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

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




               E7
When you're an Addams
                          A
You need to feel a little chill
    D               Dm                  F#m
You have to see the world in shades of grey
    B7                              E
You have to put some poison in your day
E

MORTICIA (spoken): That's the way
                     Am
BOTH: When you're an Addams
                                   E
GOMEZ: You need to have a sense of humor (Ha!)
                     E7
BOTH: When you're an Addams
                                        A
MORTICIA: You need to have a taste for death
          D               Dm
BOTH: Who cares about the world outside
    F#m
And what it wants from you
               A
When you're an Addams
E                         A
You do what Addams always do!

Verse 2:
                              Bbm
ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams
                              F
GOMEZ: You gotta have a lotta passion
                              F7
ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams
                                       Bb
MORTICIA: You need to really love your wife (Several times a day)
               Eb                     Ebm             Gm
ADDAMS FAMILY: You're happy when your toes are in the mud
                    C7                               F
FESTER/GRANDMA: You smile a bit the moment you smell blood
                                         Bbm
ADDAMS FAMILY: AA-OOOH!!! When you're an Addams
                                      F
WEDNESDAY: You need to grab a bow and arrow
                              F7
ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams
                              Bb
PUGSLEY: You need a moment to explode
          Eb
GRANDMA: Just pour a potion
                 Ebm
FESTER: Flip the switch
                                      Gm
FESTER/GRANDMA/WEDNESDAY/PUGSLEY: And wait till things get hot
                              Bb
ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams
F                              Bbm
   You have to really stir the pot

Bridge:
        Bbm
FESTER: So keep your sunshine
     F
And keep your glee
       Db               Eb
GOMEZ: Country music in Tennessee
           Gb
WEDNESDAY: Keep your laughter
             Bbm
GRANDMA: And MTV
                    C              F
ADDAMS FAMILY: And all will be all right
Bm                  F
Give us shadows and give us gloom
Db                Eb
Broken glass in a motel room
Gb                   Bbm
Something fun we can all exhume
    F             Gm
And give it all tonight!

Interlude:
                 Bb                                                    D
GOMEZ (spoken): And on this special night, beneath our Family Tree, we summon our beloved Ancestors.
           G5
ANCESTORS: Once torn asunder
G5
Down six feet under
G5               D
We get to gather here
                   Gm
MALE ANCESTOR ONE: Dead for forever
                   Gm
MALE ANCESTOR TWO: Bled from whatever
       Gm
BOTH: Called now to reappear
                                         Cm      F
MALE ANCESTOR THREE/FEMALE ANCESTOR ONE: Every cadaver
Bb
Start the palaver
A                 D
Once in an Addams year
           Gm
ANCESTORS: Hold your decaying
Gm
Hear what we're saying
                   D
Time now to give a cheer

Instrumental:
                D            Gm Am D Am7 D7 G C Em
GOMEZ (spoken): Line Dance!
            A7 D7 D
Bunny Hop!
              Gm D
Do the Twist!
              Gm  Bm A F#
Rigor Mortis!

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

Outro:
               B
When you're an Addams
B
You do what Addams do or-
       B
LURCH: Ughhh
     Bm
ALL: Die!
Em F# B