Overnight Sensation
RaspberriesVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
piano arr. for guitar )
C
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-----|
Well I know it sounds funny
But I'm not in it for the money, no
I don't need no reputation
And I'm not in it for the show
I just want a hit record, yeah
Wanna hear it on the radio
Want a big hit record, yeah
One that everybody's got to know
Post-chorus:
Well if the program director don't pull it
It's time to get back the bullet
So bring the group down to the station
You're gonna be an overnight sensation
--- --- --- --- <- r.. keyboard voicings
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 a mint for you
I fit those words to a good melody
Amazing how success has been ignoring me
So long
I use my bread making demos all day
Writing in the night while in my head I hear
The record play
Hear it play
:
Hit record, yeah
Wanna hit record, yeah
Wanna hit record, yeah
(4,6,8: number one)
Wanna hit record, yeah
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
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Readable chord sheet for Overnight Sensation by Raspberries
piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])
[F] [Fmaj7/A] [Bb] [Gm] [C]
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-----|
Well I k[F]now it sounds f[Fmaj7/A]unny [Bb] [Gm]
But [C]I'm not [F]in it for the m[Fmaj7/A]oney, [Bb]no [Gm]
I [C]don't n[F]eed no rep[Fmaj7/A]utation [Bb] [Gm]
And I[C]'m not [F]in it for the[Fmaj7/A] show [Bb] [Gm]
[band enters]
I j[C]ust w[F]ant a hi[Fmaj7/A]t record, y[Bb]eah [Gm]
W[C]anna h[F]ear it on th[Fmaj7/A]e radio [Bb] [Gm]
W[C]ant a b[F]ig hit [Fmaj7/A]record, y[Bb]eah [Gm]
O[C]ne that e[F]verybody'[Fmaj7/A]s got to k[Bb]now
Post-chorus:
Well if the pr[C]ogram director don't pull it [Eb] [Bb]
It's t[C]ime to get back the[Eb] bull[Bb]et
So bring the g[C]roup down to the station
You're gonna be an [Eb]ove[Bb]rnigh[Eb]t s[Bb]ensation
[Ebmaj7] [Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [G] [Abmaj9]
[Bb]-[D]-[Eb]-[G] [A]-[Bb]-[D]-[F] [G]-[Bb]-[D]-[Eb] [C]-[Eb]-[G]-[Bb] <- r.[B]. keyboard voicings
[guitar solo over intro chord progression, 1X]
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 a mint for you
[repeat chorus]
[repeat post-chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"]
I[F#] fi[C#]t those [C#]words to a [F#]goo[C#]d mel[C#]ody
[F#]Ama[C#]zing how succ[C#]ess has been [F#]ign[C#]oring [C#]me
So [C#]lon[B]g [B] [C#] [B] [B]
I[F#] us[C#]e my b[C#]read making [F#]dem[C#]os all [C#]day
[F#]Wri[C#]ting in the n[C#]ight while in my[F#] he[C#]ad I h[C#]ear
The [C#]rec[B]ord [B]pla[C#]y [B] [B]
Hear it [Aadd]play[B] [Gm] [C]
[through radio]:
[F]Hit [Fmaj7/A]record, y[Bb]eah [Gm] [C]
W[C]anna h[F]it [Fmaj7/A]record, y[Bb]eah [Gm] [C]
[band fades in]
Wanna h[F]it [Fmaj7/A]record, y[Bb]eah [Gm] [C] [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]
Wanna h[F]it [Fmaj7/A]record, y[Bb]eah [Gm] [C] [repeat to fade]
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers