Falsettos - A Tight Knit Family Love Is Blind by Misc Soundtrack
Key:DD| Capo:0fr|
IntroC#m7C#m6C#m7C#m6Verse 1C#m7C#m6
Well, the situation's this
D7D6
I do not wish to offend
AB
I divorced my wife
E
I left my child
D#
And I ran off with a friend
ABE
But I want a tight-knit family
ABG#
I want a group that harmonizes
D5D6D7
I want my wife and kid and friend
D7
To Pretend
D7
Time will mend
C#m7C#m6C#m7C#m6
Our pain
Verse 2C#m7C#m6
So it's nineteen seventy-nine
D7D6
So we don't go by the book
AB
We all eat as one
E
Wife, friend, and son
D#
And I sing out as I cook
ABE
I love my tight-knit family
ABG#
I love the way they cook linguine
D6Dsus4
Isn't it great? We're all so swell
D5D6
Such a dear clientele
ABE
I swear we're gonna come through it
A/F#BE/G#
I fear we'll probably fight
C#m
But nothing's impossible
C#m/C
Live by your wit
EA#dim
Kid, wife, and lover will have to admit
A
I was right
B
I cushioned the fall
C#m7
I want it all
C#m7
I want it all
ED#DD#ED#DD#
I want it
ED#DD#
I want it all
Verse 3ED#DD#
Sit down, my dear
ED#DD#
I hear you have a problem
GmAdimA6
I'm sure you're not disgusting or indiscreet
ED#DD#ED#DD#
Take a load off your feet
ED#DD#
Happy or sad?
Well, I -
ED#DD#
That's a question with no answer
GmAdimF#5
Let's not discuss the weather, let's face the facts
Marvin's wife must relax
Verse 4G#
Love isn't sex
G#dim
That's a thing my husband once told me
G#
Marvin, my ex-
E
You've seen him for years-
Gaug
Told me over the phone to tell you my fears
ED#DD#ED#
Do you only treat queers?
DD#
No
Verse 5]
ED#DD#
Breathe deep, my dear
ED#DD#
You'll find me understanding
GmAdim
Your pain is a priori
A#/GC7
Unfold your untold story
Gm
Now to break bread
Am
Loosen your glands
DmG#
Put your head in my hands
Verse 6]
G#G#/A#G#/CG#/EA#/D
I'm everything he wanted
G#G#/A#G#/CG#/EA#/D
It's time I put it all together
G#
The date was set
C#/DEC#D
My father let me marry
C#EC#DD#
I married. I...
Pre-ChorusBm
Then Marvin came from work
BmCm
Sat me down on the bed
BmBm/F#
He told me how he loved me
BmBm/G
How needed and/or valued me
Cdim
I have(What?)
Edim
Syphilis he said(Good)
Cdim
I have(Yes?)
Edim
Syphilis it's true (Good)
CD
I had something rotten
CD
Which appears though now it's well forgotten
N.C.
Maybe, darling, so do you
BmF#
Maybe, darling, so do you
Bm
I am probably diseased(You're a lovely girl)
F#
And so easily appeased(What a lovely girl)
though she's possibly diseased
BmBm/C#
He took pains to not excite us
F#
He explains I've
Hepatitis
G#mG#m/GBm/F#Bm/FED#
Too
D#
(Hepa hepa hepatitis hepatitis hepatitis?)
ChorusD#F/A
Love is blind
D#/A#F
Love can tell a million stories
D#F/A
Love's unkind
D#Bm
Spiteful in a million ways
Verse 7]
Bm
Then I stayed home from work
BmCm
Took good care of my men
BmBm/F#
They faked despair, they wet their bed
BmBm/G
They combed their hair, they acted dead
Cdim
One said(Yes?)
Edim
Daddy is a prick(What?)
Cdim
He said(Yes?)
Edim
Daddy isn't mine(Good)
CD
He filled my coats
CD
With candies and notes
N.C.
With "Will you be my valentine?"
BmF#
Will you be my valentine?
Pre-ChorusBm
This gets harder to believe(You're a damaged girl)
F#/A#
I've a scalpel up my sleeve(What a damaged girl)
Bm
Do not ever slit your wrists
Bm/C#
I've missed him; he's still missing
F#F#/A#
Don't make noise, but daddy's kissing
G#mG#m/GBm/F#Bm/FED#
Boys
N.C.
Petty, petty, petty, petty
ChorusD#F/A
Love is blind
D#/A#F
Love can tell a million stories
D#F/A
Love's unkind
D#F
Spiteful in a million ways
F#C#7
Love is blind
F#Fm/G#
Love can tell a million stories
F#C#
Love's unkind
F#G#C#
Spiteful in a million ways
BridgeF#
Love is crazy
Love is often boring
G#
Love stinks
Love is pretty often debris
F#
When you find
What you find. Then
G#
Never, never, never, never, never
Do it over again
F#
Love reads like a bad biography
G#
All the names are changed
To protect the innocent
F#G#C#
Love is blind
Verse 8]
F#F#/E
My name is Mendel
B/D#Bm/D
I treat her husband
F#F#/E
I think she's very insecure
C#5C#
But so am I
F#F#/E
I've never married
B/D#Bm/D
Work, work is my passion
F#C#F#
Or perhaps that's an alibi
Gsus4
Yeah, perhaps it is
N.C.
Yeah, I don't care to discuss it
GG/F
I think she's charming
C/ECm/D#
I think she's needy
GG/D
In just five sessions on my couch
CmDmaj7
She'll be like new
G
His name is Mendel
G/F
Ah-ah
CCm
Return next Friday
Dmaj7
I admit I admire you
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