Misc Musicals – Falsettos - A Tight-Knit Family - Love Is Blind (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dbm7 Dbm6 Dbm7 Dbm6 [Verse 1]
           Dbm7        Dbm6
Well, the situation's this

     D7          D6
I do not wish to offend

     A        B
I divorced my wife

          E
I left my child

      Eb
And I ran off with a friend

    A        B          E
But I want a tight-knit family

A        B          Ab
I want a group that harmonizes

D5                 D6      D7
I want my wife and kid and friend

    D7
To Pretend

D7
Time will mend

Dbm7 Dbm6 Dbm7 Dbm6
Our pain
[Verse 2]
Dbm7                     Dbm6
So it's nineteen seventy-nine

      D7              D6
So we don't go by the book

       A      B
We all eat as one

       E
Wife, friend, and son

      Eb
And I sing out as I cook

A          B         E
I love my tight-knit family

A          B             Ab
I love the way they cook linguine

  D6                  Dsus4
Isn't it great? We're all so swell

 D5          D6
Such a dear clientele

A       B                        E
I swear we're gonna come through it

A/Gb  B               E/Ab
I fear we'll probably fight

    Dbm
But nothing's impossible

Dbm/C
Live by your wit

E                         Bbdim
Kid, wife, and lover will have to admit

      A
I was right

                B
I cushioned the fall

          Dbm7
I want it all

          Dbm7
I want it all

         E Eb D Eb E Eb D Eb
I want it

          E Eb D Eb
I want it all
[Verse 3]
E   Eb       D  Eb
Sit down, my dear

  E        Eb    D  Eb
I hear you have a problem

Gm                Adim              A6
I'm sure you're not disgusting or indiscreet

                     E  Eb D Eb E Eb D Eb
Take a load off your feet

E   Eb   D  Eb
Happy or sad?
Well, I -
E        Eb               D  Eb
That's a question with no answer

Gm           Adim               F#5
Let's not discuss the weather, let's face the facts
Marvin's wife must relax [Verse 4]
Ab
Love isn't sex

Abdim
That's a thing my husband once told me

Ab
Marvin, my ex-

E
You've seen him for years-

Gaug
Told me over the phone to tell you my fears

                  E Eb D Eb E Eb
Do you only treat queers?

D Eb
No
[Verse 5]
E       Eb       D    Eb
Breathe deep, my dear

       E       Eb   D       Eb
You'll find me understanding

Gm           Adim
Your pain is a priori

Bb/G        C7
Unfold your untold story

Gm
Now to break bread

Am
Loosen your glands

Dm                  Ab
Put your head in my hands
[Verse 6]
Ab Ab/Bb Ab/C Ab/E  Bb/D
I'm                 everything he wanted

Ab Ab/Bb Ab/C Ab/E  Bb/D
It's time I          put it all together

    Ab
The date was set

Db/D             E Db D
My father let me marry

Db E Db D Eb
I married. I...
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm
Then Marvin came from work

Bm                 Cm
Sat me down on the bed

   Bm             Bm/Gb
He told me how he loved me

    Bm             Bm/G
How needed and/or valued me

Cdim
I have(What?)

Edim
Syphilis he said(Good)

Cdim
I have(Yes?)

Edim
Syphilis it's true (Good)

C               D
I had something rotten

      C                       D
Which appears though now it's well forgotten
N.C. Maybe, darling, so do you
                      Bm  Gb
Maybe, darling, so do you

              Bm
I am probably diseased(You're a lovely girl)

              Gb
And so easily appeased(What a lovely girl)
though she's possibly diseased
Bm               Bm/Db
He took pains to not excite us

Gb
He explains I've
Hepatitis
Abm Abm/G Bm/Gb Bm/F E Eb
Too

Eb
(Hepa hepa hepatitis hepatitis hepatitis?)
[Chorus]
Eb      F/A
Love is blind

Eb/Bb                   F
Love can tell a million stories

Eb     F/A
Love's unkind

Eb                    Bm
Spiteful in a million ways
[Verse 7]
Bm
Then I stayed home from work

Bm                   Cm
Took good care of my men

Bm                  Bm/Gb
They faked despair, they wet their bed

Bm                           Bm/G
They combed their hair, they acted dead

Cdim
One said(Yes?)

Edim
Daddy is a prick(What?)

Cdim
He said(Yes?)

Edim
Daddy isn't mine(Good)

C            D
He filled my coats

     C           D
With candies and notes
N.C. With "Will you be my valentine?"
                         Bm Gb
Will you be my valentine?
[Pre-Chorus]
                    Bm
This gets harder to believe(You're a damaged girl)

                     Gb/Bb
I've a scalpel up my sleeve(What a damaged girl)

                      Bm
Do not ever slit your wrists

                 Bm/Db
I've missed him; he's still missing

Gb                    Gb/Bb
Don't make noise, but daddy's kissing

Abm Abm/G Bm/Gb Bm/F E Eb
Boys
N.C. Petty, petty, petty, petty [Chorus]
Eb      F/A
Love is blind

Eb/Bb                   F
Love can tell a million stories

Eb     F/A
Love's unkind

Eb                    F
Spiteful in a million ways

Gb      Db7
Love is blind

Gb              Fm/Ab
Love can tell a million stories

Gb     Db
Love's unkind

Gb            Ab      Db
Spiteful in a million ways
[Bridge]
Gb
Love is crazy
Love is often boring
Ab
Love stinks
Love is pretty often debris
Gb
When you find
What you find. Then
Ab
Never, never, never, never, never
Do it over again
Gb
Love reads like a bad biography

Ab
All the names are changed
To protect the innocent
Gb   Ab Db
Love is blind
[Verse 8]
           Gb    Gb/E
My name is Mendel

            B/Eb      Bm/D
I treat her husband

              Gb   Gb/E
I think she's very insecure

          Db5  Db
But so am I

           Gb      Gb/E
I've never married

      B/Eb         Bm/D
Work, work is my passion

   Gb                Db    Gb
Or perhaps that's an alibi

                 Gsus4
Yeah, perhaps it is
N.C. Yeah, I don't care to discuss it
              G        G/F
I think she's charming

               C/E  Cm/Eb
I think she's needy

             G              G/D
In just five sessions on my couch

               Cm  Dmaj7
She'll be like new

            G
His name is Mendel

   G/F
Ah-ah

            C     Cm
Return next Friday

  Dmaj7      
I admit I admire you