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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
                        "Something Following Me"
                      (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
Intro:
	(solo piano, 6/8):
	G/ / / / / /  F/ / / / / /  C7/ / / / / /  G/ / / / / /
Verse 1:
	While stGanding at the juFnction
	   C7On 42nd StrGeet
	I iGdly kicked a pFebble
	   C7Lyin' near my fGeet
	WEmhoa, I hear a weird nB7oise
	   EmTake a look up and dB7own
	  GThe cause of the commFotion
	   C7Is right there on the grGound
	            Em  Em+7/D#  
	Imagine my surprise
	                  Em7/D  Em6/C#  
	Thought I'd left it at home yeah
	AmBut there's no doubt about it its my
	EmOwn tAmombstEmoneEm  Am  Em  
Verse 2:
	I went into   a shop
	Bought a loaf of bread
	I sunk my teeth into it
	Thought I'd busted my head
	Oh, I dashed to the dentist
	Hey, hey, I got an awful pain, yeah
	This man looks in my mouth and screams
	This boy's insane
	Imagine my surprise
	Thought I'd left it at home, yeah
	There's a lump in my mouth of my
	Own tombstone
Instrumental break:
	(abbreviated verse: piano solo over first four lines; guitar solo
	 from "Imagine my surprise" onward)
Verse 3:
	I went in to see   a movie
	Got the only empty seat
	I tried to stretch out in it
	Something blockin' my feet
	Finally the lights came up
	And I could clearly see
	A slab of engraved marble
	Just starin' up at me
	Imagine my surprise
	I thought I'd left it at home
	There's no doubt I'm sittin on my
	   Em     Am    Em[end cold]
	Own tombstone
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Something Following Me

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Em7/D

Em6

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"Something Following Me"

(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

Intro:

(solo piano, 6/8):

G F C7 G

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

G F

While standing at the junction

C7 G

On 42nd Street

G F

I idly kicked a pebble

C7 G

Lyin' near my feet

Em B7

Whoa, I hear a weird noise

Em B7

Take a look up and down

G F

The cause of the commotion

C7 G

Is right there on the ground

Em Em D#

+7/

Imagine my surprise

Em7/D Em6 C#

Thought I'd left it at home yeah

But there's no doubt about it its my

Em Am Em Em Am Em

Own tombstone

Verse 2:

I went into a shop

Bought a loaf of bread

I sunk my teeth into it

Thought I'd busted my head

Oh, I dashed to the dentist

Hey, hey, I got an awful pain, yeah

This man looks in my mouth and screams

This boy's insane

Imagine my surprise

Thought I'd left it at home, yeah

There's a lump in my mouth of my

Own tombstone

Instrumental break:

(abbreviated verse: piano solo over first four lines; guitar solo

from "Imagine my surprise" onward)

Verse 3:

I went in to see a movie

Got the only empty seat

I tried to stretch out in it

Something blockin' my feet

Finally the lights came up

And I could clearly see

A slab of engraved marble

Just starin' up at me

Imagine my surprise

I thought I'd left it at home

There's no doubt I'm sittin on my

Em Am Em

[end cold]

Own tombstone

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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