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...DECOMPOSING COMPOSERS... by Monty Python
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*from 'Monty Python Sings' (1989)*
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: D)
Intro:
C G/B Am Em, F C, Dm G7
Verse 1:
Beethoven's gone, but his music lives on,
And Mozart don't go shopping no more.
You'll never meet Liszt, or Brahms again,
And Elgar doesn't answer the door.
Verse 2:
Schubert and Chopin used to chuckle and laugh,
Whilst com-posing a long sympho-ny.
But one hundred and fifty years later;
There's very little of them left to see.
Chorus 1:
They're Decomposing Com-po-sers; there's not much anyone can do.
You can still hear Beet-hoven, but Beethoven cannot hear you.
*(BEETHOVEN BREAK)*
Verse 3:
Handel and Haydn and Rachmaninov,
En-joyed a nice drink with their meal.
But nowadays no one will serve them,
And their gravy is left to con-geal.
Verse 4:
Verdi and Wagner de-lighted crowds,
With their highly original sounds.
The pi-anos they played are still working,
But they're both six feet under-ground.
Chorus 2:
They're Decomposing Com-po-sers; there's less of them every year.
You can say what you like to De-bussy,
But there's not much of him left to hear.
Coda:
Aah, aah... Claude A-chille De-bussy; died, nineteen eight-een.
Christophe Willebald Gluck; died, 1787.
Carl Maria Von Weber; not at all well, 1825; died 1826.
Giacomo Meyerbeer; still alive, 186-3;
Not still alive, 1864.
Modeste Mus-sorgsky; 1880, going to parties, no fun any more, 188-1.
Johan Nepomuk Hummel;
Chatting away nineteen to the dozen, with his mates,
(n.C)
Down the pub, every evening, 1836, 1837; nothing.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 x20033 x02210 022000 133211 xx0231 323000 320003
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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