Chords for Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast
Tempo:
114.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [Em] [D]
[Em] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] Here's to all you lucky dogs, [G] it's heads or tails.
[A] [D] Here's to all you filthy rich, [G] I wish you well.
[A] [D] Here's to all the pretty [G] women made for cash.
[A] [D] And here's to dashing daddy's [G] son, he's such a flash.
[A] [D] Well, I've been [Em] looking and walking [G] around this [D] Sunset Square.
[G] Singing and talking [C] with my [G] friends down there.
[D] [Em] Sitting [G] and listening with a young man's [D] ear.
[Em] Here's to [G] all the rainbow [D]
trees.
Here's to all the shitty [G] jobs that I despise.
[A] [D] Here's to two-bit guarantees [G] and all the lies.
[A] [D] Here's to roads of burning tar [G] and hot cement.
[A] [D] And here's to money in my hand [G] and where it went.
[D] I got my [Em] fingers [G] tapping on the hard stone [D] steps.
[Em] I'm waiting for [C] lightning and [G] the rains to fall.
[D] [G] Young lovers loafing with their [D] sidewalk [Em] smiles and [G] all their rainbow [D] dreams.
Amy Alice [G] in summer [D] with a sack lunch [G] and a punch card.
[D] See my sister [G] with a drag job.
Oh [D] man, she feels like [G] she's a [A] hundred [G]
[C#] [D] years ago.
[G]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] Well, here's to people living [G] lives that they regret.
[D] Working fingers to the [G] bone and sinking dead.
[A] [D] Here's to all the shaky tricks [G] what hustlers try.
[D] You know their easy money is oftentimes hard.
[G] You know they flash a grin and they [D] wink their eye.
I've been [G] living and breathing in the rat trap [D]
town.
Trying [G] to get over where [C] the [G] wall breaks down.
[D] Holding [Em] my [G] head up with my thin [D] tired arms [Em] and all [G] my rainbow [D] dreams.
[G]
[D] Yeah.
[G] [A] [D] [G] [A]
[D] [G]
[D]
[N]
[Em] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] Here's to all you lucky dogs, [G] it's heads or tails.
[A] [D] Here's to all you filthy rich, [G] I wish you well.
[A] [D] Here's to all the pretty [G] women made for cash.
[A] [D] And here's to dashing daddy's [G] son, he's such a flash.
[A] [D] Well, I've been [Em] looking and walking [G] around this [D] Sunset Square.
[G] Singing and talking [C] with my [G] friends down there.
[D] [Em] Sitting [G] and listening with a young man's [D] ear.
[Em] Here's to [G] all the rainbow [D]
trees.
Here's to all the shitty [G] jobs that I despise.
[A] [D] Here's to two-bit guarantees [G] and all the lies.
[A] [D] Here's to roads of burning tar [G] and hot cement.
[A] [D] And here's to money in my hand [G] and where it went.
[D] I got my [Em] fingers [G] tapping on the hard stone [D] steps.
[Em] I'm waiting for [C] lightning and [G] the rains to fall.
[D] [G] Young lovers loafing with their [D] sidewalk [Em] smiles and [G] all their rainbow [D] dreams.
Amy Alice [G] in summer [D] with a sack lunch [G] and a punch card.
[D] See my sister [G] with a drag job.
Oh [D] man, she feels like [G] she's a [A] hundred [G]
[C#] [D] years ago.
[G]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] Well, here's to people living [G] lives that they regret.
[D] Working fingers to the [G] bone and sinking dead.
[A] [D] Here's to all the shaky tricks [G] what hustlers try.
[D] You know their easy money is oftentimes hard.
[G] You know they flash a grin and they [D] wink their eye.
I've been [G] living and breathing in the rat trap [D]
town.
Trying [G] to get over where [C] the [G] wall breaks down.
[D] Holding [Em] my [G] head up with my thin [D] tired arms [Em] and all [G] my rainbow [D] dreams.
[G]
[D] Yeah.
