuesday nights,
Eaug 
E 
Am 
Eaug 
Am 
my blood  begins to curdle
Aaug 
Dm 
East is west, in is out,
F 
E 
and that is why I need to shout
Oh, no!
Adim 
The world is turning turtle
Am 
F 
Adim 
Am 

Verse 7
F 
Oh, if you had come some other morn'
You wouldn't have found
Am 
F 
me so  forlorn
Am 
F 
But, since the day that I  was born
Am 
Second Wednesday is on the fritz
F 
I couldn't mend this to save my soul
Am 
F 
If this keeps up, I'll dig a hole
Am 
F 
You say life's a cherry bowl
Am 
But Wednesday's full of pits

Verse 8
Dm 
F 
Tell us, can you fix this drum?
Am 
Well, today it's looking glum
F 
Can you mend this crack
Dm 
and broken string?
F 
C#m 
E 
Perhaps, if you   all lend a hand
F 
Am 
Our fingers are at your command
G# 
A broken song, but still can sing
G#m 
C#m 
Let's do the turtle swing

Interlude 1
C#m 
A 
Ebdim 
F#m 
Ebdim 
Adim 
G# 
C#dim 
A 
Gdim 
D# 
G# 
C#m 
F#m 
Gdim 
G# 
Am 
G# 
E# 
G# 
C#m 
Dm 
D 
F# 
Bb 
F 
Ebaug 

Verse 9
F 
Eb 
Oh, woe is me
Gm 
Now I'm on my head
How can that be?
Eb 
A 
D 
Gm 
Well, you say woe, but I say lucky you
Am 
F 
Lucky me?
Bdim 
F 
Eb 
Yes,   here on your head,
Gm 
"A" is far behind and led by zed
A 
It's good to get a different
D 
Eb 
point of view

Verse 10
You see, when the world
turns upside down
The best thing is turn right along with it
I do see
F 
Dm 
E 
F# 
From down here, things look right side up
Am 
I wouldn't mind see ing
things from that angle
F 
Sounds like fun
C 
F 
Can we?
B 
Dm 
Very well, flippity flop
Eb 
E 

Verse 11
E 
Am 
Near is far and here is there
Bm 
B 
Turtles turning everywhere
E 
Bm 
Things are get ting clear
Am 
F 
E 
Then knock on wood my dear
Dm 
When you change the view

Verse 12

from

where you stood

The things you view will change

F#dim

for good

Verse 13
E 
I never thought of things that way
She never thought of things that way
Now Wednesdays are my favorite days
E 
Now Wednesdays are her
favorite days
'Cause that's the day,
I'm quite contrary
And now, thanks to cousin Mary
F 
I  have changed, to be exact,
I love the fact
E 
Am 
The world is turning turtle, turtle, turtle