Houdini Said chords by Gilbert Osullivan

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

1  2  3   4
Fm C  C  Fm

1  2  3
Fm C  Fm

Fm        C
Doctor in love who is above
Fm         C            Fm
All others close to you
Fm        C
Is it the Queen is it obscene
Fm        C        Fm
Tell me I want you to

   Bbm        Eb               Cm      Fm
Oh I've often wondered what it is that incites
   Bbm        Eb             Ab            Db
So many young people to take part in those riots
        Gb         Fm           E         Bb   Ebm   Bb Bb Eb
Whereby all men in blue are the targets to des troy

Fm      C
Lady be good I wish you would
Fm          C         Fm
Meanwhile exclusively
Fm         C
Have I the right to print in spite
Fm           C              Fm
Of what your views would be

   Bbm           Eb             Cm       Fm
Concerning those matters of the utmost degree
    Bbm             Eb               Ab             Db
The point being the question and the question being he
           Gb          Fm              E       Bb
Who laughs first has a thirst to laugh longest
    Ebm (slow) Fm Ab
Has he?

Db
Over there (over where)
Abm7
Over there (over where)
Db
On the wall (what wall)
Abm7
The one in the hall (oh the hall)
Db
I can see (we can see)
         Abm7
Well you could have fooled me, oh

Solo:
1 2   3 4
Eb    Bbm

1 2  3  4
Eb  Bbm C

1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4
Fm  C     C   Fm

Bbm           Eb            Cm        Fm
Some take the attitude that life is a drag
     Bbm       Eb                 Ab        Db
They say and I quote "Man it just isn't our bag"     1    2  3  4
       Gb                Fm         E         Bb    Ebm   Bb Bb Eb
But if that's where it's at why the hell don't they go

Fm      C
Houdini said to get out of bed
        Fm            C           Fm
Was the hardest thing he could do
Fm            C
Yet when he's tied strait-jacket plied
     Fm         C            Fm
He's out at the count of two

   Bbm      Eb             Cm        Fm
It seems elementary my dear Watson I know
    Bbm              Eb            Ab            Db
But think what would happen if for instance this show
           Gb          Fm          E       Bb
That we're in should begin not one hour but
    Ebm (slow) Fm Ab
Two late

Db
Over there (over where)
Abm7
Over there (over where)
Db
On the wall (what wall)
Abm7
The one in the hall (oh the hall)
Db
I can see (we can see)
         Abm7
Well you could have fooled me, oh

Solo:
1 2   3 4
Eb    Bbm

1 2  3  4
Eb  Bbm C

Solo:
Play chords from Verse 1 to the instrumental

Fm        C
Fm        C        Fm
Fm        C
Fm        C        Fm

Bbm        Eb             Cm      Fm
Bbm        Eb             Ab      Db
Gb         Fm             E       Bb   Ebm   Bb Bb Eb


Fm      C
Fm      C         Fm
Fm      C
Fm      C         Fm

Bbm     Eb        Cm       Fm
Bbm     Eb        Ab       Db
Gb      Fm        E        Bb
Ebm (slow) Fm Ab


Chorus:
Db
Over there (over where)
Abm7
Over there (over where)
Db
On the wall (what wall)
Abm7
The one in the hall (oh the hall)
Db
I can see (we can see)
         Abm7
Well you could have fooled me, oh

Outro: (fade out)
1 2   3 4
Eb    Bbm