The night i appeared as macbeth Chords

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]It [G]was
[C]thr[G]oug[C]h a YM CA [E]concert[Am]
I [F]craved a de[E]sire for the [Am]stage.
In [F]Flanders one [C]night,
I was [F]asked to re[C]cite [D]Gadzooks.
I was quickly the [G]rage.
They [Eb]said I was [Bb]better than Irving,
and gave me [F]some [Bb]biscuits and [Eb]tea.
I [G]know it's not [E]union [A]wages,
[D]but that was the usual fee.
[G]Home I came, bought a [C]dress,
[E]appeared in your [A]theatre,
and [D]what a suc[G]cess![D][G]
I [C]acted so tra[G]gic,
the [C]house rose like [A]magic,
the [D]audience [A]yelled, you're sub[D]lime!
[Dm]They made [G]me a present
of mornings and crescent,
[C]they threw it a [Dbdim]brick at
a [Dm]time.[G]
[C]Someone threw a [G]fender,
which [C]caught me a bender,
I [E]hoisted a white flag and
[A]tried [Am]to surrender.
They [F]jeered me, they [C]queered me,
and [D]half of [Dm]them [G]stoned me to [C]death.
They threw [F]nuts and sul[E]tanas,
[Am]fried eggs and bana[D]nas,
the [G]night I appeared as
Macbeth[C].[Ebdim][Dm][G]
The [C]play, though ascribed
[E]to Bill Sha[Am]kespeare,
to [F]me lacked both [E]polish and [Am]tone.
So I [F]put in bits [C]in from Mis
[F]s Eleanor G[C]lynn,
Nat [D]Gould,
and some bits of my [G]own.
The [Eb]band played the [Bb]Barber of [Fm]Savile,
[F][Bb]
and being too long, they made [Eb]cuts.
Then [G]I entered some
[E]where in Scot[A]land,
and fin[D]ished in Newington [G]Butts.
Oh, the flowers!
What a [C]feast!
They [E]threw it in bag[A]fuls,
[Am]self -rais[D]ing in yeast[G].[D][G]
I [C]acted so tragic,
[G]the [C]house rose like [A]magic.
[D]I improved the part with a[A] da[Dm]nce.
The [G]pit had a relapse,
so R .A .M .C. chaps
Were [C]wired to [Dbdim]come back from Fran[D]ce
[Dm]I wi[G]thdr[C]ew my sabre an
[G]d s[C]tarted to labour
Cried [E]Leon Macduff
to my [Am]swashbuckled neighbour
I [F]hollered, I'm [C]collared,
I [Dm]must [G]reach the bridge or it's [C]death
But they [F]altered my jour[E]ney,
I [Am]reached the infirm[D]ary,
the [G]night I [C]ap [G]peared as [C]Macbeth[Ebdim].
[D][Dm][G][C#][Dbdim][Edim][Eb][Ab]
The [Db]ad vertised ti[F]me for the c[Bbm]urtain
was [Gb]6 .45 on[F] the she[Bbm]et.
The [Gb]hall came for [Db]he,
having [Gb]mis laid the key
[Db]We p[Eb]layed the first act in the s[Ab]treet
And [E]somebody [Cb]called for the author
He's dead, said the flute play[E]er's wife
The [Ab]news caused an [F]awful commo[Bb]tion
And [Eb]gave me the shock of my [Ab]life
Shakespeare dead?
Poor old [Db]Bill.
Why, [F]I neve[Bb]r knew
[Bbm]the poor fe[Eb]llow was il[Ab]l.[Eb][Ab]
I [Db]acted so tra[Gb]gic,
the [Db]house rose like ma[Bb]gic.
They [Eb]wished David Garrick
[Ebm]could [Cb]see.[Ebm]
But [Ab]he's in the Abbey,
and someone quite [Ab]shabby
sugges[Db]ted that's where
I should [Eb]be.[Ab]
Lloy[Db]d George and Clemenceau,
they [Db]both carried on so
The King of the [Bb]Bel [F]gians
rushed [Bbm]in with Alfonso
They [Gb]pleaded, I'm [Db]heeded
[Ab]An d a[Eb]ll of them cr[Ab]ied in one br[Db]eath
Get [Eb]off!
There's [Gb]another war com[F]ing
If you [Bbm]don't stop hum[Eb]ming
The [Ab]night I [Ab]appeared as Macbeth
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[Outro 1]
Tonight, I appeared as Macbeth!
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