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			"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"
				  (Eric Carmen)


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

	 F (133211@1)   Fmaj7/A (103210@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb          Gm (355333@1)C (x32010@1) 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 (133211@1)            Fmaj7/A (103210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)Well I know it sounds funny
            C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)            Fmaj7/A (103210@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb  Gm (355333@1)But I'm not in it for the money,   no
	  C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)       Fmaj7/A (103210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)I don't need no reputation
	     C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)          Fmaj7/A (103210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)And I'm not in it for the show

	[band enters]

Chorus:

	   C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)     Fmaj7/A (103210@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)I just want ahit (x02210@1)record, yeah
	 C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)         Fmaj7/A (103210@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb  Gm (355333@1)Wanna hear it on the radio
	 C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    Fmaj7/A (103210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)Want abig (x02210@1)hit record, yeah
	 C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)      Fmaj7/A (103210@1) Bb (x1333x@1)One that everybody's got to know

Post-chorus:

	              C (x32010@1)                          Eb/Bb (x43121@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
	Well if the program director don't pull it
	      C (x32010@1)                Eb/Bb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)It's time to get back the bullet
	              C (x32010@1)So bring the group down to the station
	                   Eb/Bb (x43121@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb   Eb/Bb (x43121@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
	You're gonna be an overnight sensation

	Ebmaj7 (x43111@3)   Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)   Ebmaj7/G   Abmaj9 (43534x@1)Bb-D-Eb-G  A-Bb-D-F   G-Bb-D-Eb  C-Eb-G-Bb   

[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 amint (x02210@1)for you

[repeat chorus]

[repeat post-chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"]

Bridge:

	 Gb/Db      Db (x43121@1)       Gb/Db   Db (x43121@1)I fit those words to agood (x02210@1)melody
	Gb/Db           Db (x43121@1)         Gb/Db    Db (x43121@1)Amazing how success has been ignoring me
	   Db/Cb  Cb (x2444x@1)Db/Cb  Cb (x2444x@1)So long
	 Gb/Db    Db (x43121@1)        Gb/Db     Db (x43121@1)I use my bread making demos all day
	Gb/Db           Db (x43121@1)            Gb/Db    Db (x43121@1)Writing in the night while in my head I hear
	    Db/Cb   Cb (x2444x@1)Db/Cb  Cb (x2444x@1)The record play
	        AaddB  Gm (355333@1)C (x32010@1)Hear it play

Coda:

	[through radio]:

	F (133211@1) Fmaj7/A (103210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)C (x32010@1)Hit record, yeah
	(C)    F (133211@1)Fmaj7/A (103210@1)Bb (x1333x@1) Gm (355333@1)C (x32010@1)Wanna hit record, yeah

	[band fades in]

	       F (133211@1)Fmaj7/A (103210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)          Gm (355333@1)C (x32010@1)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 (133211@1)Fmaj7/A (103210@1)Bb (x1333x@1) Gm (355333@1)C (x32010@1)Wanna hit record, yeah			[repeat to fade]


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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