Misc Musicals – The Addams Family Musical - Just Around The Corner (Guitar)

                      F#
My daughter's getting married

  F#
I can't believe it's true

    F#
She doesn't ask her parents

  Bm
Before she says "I do"

    Em
And what about my husband?

 D           Bm
Oblivious, naive

     C#m
This evening's getting serious:

      F# N.C.            F#
These Ohioans won't leave

    Bm                                F#
But I can't let these latest problems rob me of my bliss

    F#
For when I'm scared of true disaster

G7         F#7
I remember this:

B
Death is just around the corner

B
Waiting patiently to strike

E7
One unplanned electrocution

C#m
That's the kind of end

F#
I can comprehend

B
When I'm feeling uninspired

B                  G#
Or I need a little spree

C#m
I'm reborn knowing

F#
Death is just around the corner

C#m7   F#7   B
Coming after me

B
Death is just around the corner

Bm                        B
Waiting high upon the hill

E
Someone buried in an avalanche (gasp)

C#m7                  C#7
That's the kind of gig

F#
I could really dig

B
Marriage often disappoints you

E        A            G#7  Bm7
Not each husband is a gem

C#m7
So I'll mourn

        B              G#7
Knowing death is just around the corner

C#m7   F#7   B
Coming after them

B             E
If life's all plums

Em   B                   B
I'll muddle through some

               G#m  C#7
But when death comes

            F#7
I hope it's gruesome (ha-cha)

     B               B
Some people die from public stoning

B              B
Faulty wiring, faulty zoning

B                B                A     F#
Cherry pits they didn't know were there

   F#7           F#7
It could be by a jungle cat

  F#7             F#7
A slippery mat, a baseball bat

   F#7       F#7              B
Perhaps an unsuccessful love affair

   E             E
It could be on a speeding train

   D#7      D#7  G#m
It could be underwater

   G7
It could be too much Novacaine

   F#                   F#
Or even by your daughter

   F#
Perhaps a bad mosquito bite

  F#7
A title fight, religious rite

   A7                 G7        F#7
My darlings, it might even be tonight

C
Death is just around the corner

C                        D#
No one's ever been immune

F                  Fm
Turning off a respirator

F7                G#7
With a simple click

G#7              C#7
Scandalously quick

C
I can face a new tomorrow

C                   A
If I make it past today

Dm
I feel good saying

Dm7
Death is just around the corner

Dm7    G7     C
Simply on its way

C#
Death is just around the corner

C#                       A#
And you have to heed the call

F#
(Don't ask why)

         G#            A#m
For your death is just around the corner

D#m      B
(You and I)

      A#m            C#
Happy being both the mourned and mourner

F#
(Say goodbye)

        G#
Because death is just around the corner

D#     G#     C#
Coming for us all