Misc Musicals – The Great Gatsby - Roaring On (Guitar)
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[Intro]
Bb F7 x2
Faug F7
(Nick)
Eb7 I left my home in Minnesota F7 To escape a kind of restlessness Bb Gm7 I couldn't shake after the war Eb7 And when I stepped off of the train F7 At Pennsylvania Station Bb BbM7 Gm7 I felt that restlessness even more Eb Ab7 All of New York City D7 Gm7 Wanted what was coming next F#7 Everyone was looking for F7 What I was looking for
[Verse]
(Ensemble)
Bb7 F Tonight let's misbehave Bb7 F And take what happens to the grave Bb7 No matter what you crave F#7 F7 The citys reignited Bb7 The Great War has been won
The Bacchanalia has begun
Manhattans come undone
F And everyones invited F D7 Where's the party and can you take me there Gm And when the partys over C7 Can you find another party somewhere C7 We live for today F We pay off the cops F E Eb D And today is never over if the party never stops D D7 Where's the party and can you take me there Gm And when the partys over C7 Can you find another party somewhere
We live for today
F
We pay off the copsAnd when you think the party stops
Eb7 Bb The partys roaring on Eb7 (F7) Bb The partys roaring on Eb7 Edim F F#7 Oh, we beat on, and on, and on, and on C7 F7 Bb And on, and on, and on
[Speaking]
(Nick)
Bb Bb7 The practical thing was to find rooms in Manhattan
Turns out, Manhattans expensive
Bb
So when I heard of a cottageon the grounds of a Long Island Mansion
For 80 bucks a month, I jumped on it
[Verse]
(Ensemble solos)
Bb7 A rumors goin' round Bb About a mansion on the sound Bb7 The citys found another John Jacob Aster
He opens up his place
Bb
Then disappears without a traceHis parties set the pace
Bb7 Bb Then he takes it faster
[Chorus]
D D7 Where's the party and can you take me there Gm And when the partys over C7 Can you find another party somewhere
We live for today
F
We pay off the copsAnd when you think the party stops
Eb7 Bb The partys roaring on Eb7 Bb The partys roaring on Eb7 Edim F F# Oh, we beat on, and on, and on, and on F# F Bb And on, and on, and on
[Bridge]
(Nick)
G#m7
G#m7 E7 One evening I went down to the shoreline G#m7 Here is what I'll never forget Em7 There was my neighbor, standing in silhouette. Am7 He was reaching 'cross the water Dm7 Bb His arm stretched to the sky A Gm And then he was gone and I was left to wonder why
I turned back to my cottage
Eb Ab7 What was he reaching for? C7 F Eb Am Then a letter from my neighbor fell to the floor
[Speaking]
F
D7 The honor would be entirely mine Gm If you would attend my next little party
Yours, Jay Gatsby
[Singing]
C7
C7 The very first time F I saw Gatsby's name E Eb D If only I knew then that I would never be the same
(Ensemble)
D7
Where's the party and can you take me there(Nick)
Gm He hypnotized the city C7 They were drawn to him like moths to a flame
Was there some other way
F7
This all could've goneBefore he crossed the Rubicon
(Ensemble)
Eb7 Bb The partys roaring on
(Nick)
He had the world at his feet
(Ensemble)
Eb7 Bb The partys roaring / on
(Nick)
Eb7 Edim F Oh / he made the summer beat on, and on, and on
(Ensemble)
F# And on F A#m A# And on, and on, and on F#7 And on,
(Nick)
E B The partys roaring on E B The partys roaring on
(Ensemble)
E Fdim G7 Oh, we beat on, and on, and on, and on
(Nick)
C#7 F#m7 And on, and on B And on Bm And on