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SONG: Jack's Lament
ARTIST: Danny Elfman
From the musical, The Nightmare Before Christmas
There are Bbmfew who'd deF/Any
                 Db/Ab   Gm9(b5)
At what I do I am the best
For my Gbtalents are Frenowned far and Ebmwide
When it Ccomes to suDbdim7prises
On a C/Emoonlit Ebm/Bbnight
I exC7cel without ever even F7trying
With the D#mslightest little A#7effort
Of my D#mghost like E#m7b5charms
I have D#mseen grown men give out a Eshriek
With the G#dimwave of my D#mhand
And a A#7well placed D#mmoan
I have swept the very A#7bravest off their D#mfeet
Yet A#7year after Bmyear
It's the Esame rouD#dim7tine
And I A#7grow so weary
Of the D#dim7sound of A#7/E#screams
And F#dim7I 
D#mJACK... THE   D#mPUMPDdim7KIN   CmKING
Have B7grown so A#7tired of the F#dimsame 
D#dimold 
A#7thing
Oh D#dim7somewhere Gmdeep inA7/Gside of these Embones
An Am6emptiEmness beAm6gan to Emgrow
There's D#dim7something Gm/Dout there A/C#far from my Em/Bhome
A Am6longing Em6that I've B7never Em6known
              Em           B/D#        G/D   C#m9(b5)
I'm a master of fright and a demon of light
And I'll Cscare you right Bout of your Ampants
To a F#guy in KenGdim7tucky, I'm F#/A#Mister UnAm/Elucky
And I'm F#7known throughout England and BFrance
And Amsince I am Bdimdead, I can Am/Ctake off my Ddimhead
To reAmcite Shakesperean quoBbtations
No Ddim7animal nor Amman can E7SCREAM like I Amcan
With the Amfury of my E7reciAmtations
But E7who Fmhere would Bbever underAdim7stand
That the E7Pumpkin King with the Am6skeleton E7/Bgrin
Would Cdim7tire of his Amcrown, If they F#m/C#only
C#7undersF#mtood
He'd D7give it all C#7up, if he F#monlyD  
    C#(b9)   C#(no5)
could....
Oh Fdim7theres an Amempty B7/Aplace in my F#mbones
That Bm6calls out F#mfor someBm6thing unF#mknown
The Fdim7fame and Am/Epraise come B/D#year after F#m/C#year
Does Bm6nothing F#m6for these C#7empty F#mtears...

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The Nightmare Before Christmas - Jacks Lament

by Misc Cartoons

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SONG: Jack's Lament

ARTIST: Danny Elfman

From the musical, The Nightmare Before Christmas

Bbm F/A

There are few who'd deny

Db/Ab Gm9

(b5)

At what I do I am the best

Gb F Ebm

For my talents are renowned far and wide

C Dbdim7

When it comes to suprises

C/E Ebm/Bb

On a moonlit night

C7 F7

I excel without ever even trying

D#m A#7

With the slightest little effort

D#m E#m7b5

Of my ghost like charms

D#m E

I have seen grown men give out a shriek

G#dim D#m

With the wave of my hand

A#7 D#m

And a well placed moan

A#7 D#m

I have swept the very bravest off their feet

A#7 Bm

Yet year after year

E D#dim7

It's the same routine

A#7

And I grow so weary

D#dim7 A#7/E#

Of the sound of screams

F#dim7

And I

D#m D#m Ddim7 Cm

JACK... THE PUMPKIN KING

B7 A#7 F#dim

Have grown so tired of the same

D#dim

old

A#7

thing

D#dim7 Gm A7/G Em

Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones

Am6 Em Am6 Em

An emptiness began to grow

D#dim7 Gm/D A/C# Em/B

There's something out there far from my home

Am6 Em6 B7 Em6

A longing that I've never known

Em B/D# G/D C#m9

(b5)

I'm a master of fright and a demon of light

C B Am

And I'll scare you right out of your pants

F# Gdim7 F#/A# Am/E

To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky

F#7 B

And I'm known throughout England and France

Am Bdim Am/C Ddim

And since I am dead, I can take off my head

Am Bb

To recite Shakesperean quotations

Ddim7 Am E7 Am

No animal nor man can SCREAM like I can

Am E7 Am

With the fury of my recitations

E7 Fm Bb Adim7

But who here would ever understand

E7 Am6 E7/B

That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin

Cdim7 Am F#m/C#

Would tire of his crown, If they only

C#7 F#m

understood

D7 C#7 F#m D

He'd give it all up, if he only

C#(b9) C#

(no5)

could....

Fdim7 Am B7/A F#m

Oh theres an empty place in my bones

Bm6 F#m Bm6 F#m

That calls out for something unknown

Fdim7 Am/E B/D# F#m/C#

The fame and praise come year after year

Bm6 F#m6 C#7 F#m

Does nothing for these empty tears...

About The Nightmare Before Christmas - Jacks Lament Chords by Misc Cartoons

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