RASPBERRIES - "overnight sensation" Tablature

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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 ...
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
But I'm not in it ...
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
I don't need ...
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
And I'm not in ...

[band enters]

Chorus:

C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
I just want a ...
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
Wanna hear it ...
C F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm
Want a big hit ...
C F Fmaj7/A Bb
One that everybody's ....

Post-chorus:

C Eb/Bb Bb
Well if the program ...
C Eb/Bb Bb
It's time to get ...
C
So bring the ....
Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb
You're gonna be an ....

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 ....

[repeat chorus]

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

Bridge:

Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db
I fit those words ...
Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db
Amazing how ...
Db/Cb Cb Db/Cb Cb
So long
Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db
I use my bread making ....
Gb/Db Db Gb/Db Db
Writing in the ...
Db/Cb Cb Db/Cb Cb
The ...
AaddB Gm C
Hear ...

Coda:

[through radio]:

F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
Hit record...
(C) F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
Wanna hit ....

[band fades in]

F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm C
Wanna hit .... [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 .... [repeat to fade]


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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