Overnight sensation

	  		Intro (piano arr. for guitar {2X; continue into verse}) 
 
	
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 F     Fmaj7/A Bb          Gm  C 
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v 
	-1-------1-0-----|-------1--------- 
	-1-----1---1--1h3|-----3---3-3-5-5- 
	-2---2-----2---3-|---3-----3-3-5-5- 
	-3-3-------3---3-|---------5-5-5-5- 
	-----------0---1-|-------------3-3- 
	-1---------------|---------3-3----- 

 
Verse 1: 
 
                F              Fmaj7/A  Bb  Gm 
	Well I know it sounds funny 
            C       F              Fmaj7/A Bb  Gm 
	But I'm not in it for the money,   no 
	  C      F         Fmaj7/A  Bb  Gm 
	I don't need no reputation 
	     C      F            Fmaj7/A  Bb  Gm  
	And I'm not in it for the show 
 
	{band enters} 
 
	   C    F       Fmaj7/A    Bb  Gm 
	I just want a hit record, yeah 
	 C     F           Fmaj7/A Bb  Gm 
	Wanna hear it on the radio 
	 C      F      Fmaj7/A  Bb  Gm 
	Want a big hit record, yeah 
	 C        F        Fmaj7/A   Bb 
	One that everybody's got to know 

 Post-Chorus: 
 
	              C                            Eb/Bb Bb 
	Well if the program director don't pull it 
	      C                  Eb/Bb   Bb 
	It's time to get back the bullet 
	              C 
	So bring the group down to the station 
	                   Eb/Bb Bb   Eb/Bb Bb 
	You're gonna be an overnight sensation 
 
	Ebmaj7     Bbmaj7     Ebmaj7/G   Abmaj9 
	Bb-D-Eb-G  A-Bb-D-F   G-Bb-D-Eb  C-Eb-G-Bb   <- r.h. keyboard voicings 
 
{guitar solo over intro chord progression, 1X} 
 
Verse 2: 
 
	I've been tryin' to write the lyric 
	Non-offensive but satiric too 
	And if you put it in the A-slot 
	It's just got to make a mint for you 
 
{repeat Chorus} 
 
{repeat post-Chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"} 
 
Bridge: 
 
	 Gb/Db      Db         Gb/Db   Db 
	I fit those words to a good melody 
	Gb/Db           Db           Gb/Db    Db 
	Amazing how success has been ignoring me 
	   Db/Cb  Cb  Db/Cb  Cb 
	So long 
	 Gb/Db    Db          Gb/Db     Db 
	I use my bread making demos all day 
	Gb/Db           Db              Gb/Db    Db 
	Writing in the night while in my head I hear 
	    Db/Cb   Cb  Db/Cb  Cb 
	The record play 
	        AaddB  Gm  C 
	Hear it play 
 
Coda: 
 
	{through radio}: 
 
	F   Fmaj7/A  Bb  Gm  C 
	Hit record, yeah 
	(C)    F  Fmaj7/A  Bb   Gm  C  
	Wanna hit record, yeah 
 
	{band fades in} 
 
	       F  Fmaj7/A  Bb            Gm  C 
	Wanna hit record, yeah			{9X; drums enter 3rd time} 
	                 (4,6,8: number one) 
 
	{band drops out} 
 
	{piano/vocal improvisation intro chords, 6X (fade 3rd time)} 
 
	{2-bar drum fill w/overdubbed firecrackers} 
 
	{band re-enters} 
 
	       F  Fmaj7/A  Bb   Gm  C  
	Wanna hit record, yeah			{repeat to fade}