Tablature overnight sensation - The Raspberries

          



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  			"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"

  				  (Eric Carmen)

  

  

  Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])

  

  	 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]

  

  Chorus:

  

  	   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]

  

  

  -- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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