[G] [A] [D] [G] [A]
[D] [G]
[D]
[N]
Key:
D
G
A
Em
C
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] Here's to all you lucky dogs, [G] it's heads or tails. _
[A] [D] Here's to all you filthy rich, [G] I wish you well.
[A] _ [D] Here's to all the pretty [G] women made for cash.
[A] [D] And here's to dashing daddy's [G] son, he's such a flash.
[A] [D] Well, I've been [Em] looking and walking [G] around this [D] Sunset Square.
_ [G] Singing and talking [C] with my [G] friends down there.
[D] _ [Em] Sitting [G] and listening with a young man's [D] ear.
[Em] Here's to [G] all the rainbow [D] _ _
trees.
_ Here's to all the shitty [G] jobs that I despise.
[A] [D] Here's to two-bit guarantees [G] and all the lies.
[A] [D] Here's to roads of burning tar [G] and hot cement.
_ [A] [D] And here's to money in my hand [G] and where it went.
[D] I got my [Em] fingers [G] tapping on the hard stone [D] steps.
[Em] I'm waiting for [C] lightning and [G] the rains to fall.
[D] _ [G] Young lovers loafing with their [D] sidewalk [Em] smiles and [G] all their rainbow [D] _ dreams.
Amy Alice [G] in summer _ [D] with a sack lunch [G] and a punch card.
[D] See my sister _ [G] with a drag job.
Oh [D] man, she feels like [G] she's a [A] hundred [G] _
[C#] [D] years ago.
_ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] Well, here's to people living [G] lives that they regret.
_ [D] Working fingers to the [G] bone and sinking dead.
[A] _ [D] Here's to all the shaky tricks [G] what hustlers try.
[D] You know their easy money is oftentimes hard.
[G] You know they flash a grin and they [D] wink their eye.
I've been [G] living and breathing in the rat trap [D]
town.
Trying [G] to get over where [C] the [G] wall breaks down.
[D] Holding [Em] my [G] head up with my thin [D] tired arms [Em] and all _ [G] my rainbow _ [D] _ _ dreams.
[G] _ _ _
[D] Yeah.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] Here's to all you lucky dogs, [G] it's heads or tails. _
[A] [D] Here's to all you filthy rich, [G] I wish you well.
[A] _ [D] Here's to all the pretty [G] women made for cash.
[A] [D] And here's to dashing daddy's [G] son, he's such a flash.
[A] [D] Well, I've been [Em] looking and walking [G] around this [D] Sunset Square.
_ [G] Singing and talking [C] with my [G] friends down there.
[D] _ [Em] Sitting [G] and listening with a young man's [D] ear.
[Em] Here's to [G] all the rainbow [D] _ _
trees.
_ Here's to all the shitty [G] jobs that I despise.
[A] [D] Here's to two-bit guarantees [G] and all the lies.
[A] [D] Here's to roads of burning tar [G] and hot cement.
_ [A] [D] And here's to money in my hand [G] and where it went.
[D] I got my [Em] fingers [G] tapping on the hard stone [D] steps.
[Em] I'm waiting for [C] lightning and [G] the rains to fall.
[D] _ [G] Young lovers loafing with their [D] sidewalk [Em] smiles and [G] all their rainbow [D] _ dreams.
Amy Alice [G] in summer _ [D] with a sack lunch [G] and a punch card.
[D] See my sister _ [G] with a drag job.
Oh [D] man, she feels like [G] she's a [A] hundred [G] _
[C#] [D] years ago.
_ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] Well, here's to people living [G] lives that they regret.
_ [D] Working fingers to the [G] bone and sinking dead.
[A] _ [D] Here's to all the shaky tricks [G] what hustlers try.
[D] You know their easy money is oftentimes hard.
[G] You know they flash a grin and they [D] wink their eye.
I've been [G] living and breathing in the rat trap [D]
town.
Trying [G] to get over where [C] the [G] wall breaks down.
[D] Holding [Em] my [G] head up with my thin [D] tired arms [Em] and all _ [G] my rainbow _ [D] _ _ dreams.
[G] _ _ _
[D] Yeah.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _