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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
The Addams Family Musical - When You're An Addams Chords Info
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Chords: Am, E, E7, A, D, Dm, F#m, B7, Bbm, F, F7, Bb, Eb, Ebm, Gm, C7, Db, Gb, C, Bm, G5, Cm, Am7, D7, G, Em, A7, F#, F#7, B, G#m