Musical Fiction chords by Rudy Mancuso Guitar Chords
D/A Dmaj7 D/A Dmaj7
[Intro]
D/A
There was a lonely guy named Robert
F#m
Who was feeling kind of down
Bm
So he got himself a beer
F#
And he sat there with a frown
G Bm
His girlfriend just broke up with him that day
F#m A
So things were not okay
[Verse 1]
D/A F#m
So he got himself a Lyft without any hesitation
Bm
Driver said, “where are you going?”
F#
I don’t have a destination
G Bm
He said “I know a nice bar that has great booze”
Em F#
Well I have nothing to lose
Bm F#m
So he got out of the car and made his way inside the bar
F# Bm
The driver out the window yelled “please give me five stars”
[Verse 2]
G A
He then sat down to get a drink from the bartender by the sink
E G (G–>C in piano)
That’s when he saw the very thing that changed his whole reality
D F#m Bm
And oh, it was the prettiest face in the world
Em
She was unlike any other girl
Asus4 A
She smiled and her teeth were white as pearls, oh yeah
D G-C
Like any other girl
(Fast) G A
So he got up from his seat cause his heart skipped a beat
Bm
It was time to change his day
A
He knew just the thing to say
C (once)
He said “hey”
C (once)
She said” hey”
C (once)
He said “hey” (PAUSE)
C (once)
He said “sorry to interrupt”
[Verse 3]
F (once)
Robert walked back to his seat
G (once)
As he accepted his defeat
F#m
Then he finished up his beer
Bm
As he lost all of his cheer
G
Then he felt the hand upon his shoulder
A
As the air grew even colder
F# A
She said before he drank another
D F#m
“Sorry about what happened with my brother”
D F#m
“I thought that was your man”
D F#m
“It’s just my brother Dan”
D
“Hey Dan”
C (with higher C)
“Hey man”
G F#
So he got right up off of his chair
G (arpeggio G until cut off)
Then he ran his fingers through her hair and…
*Receives Text Message: “I think we should break up”*
[Outro]
D/A F#m D/A F#m
D/A
There was a lonely guy named Robert
F#m
Who was feeling kind of down
Bm
So he got himself a beer
F#
And he sat there with a frown
G Bm
His girlfriend just broke up with him that day
A D
But things will be okay