The Addams Family Musical - When You're An Addams chords by Misc Musicals

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

Verse 1:
A minorAm
When you're an Addams
             E MajorE
You need to have a little moonlight



        E7E7
When you're an Addams
             A augmentedA
You need to feel a little chill
  D MajorD        DmDm         F# minorF#m
You have to see the world in shades of grey
  B7B7               E MajorE
You have to put some poison in your day
E MajorE
MORTICIA (spoken): That's the way
           A minorAm
BOTH: When you're an Addams
                  E MajorE
GOMEZ: You need to have a sense of humor (Ha!)
           E7E7
BOTH: When you're an Addams
                    A augmentedA
MORTICIA: You need to have a taste for death
     D MajorD        DmDm
BOTH: Who cares about the world outside
  F# minorF#m
And what it wants from you
        A augmentedA
When you're an Addams
E MajorE             A augmentedA
You do what Addams always do!

Verse 2:
               BbmBbm
ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams
               FF
GOMEZ: You gotta have a lotta passion
               F7F7
ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams
                    Bb majorBb
MORTICIA: You need to really love your wife (Several times a day)
        Eb MajorEb           EbmEbm       G minorGm
ADDAMS FAMILY: You're happy when your toes are in the mud
          C7C7                FF
FESTER/GRANDMA: You smile a bit the moment you smell blood
                     BbmBbm
ADDAMS FAMILY: AA-OOOH!!! When you're an Addams
                   FF
WEDNESDAY: You need to grab a bow and arrow
               F7F7
ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams
               Bb majorBb
PUGSLEY: You need a moment to explode
     Eb MajorEb
GRANDMA: Just pour a potion
         EbmEbm
FESTER: Flip the switch
                   G minorGm
FESTER/GRANDMA/WEDNESDAY/PUGSLEY: And wait till things get hot
               Bb majorBb
ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams
FF               BbmBbm
  You have to really stir the pot

Bridge:
    BbmBbm
FESTER: So keep your sunshine
   FF
And keep your glee
    DbDb        Eb MajorEb
GOMEZ: Country music in Tennessee
      GbGb
WEDNESDAY: Keep your laughter
       BbmBbm
GRANDMA: And MTV
          C majorC       FF
ADDAMS FAMILY: And all will be all right
B minorBm         FF
Give us shadows and give us gloom
DbDb        Eb MajorEb
Broken glass in a motel room
GbGb          BbmBbm
Something fun we can all exhume
  FF       G minorGm
And give it all tonight!

Interlude:
         Bb majorBb                          D MajorD
GOMEZ (spoken): And on this special night, beneath our Family Tree, we summon our beloved Ancestors.
      G5G5
ANCESTORS: Once torn asunder
G5G5
Down six feet under
G5G5        D MajorD
We get to gather here
          G minorGm
MALE ANCESTOR ONE: Dead for forever
          G minorGm
MALE ANCESTOR TWO: Bled from whatever
    G minorGm
BOTH: Called now to reappear
                     C minorCm   FF
MALE ANCESTOR THREE/FEMALE ANCESTOR ONE: Every cadaver
Bb majorBb
Start the palaver
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Once in an Addams year
      G minorGm
ANCESTORS: Hold your decaying
G minorGm
Hear what we're saying
          D MajorD
Time now to give a cheer

Instrumental:
        D MajorD      G minorGm A minorAm D MajorD Am7Am7 D7D7 G+G C majorC E minorEm
GOMEZ (spoken): Line Dance!
      A7A7 D7D7 D MajorD
Bunny Hop!
       G minorGm D MajorD
Do the Twist!
       G minorGm B minorBm A augmentedA F#F#
Rigor Mortis!

Verse 3:
          B minorBm
ALL: When you're an Addams (That's right! When you're an Addams!)
            F#F#
You have a very special duty. (Late night! Out with the Addams!)
        F#7F#7
When you're an Addams (With one bite)
             BB
You're obligated to the clan
   E MajorE        E minorEm
It's family first and family last
         G# minorG#m
And family by and by
        BB
When you're an Addams
              G# minorG#m
The standard answers don't apply

Outro:
        BB
When you're an Addams
BB
You do what Addams do or-
    BB
LURCH: Ughhh
   B minorBm
ALL: Die!
E minorEm F#F# BB