Minute Waltz Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I've got a min[D]ute, just
a little minute
I have only got a minute, just a
minute
[C]I have only got a minute,
that is all the time
I have to sing this tiny
little minute [G]waltz
It isn't easy but I'll try and then
I've got to say goodbye
but first I'll [C]take a minute
And put in it every note
that Chopin wrote
and thus I'll sing the little minute [G]waltz
And hope that I can sing with no fault
And though it's difficult
I'll give it [E]every last breath
[Am]That I've got within my body
[G]Hope that my performance
won't be [C]very shoddy
[F]Singing every note
will not do [C]wonders for my [G]throat
I probably will end up [C]hoarse
[E]Of course I will have [F]done it
and a wager that I [G]made
I will have won, it's of the [C]money but go!
[F]Satisfaction that I get from
[G]winning money
on this silly [C]kind of bet
[E]Though this kind of solo
wasn't [Am]his intention
[G]Chopin isn't here to make
an [C]intervention
[F]So with your permission and
no [G]intermission
I will sing each note
that that com[C]poser wrote
[E]Asking him, I'm drilling,
isn't [Am]very thrilling
[G]But no one could say
I wasn't [C]very willing
To [F]attempt a thing that's not
been [C]done
And just for [G]fun to simp them in it once
[C]As [G]I sing the s[C]econd fly,
[G]oh, too soon the [C]minute was by
And [G]now I ask you [C]where
am I?
Halfway through the tune
[B]and I'm [E]falling far be[G]hind
I've [D]less than thirty seconds,
less than thirty seconds,
less than thirty, less
than half a minute
[C]I have less than thirty seconds,
I have less than half a minute
to complete this little minute
[G]Waltz on every note
that's in the score
While the sands of time
I know are pouring
[E]Let me win my bet
on our run [Am]with the money
[G]Down to some big store
and [C]there I'll buy a honey
Of [F]a trophy for myself to
[G]put upon the shelf
To show the [F]world I've won
[C]Oh [E]the second hand is rushing
[Am]round the dial
And [G]though I'd like
to end this torture [C]with a smile
Un[F]less someone knows
[G]how to stop the [C]clock
You're gonna [G]see me cry
[C]before I've said goodbye
A [E]couple measures
to complete this [F]song
But I'm [G]afraid my little [F]lungs
will burst be[C]fore too long
If only [F]I could l[G]ast the scale
I won't have fared
To sing the little minute waltz you