Misc Musicals – Chess - Merano (Guitar)

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(This is based on the song from the Chess concept album. Chords taken from the "Selections from Chess" songbook) [Intro] E E7 [Verse 1]
  A         E/A        A            D/A  A     D/A  A
O light the heart that lingers in Mera - no, Mera - no!

    D/A  A  E                               E/G# E7/B  A
The spa  no connoisseur of spas would miss (So   healthy)

       Bsus4 C#m    E  B/D# B7/F# E B   B7    E E7
Highly recom-mended is this sweet metro -  polis (Mental and physical bliss!)
[Verse 2]
    A         E/A        A            D/A  A    D/A  A
The gods have smiled and blessèd is Mera - no, Mera - no!

      D/A A  E                                     A/E
There are no fitter burghers to be found (Such vigour!)

A        B       C#m
Take the time to taste us

      C#m
We'll give you a welcome that's typically Tirol

                G#7         C#m
For then we are sure of our ground

      E          B/D#       E          B/D#
Right now we're Italian; we used to be German

    E            B7        E
The border keeps shifting around

                       A    E
Speaking as one of the patriarchs

  B          E           B7      E    E7
I don't mind taking your lira or marks
[Chorus]
A                    E                             E7/A A
Oh I get high when I saunter by the mountains of Mera - no

               E7                    A
Rosy-cheeked Merano flourishing to a fault

    C#/E#                  F#m     D/F#     E/G# E7     A    A/C#
The sparkling streams, the bracing air, the therapeutic salt;

    D                   A/E    E7     A
I'd have to be carried away to call a halt!

                        E                                E7/A A
Oh I feel great in this bouncing state o hail to thee, Mera - no

               E7                  A
Hearty hale Merano any objections? Nein!

      C#/E#             F#m      D/F#      E/G#  E           A    A/C#
Where breathing in will turn you on, where water tastes like wine

D                       A/E    E7     A    C#/E# C#7/G#
Get out your get up and go and get in line

D/F# D                     A/E                 E7    A
It's living your life in a show by Rodgers and Hammerstein!
[Instrumental] A E7/A A E7/A [Verse 3]
  A       E/A      A           D/A  A     D/A  A
O sad the soul who passes by Mera - no, Mera - no!

   D/A A  E             E7        E   E/G# E7/B A
So far no soul has ever passed us by (They love us!)

A       Bsus4   C#m   E  D/F# B7/F# E     B    E                                   E7
Why not stay forever? Oh so   ma -- ny reasons why (All those in favour say "Aye") Aye!
[Verse 4]
   A      E/A        A             D/A  A     D/A  A
So sing a song let's hear it for Mera - no, Mera - no!

   D A   E            E7    E                A/E
Soprano, alto, tenor, bass agree (We're wholesome)

A      Bsus4 C#m
What a happy heaven

C#m
This is a place where your arteries soften,

C#m         G#7      C#m
Cholesterol hasn't a chance

     E           B/D#       E/G#    B7
From mountain to valley the natural goodness

   E           B7         E
Is fighting pollution's advance

   E              A        E
So come to us and feel the force

    B7    E            B7       E      E7
All major credit cards taken of course
[Chorus]
A                    E                             E7/A A
Oh I get high when I saunter by the mountains of Mera - no

               E7                    A
Rosy-cheeked Merano flourishing to a fault

    C#/E#                  F#m     D/F#     E/G# E      A    A/C#
The sparkling streams, the bracing air, the therapeutic salt;

    D                   A/E    E7     A
I'd have to be carried away to call a halt!

                        E                               E7/A A
Once in a while all the gods will smile on little old Mera - no

A            E7                     A
Humble shy Merano suddenly hits the press

    C#/E#         F#m     D/F#      E/G#     E7   A    A/C#
And I report with all the pride and joy that I possess

D                         A/E      E7    A    C#/E# C#7/G# F#m
Half of the world and his wife has our address

D                       A/E  E7 A/E E      E7       A     A7
Our little town will be rife          with games of chess!
[Interlude] (Whistling) D E/D E E/D C#m A/C# A/C# D F#/A# Gm6/B Bm Bm Bm/A E/G# E E E/D C#m E7/B E7
D                       A/E    E7     A    C#/E# C#7/G#
Get out your get up and go and get in line

D/F# D                     A/E
It's living your life in a show...
[Instrumental] A G F#5 G A G F#5 G [Verse 5]
A        G             F#5         G      A
  What a scene! What a joy! What a lovely sight

        G           F#5    G       A G D/F# G
When my game is the big sensation!

A         G              F#5     G         A
  Has the mob's sporting taste altered overnight?

          G           F#5   G
Have they found new sophistication?
[Chorus]
D                    A/C#
  Not yet! They just want to see

       E                  B   C#5
If the nice guy beats the bum

        D
If it's   East-West

        A
And the money's sky-high

D               Dm
  They all come
[Instrumental] A G F#5 G A G F#5 G [Verse 6]
A         G             F#5         G
  You can raise all you want if you raise the roof

A            G             F#5    G       A G D/F# G
  Scream and shout and the gate increases

A           G                F#5          G      A
  Break the rules, break the bank I'm the living proof

           G          F#5     G
They don't care how I move my pieces
[Chorus]
D                A/C#
  I know I'm the best there is

        E              B   C#5
But all they want is a show

            D                   A       G
Well that's   all right I'll be glad to oblige

D     E      F#
  S.R.O. S.R.O.
[Intrsumental] D E/D E E/D C#m A/C# A/C# D F#/A# Gm6/B Bm Bm E E7 [Chorus]
A                    E                             E7/A A
Oh I get high when I saunter by the mountains of Mera - no

               E7                    A
Rosy-cheeked Merano flourishing to a fault

    C#/E#                  F#m     D/F#     E/G# E7     A    A/C#
The sparkling streams, the bracing air, the therapeutic salt;

    D                   A/E    E7     A
I'd have to be carried away to call a halt!

                        E                                E7/A A
Oh I feel great in this bouncing state o hail to thee, Mera - no

               E7                  A
Hearty hale Merano any objections? Nein!

      C#/E#             F#m      D/F#      E/G#  E           A    A/C#
Where breathing in will turn you on, where water tastes like wine

D                       A/E    E7     A    C#/E# C#7/G#
Get out your get up and go and get in line

D/F# D                     A/E                 E7    A
It's living your life in a show by Rodgers and Hammerstein!
[Outro]
E           A    E          A        E         F#m        C#/E#       F#m
Now for the sell we put the ice into paradise, we are the salt of the earth

C#7        F#m   E/D           A/C#       F#7/C#        Bm/D       D#m6     A/E
Sound as a bell! Check out the waters and check out the hygiene at which we excel

              C/E       D/E               E         A
Check into an hotel and schnell, body and soul, get well!