Dress Rehearsal Rag
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Bm Cm C#m A#m
Four o'clock in the afternoon, and I didn't feel like very much
Bm Cm C#m A#m
I said to my self, "where are you, golden boy, where's your famous golden touch?"
Bm Cm C#m A#m
I thought you knew where all of the elephants lie down
Bm Cm C#m A#m
I thought you where the crownprince of all the wheels in Ivory Town
Bm Bbm Am A#m
Just take a look at your body now, There's nothing much to save
Bm Bbm Am A#m
And a bitter voice in the mirror cries "Hey, Prince, you need a shave."
Bm Cm C#m
Now if you can manage to get your trembling fingers to behave
A#m Bm Cm C#m
Why don't you try unwrapping a stainless steel razor blade?
Cm Bm C#m Am C
That's right, it's come to this. Yes, it's come to this
Bb D G
And wasn't it a long way down?
Bb D G
Ah wasn't it a strange way down?
Bm Cm C#m A#m
Ther's no hot water and the coal is running thin
Bm Cm C#m A#m
Well, what do you expect from the kind of places you've been living in?
Bm Cm C#m A#m
Don't drink from that cup, it's all caked up and cracked along the rim
Bm Cm C#m A#m
That's not electric light, my friend, that is your vision growing dim
Bm Bbm Am A#m
Cover up your face with soap, there, now you're Santa Claus
Bm Bbm Am A#m
And you got a gift for anyone who give you his applause
Bm Cm C#m
I thougt you were a racing man, ah, but you couldn't take the pace
Bm Cm C#m
That's a funeral in the mirror, and it's stopping at your face
Cm Bm C#m Am C
That's right, it's come to this. Yes' it's come to this
Bb D G
And wasn't it a long way down?
Bb D G
Ah, wasn't it a strange way down?
Bm Cm C#m A#m
Once there was a path and girl with chestnut hair
Bm Cm C#m A#m
And you passed the summer picking all of the berries that grew there
Bm Cm C#m A#m
There were times she was a woman, there were times she was just a child
Bm Cm C#m A#m
And you held her in the shadow where the raspberries grow wild
Bm Bbm Am A#m
And you climbed the twilight mountains, and you sang about the view
Bm Bbm Am A#m
And everywhere you wandered, love seemed to go along with you
Bm Cm C#m
That's a hard one to remember, yes, it makes you clench your fist
Bm Cm C#m
And the veins stand out like highways all along your wrist
Cm Bm C#m Am C
That's right, it's come to this. Yes' it's come to this
Bb D G
And wasn't it a long way down?
Bb D G
Ah, wasn't it a strange way down?
Bm Cm C#m A#m
You can still find a job, go out and talk to a friend
Bm Cm C#m A#m
On the back of every magazine, there are those coupons you can sand
Bm Cm C#m A#m
Why don't you join the Rosicrucians? They will give you back your hope
Bm Cm C#m A#m
You can find your love with diagrams on a plain brown envelope
Bm Bbm Am A#m
But you've used up all coupons, except the one that seems
Bm Bbm Am A#m
To be written on you wrist. along with several thousand dreams
Bm Cm C#m
Now Santa Claus comes forward, that's a razor in his mitt
Bm Cm C#m
And he puts on his dark glases, and he shows you where to hit
Bm Cm C#m
And then the cameras pan, the stand-in stuntman's
Bb D G
Dress rehearsal rag
Bb D G
It's just the dress rehearsal rag
Bb D G
You know this dress rehearsal rag
Bb D G
It's just the dress rehearsal rag
How to play Dress Rehearsal Rag
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Bm. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.