Overnight Sensation

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"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"

(Eric Carmen)

Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])

F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C

v v v v v v v v

-1-------1-0-----|-------1---------|

-1-----1---1--1h3|-----3---3-3-5-5-|

-2---2-----2---3-|---3-----3-3-5-5-|

-3-3-------3---3-|---------5-5-5-5-|

-----------0---1-|-------------3-3-|

-1---------------|---------3-3-----|

Verse 1:

F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm

Well I know it sounds funny

C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm

But I'm not in it for the money, no

C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm

I don't need no reputation

C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm

And I'm not in it for the show

[band enters]

Chorus:

C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm

I just want a hit record, yeah

C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm

Wanna hear it on the radio

C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm

Want a big hit record, yeah

C F Fmaj7/A Bb

One that everybody's got to know

Post-chorus:

C Eb/Bb Bb

Well if the program director don't pull it

C Eb/Bb Bb

It's time to get back the bullet

C

So bring the group down to the station

Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb

You're gonna be an overnight sensation

Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7/G Abmaj9

Bb-D-Eb-G A-Bb-D-F G-Bb-D-Eb C-Eb-G-Bb <- r.h. keyboard voicings

[guitar solo over intro chord progression, 1X]

Verse 2:

I've been tryin' to write the lyric

Non-offensive but satiric too

And if you put it in the A-slot

It's just got to make a mint for you

[repeat chorus]

[repeat post-chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"]

Bridge:

Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db

I fit those words to a good melody

Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db

Amazing how success has been ignoring me

Db/Cb Cb Db/Cb Cb

So long

Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db

I use my bread making demos all day

Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db

Writing in the night while in my head I hear

Db/Cb Cb Db/Cb Cb

The record play

AaddB Gm C

Hear it play

Coda:

[through radio]:

F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C

Hit record, yeah

(C) F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C

Wanna hit record, yeah

[band fades in]

F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C

Wanna hit record, yeah [9X; drums enter 3rd time]

(4,6,8: number one)

[band drops out]

[piano/vocal improvisation intro chords, 6X (fade 3rd time)]

[2-bar drum fill w/overdubbed firecrackers]

[band re-enters]

F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C

Wanna hit record, yeah [repeat to fade]

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers