Soap Opera Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G#][F#][D]

[Verse 1]
[Gm]There was a time when I saw
[Eb]myself a flood- lit figure on the stage
[Gm]The Metropolitan Opera,
[F]the Daily Critic's latest rage
But my [Cm]voice went through [Dm]a change
about [Em]the same time as my [Fm]skin
Now [F]the [Dm]op era is go[Gm]ne and what
is [Am]left is [Dm]getting awfully thin
[Gm]

[Verse 2]
There was a time when I saw myself
[Eb]a superstar upon the stage
[Gm]In someone's rock and roll opera,
[F]but then my throat began to age
And I [Cm]wound up working [Dm]nights with
after[Em]noons when I'm [Fm]awake
So [F]I w[Dm]atch the daily d[Gm]ramas as my l[Am]ife
be[Dm]comes a coffee break
[Gm]

[Verse 3]
[G]
Here's the story up to date
Shirley's [Em]found another mate
[Bm]Though she'll wind up with
her husband [Dm]in the e[F]nd
But [C]her husband's got no life
He can't [Am]make it with his wife
Though [Dm]his secretary's more
than just his [G]friend

[Verse 4]
It's a [G]day- to- day routine and
I [Em]watch the TV screen
Let[Bm]ting Bob and Shirley
live my [Dm]life for me
It's [C]an opera made of soap using
[Am]oth er people's hope
And [Dm]to morrow's show ain't
soon enough for [Gm]me

[Verse 5]
There was a time when [Gm]I saw myself
[Eb]a clean- cut cowboy on the screen
[Gm]A spurs- and- saddle horse opera,
[F]but that's a long- forgotten dream
So I [Cm]watch Let's Make [Dm]a Deal
and win [Em]the jackpot in my [Fm]brain
Then [Dm]it's time to watch [Gm]the show that's
[Am]got my cerebellum [Dm]half insane
[Gm]

[Verse 6]
[G]
Here's the story down to earth
Shirley's fi[Em]nally given birth
She's [Bm]been carrying the
baby [F]for a [Dm]year
[F]Though it [C]don't belong to Bob
Who's [Am]been fired from
his job as [Dm]a surgeon
'Cause he's got this sudden [G]fear

[Verse 7]
He can't [G]stand the sight of blood
Meanwhile Shir[Em]ley's mining Judd
Who's [Bm]the father of the kid
but [Dm]he won't g[F]ive[Dm]
[C]And tomorrow's show will say
what they [Am]left out yesterday
And that [Dm]gives me one good reason I should [G]live
[C][Am]

[Interlude 1]
[Cm][Adim][Cm][G]
[E][Adim][Dm][Gm]
[G]Here's the story

[Verse 8]
in a shell
Bobby's [Em]mind is shot to hell
'Cause [Bm]he can't recall
his name or [Dm]how he feels
[F]He's a l[C]ost amnesiac
While his [Am]wife is in the back of [Dm]her station
wagon notching up her [G]heels

[Verse 9]
Meanwhile [G]Bob's assistant nurse
has some [Em]poison in her purse
And [Bm]she's gonna slip into
Shirley's [Dm]soup
Good [C]old Judd thought up the scheme
Good old Jud[Am]d is Shirley's dream
But [Dm]old Judd don't want
to share her chicken [G]coop

[Verse 10]
And [G]the nurse would like to keep Shirley's
[Em]body six feet deep in [Bm]her grave
And chase him [D]to the Baltic [Dm]Sea
For [C]she sees herself his wife to poor Bob
[Am]Who's found a life as a fa[Dm]rmer
since he lost his [G]memory

[Verse 11]
So to [G]give a resume
Bobby's [Em]bailing up the hay
While [Bm]his wife is in t[D]he straw
with Bill and [Dm]Fred[F]
But she [C]don't feel great inside
It's that [Am]dose of cyanide that [Dm]the nurse and
Judd will feed her til [G]she's dead

[Verse 12]
There's [G]a baby who just grew
fifteen [Em]years in only two
[G]And she [Bm]has her eyes o[D]n
Judd who is [Dm]her dad
[F]But of [C]course she can't know that
She just knows just where it's at
As her mother says,
"It's good to be so glad"