Misc Musicals – The Threepenny Opera - Solomon Song (Guitar)

C                 F
Remember wise old Solomon

  Fm            C
Recall his history

   C#dim          Dm
He was the wisest man on earth

    Bdim             F#m
And so he cursed the day of his birth

   C#7                  F#m
He knew that all is vanity

            Bm
So not much fun

    Dm  Dm6
Had Solomon

    Em             Em6
Now most of us might agree

                           Bm
We are much better off than he

    E7                                Am
His brains it was that put him on the spot

  Dm                       Gm
I thought that brains were good

      C7   F
Guess not

C               F
Remember Julius Caesar's fame

  Fm             C
Recall his destiny

   C#dim             Dm
Of all the dogs, top dog was he

    Bdim                     F#m
But his best friends did him in thoroughly

    C#7                     F#m
And all because top dog was he

               Bm
He screamed en route

    Dm     Dm6
"Et tu, ya brutе!"

  Em                        Em6
I hope you've got the moral now

                             Bm
But I'll spеll if for you anyhow

    E7                           Am
His high position put him on the spot

   Dm             Gm
Is it worth it to be top dog?

      C7   F
Guess not

C                 F
Into the fire has our Macheath

      Fm              C
Leapt from the frying pan

      C#dim            Dm
While he was tough and used his sense

     Bdim                F#m
He remained the pride of swindler and fence

    C#7                    F#m
Was every cutie's promised man

              Bm
Then the poor dope

     Dm      Dm6
Went soft as soap

   Em                         Em6
Forgot the things that he had won

                        Bm
He trusted us and was undone

    E7                               Am
His melting heart, it put him on the spot

      Dm               Gm
I was thinking about reforming

      C7   F
Guess not