...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 (133211@1)C, F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)Beethoven's gone,
        G/BBut (143121@7)his music,
Lives on,
    AmAnd (x02210@1)Mozart don't go,
            EmShopping (022000@1)no more.
       FYou'll (133211@1)never,
Meet Liszt,
   COr (x32010@1)Brahms again,
    FAnd (133211@1)Elgar doesn't,
           GAnswer (320003@1)the door.

Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)Schubert,
And Chopin,
        G/BUsed (143121@7)to chuckle,
And laugh,
           AmWhilst (x02210@1)com-posing,
              EmA (022000@1)long sympho-ny.
        FBut (133211@1)one hundred,
                CAnd (x32010@1)fifty years later;
             FThere's (133211@1)very little,
                GOf (320003@1)them left to see.

Chorus 1:

C (x32010@1)They're,
Decomposing,
    GCom-posers, (320003@1)        FThere's (133211@1)not much,
           GAnyone (320003@1)can do.
C (x32010@1)You can still,
          FHear (133211@1)Beet-hoven,
    GBut (320003@1)Beethoven,
            CCannot (x32010@1)hear you.

*(BEETHOVEN BREAK)*

Verse 3:

C (x32010@1)Handel and Haydn,
    G/BAnd (143121@7)Rachmaninov,
   AmEn-joyed, (x02210@1)A nice drink,
           EmWith (022000@1)their meal.
    FBut (133211@1)nowadays,
No one,
     CWill (x32010@1)serve them,
          FAnd (133211@1)their gravy is,
            GLeft (320003@1)to con-geal.

Verse 4:

C (x32010@1)Verdi and Wagner,
   G/BDe-lighted, (143121@7)The crowds,
           AmWith (x02210@1)their highly,
         EmOriginal (022000@1)sounds.
       FThe (133211@1)pi-anos,
They played,
          CAre (x32010@1)still working,
    FBut (133211@1)they're both,
               GSix (320003@1)feet under-ground.

Chorus 2:

C (x32010@1)They're,
Decomposing,
    GCom-posers, (320003@1)        FThere's (133211@1)less,
Of them,
      GEvery (320003@1)year.
        CYou (x32010@1)can say what,
               FYou (133211@1)like to De-bussy,
            GBut (320003@1)there's not much,
               COf (x32010@1)him left to hear.

Coda:

C (x32010@1)   Am (x02210@1)Ahh, ahh,
F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)Claude A-chille,
   CDe-bussy; (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)Died, nineteen,
G (320003@1)Eight-een,
C (x32010@1)Christophe,
Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)Willebald Gluck;
C (x32010@1)Died, 1787.

C (x32010@1)Carl Maria,
Von Weber;
Not at all well, 1825,
Am (x02210@1)Died, 1826.
Am (x02210@1)Giacomo Meyerbeer;
Am (x02210@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)Still alive, 186-3,
Am (x02210@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)Not still alive, 1864.

Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)Modeste Mus-sorgsky;
Am (x02210@1)1880, going to parties,
C (x32010@1)                  F (133211@1)No fun anymore, 188-1.
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)Johan Nepomuk Hummel;
C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)Chatting away nineteen,
G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)To the dozen,
With his mates,
(n.C)
 Down the pub,
Every evening, 1836,
1837;
Nothing.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C (x32010@1)     G/B (143121@7)   Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)    F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)     Dm (xx0231@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  x20033  x02210  022000  133211  320003  xx0231


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)