Misc Musicals – Thoroughly Modern Millie - Not For The Life Of Me (Guitar)

 G/D             C7          G/D              C7#5
I studied all the pictures in magazines and books

  G             F/A         Bb7          G/B
I memorised the subway map too

     C                                Eb9b5        Eb7
It's one block north to Macy's and two to Brothers Brooks

G/D               Ddim7   D9sus4    D7b9 D7
Manhattan, I prepared for you

    G/D           C7             G/D                 C7#5
You certainly are different from what they have back home

      G              F/A           Bb7     G/B   G7/B
Where nothing's over three stories high

     C                     Eb9#11   Eb7
And no one's in a hurry or wants to roam

    G/D               Ddim7  Am7      D7
But I do, though they wonder why_______

     B9           Bb7              C/G
They said I would soon be good and lonely

     Am6          Bb7               Ebm     Ebm
They said I would sing the homesick blues

     Ebdim7           F7/Eb        Bb/D
So I always have this ticket in my pocket

         F#m7b5
A ticket home in my pocket

                A7b5
To do with as I choose

                 Ab6
Burn the bridge,

               Eb7#5
bet the store

Ab7              Db7         Bb7
Baby's coming home no more

             Eb7    Ab6     Bdim7 Gm7b5/Bb  Eb+
Not for the life of me

Ab              Ab6
Break the lock,

              Eb7#5
post my bail

Ab7               Db7            Bb7
Done my time, I'm outta jail

            Eb7     Ab   Ab7  Abdim7 Bbm7b5/Ab  Ab
Not for the life of me

              Em6      B7          Em6       B7
A life that's gotta be more than a one-light town

          Em6      C7          Em6
Where the light is always red

E7
Gotta be more than an old ghost town

          A7          Bb7  Eb9
Where the ghost ain't even dead

Ab6                       Eb9
Clap-a-your hands, just-a-because

                    Cm7b5   Ab7      Db7           Bb7
Don't you know that where I am ain't where I was

             Eb9    Cm7b5      F7
Not for the life of me

N.C.            Bb7
Boh-doh-dee-oh

            Eb7        Ab7
Not for the life of

            Db   Ddim7     Ab/Eb
Not for the life of

            E7   Eb9 Ab  Bb Ab7#5 Ab
Not for the life of me!