Sparks – Talent Is An Asset (Guitar)

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Please, notice that the intro riff (D*) is also meant to be played during the bridges and the outro. [Intro] N.C.
  D*              D*
e|--------2---------------2-----|
B|3-----3---3-----3-----3---3---|
G|---2--------3------2--------2-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------| x 6
[Verse 1]
D                       A
Albert is smart, he's a genius

Bm                   E            A
Watch Albert putter, an obvious genius

E7                                N.C.
Someday he will reassess the world

E7                                    N.C.
And he'll still have time for lots of girls
[Verse 2]
D                      A
When he grows up he'll remember us

Bm                           E                   A
When he grows up we are sure that he'll remember us

E7                                   N.C.
We made sure that Albert wore his mac

E7
We kept all the strangers off his back
[Bridge]
 D*
(Go away) everything's relative

 D*
(Go away Albert's mother does say to me) we are his relatives and he don't need any non-relatives
[Chorus]
D5             C#5
Talent is an asset

       D5                C#5    A5
You've got to understand that

D5             C#5
Talent is an asset

    D5                C#5    A5
And little Albert has it

D5             C#5
Talent is an asset

    D5                C#5
And Albert surely has it
[Interlude]
  D*              D*
e|--------2---------------2-----|
B|3-----3---3-----3-----3---3---|
G|---2--------3------2--------2-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------| x 3
[Verse 3]
D                              A
One day he'll sever his apron strings

Bm                        E                  A
All of the while he'll be scribbling things, genius things

E7                              N.C.
Look at Albert, isn't he a sight

E7
Growing, growing at the speed of light
[Bridge]
 D*
(Go away) everything's relative

 D*
(Go away Albert's mother does say to me) we are his relatives and he don't need any non-relatives
[Chorus]
D5             C#5
Talent is an asset

    D5                C#5    A5
And little Albert has it
[Outro]
 D*
(Go away) talent is relative

 D*
(Go away) that's hypothetical

 D*
(Go away) we are his relatives

 D*
(Go away) that's parenthetical

 D*
(Go away) spare your superlatives

 D*
(Go away) there's the receptacle

 D*
(Go away) there's the receptacle

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's study room

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's happy home

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's neighborhood

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's city too

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's country seat

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's country

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's continent

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's hemisphere

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's planet, too

 D*
(Go away) leave Albert's universe

 D*
(Go away) no one must see him now

 D*
(Go away) only the medical

 D*
(Go away) no one must downgrade him

 D*
(Go away) don't be too cynical

 D*
(Go away) don't be too critical

 D*
(Go away) cancel the magazines

 D*
(Go away) they're much too political

 D*
(Go away) don't buy him any jeans

 D*
(Go away) they're much too casual

 D*
(Go away) talent is relative

 D*
(Go away) that's hypothetical

 D*
(Go away) we are his relatives

 D*
(Go away) that's parenthetical