Misc Musicals – Sunset Boulevard - Sunset Boulevard (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm Bb/D G/D Gm/D Dm Fm Db/F Bb/F Db/F Fm [Verse]
Fm                              Db
Sure I came out here to make my name

                           Eb
Wanted my pool, my dose of fame

                           Absus4 Ab    C7
Wanted my parking space at War - ner's

Fm                           Db
But after a year, a one room hell

                       Eb
A murphy bed, a rancid smell

                         Db(b5) Fm
Wallpaper peeling at the cor - ners
[Chorus]
Fm                Eb
Sunset Boulevard, twisting boulevard

Bb/D          Bbm/Db         Fmb5  Fm Fmb5 Fm
Secretive and rich, a little sca - ry

Fm                Eb
Sunset Boulevard, tempting boulevard

Bb/D             Bbm/Db      Fm
Waiting there to swallow the unwary
[Verse]
Fm                             Db
Dreams are not enough to win a war

                                Eb
Out here they're always keeping score

                           Absus4 Ab C/G C7
Beneath the tan the battle ra  -  ges

Fm                                   Db
Smile a rented smile, fill someone's glass

                                    Ebsus4
Kiss someone's wife, kiss someone's ass

          Eb7           Db/F Fm
We do whatever pays the wa - ges
[Chorus]
Fm               Eb
Sunset Boulevard, headline boulevard

Bb/D            Bbm/Db        Fmb5  Fm
Getting here is only the be - gin - ning

Fm                Eb/F
Sunset Boulevard, jackpot boulevard

Bb/F                 Bbm/F         Fm
Once you've won you have to go on winning
[bridge]
Db
You think I've sold out?

Db
Dead right I've sold out!

Db                  Eb/Db
I just keep waiting for the right offer

Fm
Comfortable quarters, regular rations

Db/F    Fm
24-hour Five Star room service

Db
And if I'm honest, I like the lady

Db
I can't help being touched by her folly

Fm
I'm treading water, taking the money

Db                      Fm                   C7
Watching her sun set... Well, I'm a writer!
[Verse]
Fm                            Fb
L.A.'s changed a lot over the years

                                Eb
Since those brave gold rush pioneers

                             Absus4 Ab   C7
Came in their creaky covered wa  -  gons

Fm                              Db
Far as they could go end of the line

                                           Eb
Their dreams were yours, their dreams were mine

                                Fm
But in those dreams were hidden dragons
[Chorus]
Fm               Eb
Sunset Boulevard, frenzied boulevard

Bb/D               Bbm/Db            Fm Fm
Swamped with every kind of false e - mo - tion

Fm    Fm         Eb
Sunset Boulevard, brutal boulevard

Bb/D                 Bbm/Db         Fm  Fm   Fm
Just like you, we'll wind up in the o - cean
[Verse]
F#m                             D/F#
She was sinking fast, I threw a rope

                             E
Now I have suits and she has hope

                       Asus4   C#7
It seemed an elegant solution

F#m                             D
One day this must end, it isn't real

                          E
Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal

                         D/F# F#m
Before tomorrrow's exe - cu - tion
[Chorus]
F#m               E   Esus4 E
Sunset Boulevard, ruthless boulevard

B/D#        Bm/D          F#mb5   F#m
Destination for the stony-heart - ed

F#m               E  Esus4
Sunset Boulevard, lethal boulevard

B/D#          Bm/D            F#m
Everyone's forgotten how they started

        D(b5) E   E    F#m
Here on Sun - set Boulevard