SONG: Jack's Lament
ARTIST: Danny Elfman

From the musical, The Nightmare Before Christmas

Bbm (x13321@1)       F/A (x03211@1) 
There are few who'd deny
          C#/Ab       Gm9b5   
At what I do I am the best
       F# (244322@1)        F (133211@1)              Ebm (xx4342@1)
For my talents are renowned far and wide
        C (x32010@1)        C#dim7   
When it comes to suprises
     C/E (x3111x@5)   Ebm/Bb   
On a moonlit night
    C7 (x32310@1)                  F7 (131241@1)
I excel without ever even trying

Ebm (xx4342@1)            Bb7 (x13131@1) 
With the slightest little effort
      Ebm (xx4342@1)      Fdim (1201xx@1) 
Of my ghost like charms
       Ebm (xx4342@1)                     E (022100@1)
I have seen grown men give out a shriek
         Abdim (1201xx@1)    Ebm (xx4342@1) 
With the wave of my hand 
      Bb7 (x13131@1)       Ebm (xx4342@1)
And a well placed moan
                      Bb7 (x13131@1)             Ebm (xx4342@1)
I have swept the very bravest off their feet

Bb7 (x13131@1)      Bm (x24432@1) 
Yet year after year
         E (022100@1)     D#dim7   
It's the same routine
      Bb (x1333x@1)
And I grow so weary
       D#dim7   Bb7/F   
Of the sound of screams
    F#dim7   
And I 
EbmJACK..THE (xx4342@1)PUMPKIN KING
     B7 (x21202@1)     Bb7 (x13131@1)        F#dim (2312xx@1)  
Have grown so tired of the same 
Ebdim (2312xx@1)  
old 
Bb (x1333x@1)thing

D#dim7    Gm (355333@1)   A7/G (302020@1)        EmOh (022000@1)somewhere deep inside of these bones
   Am6 (x02212@1)Em (022000@1)   Am6 (x02212@1)  EmAn (022000@1)emptiness began to grow
        D#dim7    Gm/D      A/C# (042220@1)      Em/BThere's (012000@1)something out there far from my home
  Am6 (x02212@1)   Em6 (022020@1)     B7 (x21202@1)  Em6A (022020@1)longing that I've never known

Em (022000@1)      B/D# (x2544x@1)       G/D (4x3121@7)    C#m9b5   
I'm a master of fright and a demon of light
         C (x32010@1)             B (x2444x@1)         Am (x02210@1)   
And I'll scare you right out of your pants
     F# (244322@1)      Gdim7      F#/Bb    Am/E (x02210@1)  
To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky
        F#7 (242352@1)                        B (x2444x@1)
And I'm known throughout England and France

Am (x02210@1)       Bdim (1201xx@1)      Am/C (032210@1)      Ddim (1201xx@1)  
And since I am dead, I can take off my head
     Am (x02210@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)
To recite Shakesperean quotations
   Ddim7      Am (x02210@1)    E7 (020130@1)          Am (x02210@1)
No animal nor man can SCREAM like I can
                    E7 (020130@1)Am (x02210@1)
With the fury of my recitations

E7 (020130@1)Fm (133111@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)      Adim7    
But who here would ever understand
         E7 (020130@1)                  Am6 (x02212@1)    E7/B    
That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
      Cdim7       Am (x02210@1)           F#m/C#    
Would tire of his crown, If they only 
C#7 (x4342x@1) F#m (244222@1) 
understood
     D7 (xx0212@1)        C#7 (x4342x@1)     F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)  
He'd give it all up, if he only 
C#b9     C#(no5)
could....

Fdim7     Am (x02210@1)  B7/A        F#mOh (244222@1)theres an empty place in my bones
     Bm6 (x20102@1)     F#m (244222@1)   Bm6 (x20102@1)   F#mThat (244222@1)calls out for something unknown
    Fdim7    Am/E (x02210@1)      B/D# (x2544x@1)     F#m/C#
The fame and praise come year after year
     Bm6 (x20102@1)   F#m6 (2x4242@1)    C#7 (x4342x@1) F#mDoes (244222@1)nothing for these empty tears....