black midi – 27 Questions (Guitar)

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[Chords] C#dim 9x10108x Gmaj7/Bb 6x577x Bm/G# xx677x Bm/C# xx1177x Bm/A# xx877x
C#7      98970x
C#5+     9876xx

G#7/5-   4x4530
Fmaj7/6  1x2230
F#7* 2x233x Gm6 3x233x Gmaj7/G# 4x4430 G/A x05430 Gdim/A x0542x
[Verse]
   Gdim          Em6
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------2-5---------2-5-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-0---------0-0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-3----------0-0---------------------------------------------------------|

melody 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------7----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------7-8-10------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-9-10-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

melody 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------7----7-----7-8--------------------------------------------------|
G|---10-9-10----10----10--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro] G Gdim [Verse]
Gdim                            Em6
When lost in wild rain there is nothing you can do

     Gdim                       Em6
When lost in city rain there is something you can do

Gdim                            Em6
Take refuge wherever is marked "Admission Free"

Gdim                         Em6
As we did one night, back in late '43

Eb7                           Eb9
I'd never seen the man on the poster before

A7
But my friend said he was a big star before the war
[Instrumental] C/G# D/A# [Verse]
    E/C              F/C#
The boy by the door, louder than a bomb

N.C.                         G/D#               G#maj7 Bmaj7
All the way down the street, you heard his song
[Verse]
Em        G#maj7 Bmaj7 Em                G#maj7 Bmaj7
"Roll up, roll up,     tonight is the night

Em            G#maj7 Bmaj7 Em        G#maj7  Bmaj7
Freddie Frost gives  his   last will live on stage

Em       G#maj7 Bmaj7    Em        G#maj7 Bmaj7
Roll up, roll up for the show of a life-time
Em N.C. Cm arpegio B5/F# Doors open a quarter to eight" [Verse]
Gdim                   Em6
Sat in upholstery that was once brilliant

Gdim                             Em6
We picked its loose stuffing and looked around

Gdim                                Em6
There were duchesses and dukes, and beggars and pimps

Eb7
All sat side-by-side to watch his last grasp at life

Gdim                        Em6
The grand centrepiece was a gold-green sarcophagus

Gdim                   Em6
Flanked either side by oil-painted pictures of the man

Gdim                 Em6
First of all, a film to explain his life-long dream

Eb7                             Eb9                       Adim           melody 1
Afterwards, music started and a young girl ran on with operatic screams
[Instrumental] C#dim G#m7 Gmaj7/Bb C#dim G#m7 Gmaj7 G# C# A# C#7 C#5+ G#maj7 Bmaj7 [Verse]
    Em                                Em
Two hours went by and his sixty-five daughters

    Em                          Em
Who told, through opera, of his life's importance

Em                            Em
They sang of his exploits all over the Earth

Em                          Em
His likes and dislikes, his undoubtable worth

            Em                        Em
And after a last crescendo where they all cried as one

     Em                           Em
They hurried quickly off, but the music played on

       Em                          Em
From within the sarcophagus rose a spot-lit weathered hand
Em Em melody 2 Mr. Frost emerged, and to the racing beat he danced [Instrumental] C#dim G#m7 Gmaj7/B B9/6 [Verse]
C#dim          G#m7        Gmaj7   G#      C#  A#
With the vital energy of a newborn chimp
C#7 C#5+ B7 B5+ He spun and he spun and he spun and he spun and spun
[Instrumental]
G#7/5-  Fmaj7/6
[Verse]
Gm6        F#7*         Gm6         F#7*
Hopelessly wrinkled and by no means thin

   Gmaj7/G#
He soon became dizzy, regained his composure

               G/A  Gdim/A
And started to sing
[Bridge]
 D             Bm
"Thank you for listening

 Em                 A
I won't be here too long

     D      F#m7  G#dim     G/A       C#5   D
Just twenty-seven questions to finish this song

     D             Bm            Em              A
Does there exist a marriage that can survive castration?

  F#m            Bm           Em              A
A future where a man can go a year without hydration?

   D                  Dmaj7
Is grass ever greener?

       D7          Gmaj7
Is the will really free?

      G#m7           G/A
Is it only black you see when you join the deceased?

     D         Bm   Em      A
Will I forever be a mediocrity?

  F#m     Bm        Em        A
A hideous glut with trembling knees?

   D            A/C#    A/C         Gmaj7
In death will I see the girls of daydreams?

 G/A
Intangibly dressed, invisibly seamed?

         D
Will the sun burn out?

        Bm
Will my corpse grow a beard?

        Em
Will my house be kept?

       A
And my sperm be reared?

        F#m                   Bm
My last shot at the big time, posthumous paste

       Em              A
Will I find a home, or go to waste?

   Bm            Bm6       Bm5+        Em9 Em7
In Heaven do the morals of Earth still stand?

   G/A                        G/A
Or can I bridge the gap twixt beast and man?

   F#m6         B7/b9      G#m7      C#7
Is there such a thing as a universal truth?

    C#m7        F#7   Bm7     E7
Any lost secret to   eternal youth?

G/A
Do nuns fornicate?

       G/A
And do scientists pray?

     G/A                                      D D#dim
Is a sin committed every moment of every day?

       G/A
That's not quite twenty-seven

       G/A
But my chest feels awful tight

   G/A
So thank you for listening

G/A
Good night, good night, good night!"
[Instrumental] G#maj7 Bmaj7 Em G#maj7 Bmaj7 Em [Verse]
Em                                     Em
Freddie Frost blew up to the size of a hot air balloon

Em                        Em
Red as all hellfire and loud as Satan's siren

Em                        Em
And he wheezed and moaned in pain as he rose

Em                             Em
But we all just laughed at the sad, old oaf
[Instrumental] G/D# [Outro]
Em                        Em
      And laughed all the way home
[Instrumental] G/D# Em Em G/D#