Misc Musicals – Tootsie - There Was John (Guitar)

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I was the girl in the bubble at school

    E                  A
Behind my own personal wall for protection

    F#m                   B
I'd sit there alone like a fool

   D         G        A
I never was able to make a connection

    F#m                          B
Then one day I tried out for the play

      D     E
I'll never forget it

  A
A flea in her ear

            F#m                  B           B7
And I was suddenly someone with something to say

  D       G          A
Making a sound everybody could hear

     F#m                 F#m7
And suddenly everything makes some sense

     F#m7                   B7
Then I saw this guy in the audience

      A        C#7
And there was John

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Fifth row on the aisle

               B7
With a big smile on

               E       A    C#7
And after the show he came backstage

                    F#m                  B7
And now that this birdie was out of her cage

         Bm           E
Well, everything was okay

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We date for a year, then we're cohabitating

        D          E        A             C#
Then I get a big chance to take the next step

 F#m                    B
Away from a job I was hating

     Bm     E           A
And into a slot in the regional rep

      F#m         F#m7
In rehearsal all day after day after day

  F#m7                   B7
Creating and playing in play after play

      D
And night after night, igniting the spark

   F#m                        G                        Gmaj7
Connecting with all of those folk in the dark

       A      C#7
And John was there

               F#m                       B7
There with a smile and his hands in the air

   B          E            A       C#7
Clapping for me and back home we'd go

        F#m                  B
Happy together for eight or nine hours or so

      Bm7            E
And everything was okay

     Bm7              E
And then I'd be gone again

      C                         F
This life takes everything you give it

         E7
Like a puppy or a kid

    Am                        D7
But if you really love it, you live it

     G7
And that's what I did

  F#      F#m                         B
Played Carousel on the road for the winter

       Bm      E               A
From April to June, I toured Cabaret

              F#m                    B
Then Mother Courage in stock in New England all summer

     Bm           G             A        C#7
And John tried to call almost every day

    F#m
He told me he wanted some kids and a wife

     F#m
And that's when I realized

 B7
This is my life

 A                        C#7
I'd made my choice but I never expressed it

  F#m         F#m7
And when I got home

      B7
Can you guess?

 A        C#7
John was gone

                   F#m                    B
Everything on the left of the closet was gone

     Bm                      G                      A
His electric guitar, and his amp, and his car were gone

      C#7
Just "poof"

            F#m                    B7
There I was standing under a roof alone

     D                  Bm
And yes, my heart was almost broken

    Bm7                         G7
But I'd made my choice and I'd make it again

     C             E
And now, where's John?

                   Am                   D
I think Portland, Maine or maybe it's Oregon

        Dm
With a kid and a wife

     C      Am
And here is me

          Am                       D7
Another dressing room number one thousand and three

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Exactly where I should be

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Exactly where we should be

      Fm          A#7            C
And everything's okay