I've Heard that Tear Stained Monologue You Do There by the Door Before You Go
words and music
by Mason Williams

INTRO: C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F   C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
    C (x32010@1)	F (133211@1)G (320003@1)	C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
Sometimes I get the feeling I've passed this way one time in life before
 C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)		    C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F   C (x32010@1)
Like the rerun of some movie I've seen a thousand Saturdays ago
  Am (x02210@1)		    D (xx0232@1)		     GI (320003@1)know exactly what your gonna say before it happens in each scene
  C (x32010@1)	F (133211@1)	GAnd (320003@1)I find myself rehearsing for that blackout situation
						 C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F 
Where the punchline reaches out and punches me

  C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)	         C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F   C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
I always play the same part; the good guy gets the girl, I wind up dead.
  C (x32010@1)	F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)	
Who rides into the sunset when the credits start to roll and flash upon the 
                   C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Cscreen (x32010@1)inside my head
  Am (x02210@1)			D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)	
The show is done, the lights go up, I throw my empty popcorn box away
  Am (x02210@1)	     D (xx0232@1)	      GGo (320003@1)back to unreality on rubber legs, I walk into the day

(Bridge)
  Am (x02210@1)					        DLife (xx0232@1)is never logical, the faces change, the lines all stay the same
  Am (x02210@1)						    DI (xx0232@1)know the cues where I came in, the exits but I can't recall your name
  C (x32010@1)		F (133211@1)G (320003@1)	  C (x32010@1)GF    
So save your breath, don't tell me how it all comes out, somehow I think I know
	  C (x32010@1)                     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)	CI've (x32010@1)heard that tear stained monologue you do there by the door before you go.
  Am (x02210@1)			     D (xx0232@1)		GWhat (320003@1)makes me take you by the hand and stand around in line one time again
	  Am (x02210@1)       						DJust (xx0232@1)to see the same old madness.. well, I ask you ain't this the place where I 
            G (320003@1)    came in?
  C (x32010@1)		F (133211@1)G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F CSo (x32010@1)save your breath, don't tell me how it all come out, somehow I think I know
  C (x32010@1)                          F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)                         CI've (x32010@1)heard that tear stained monologue you do there by the door before you go.

(end song on held C chord)

This work is entirely my own creation made especially for you on a Mac!
Patrick Nance
emswife@attbi.com