Thoroughly Modern Millie - Not For The Life Of Me chords by Soundtracks

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Not for the Life of Me
from the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie
Performed by Sutton Foster

Intro: (Slow & Light)
G+G C7C7 G+G D9D9

Verse 1:
 G+G
I studied all the pictures in magazines and books
 G+G
I memorized the subway map too
    C majorC                  Eb MajorEb
It's one block north to Macy's and two to Brothers Brooks
    G/DG/D        D7D7
Manhattan, I prepared for you

Verse 2:
    G/DG/D
You certainly are diff'rent from what they have back home
 G+G            F/AF/A
Where nothing's over three stories high
  C majorC
And no one's in a hurry or wants to roam
    G/DG/D         D7D7
But I do, though they wonder why

Pre-Chorus:
   B9B9
They said I would soon be good and lonely
   Am6Am6
They said I would sing the homesick blues
   D#mD#m
So I always have this ticket in my pocket
F#m7F#m7
A augmentedA ticket home in my pocket
         A7A7
To do with as I choose

Turn: (Rip that Ticket)
N.C.
Burn the bridge, bet the store
AbAb
Baby's coming home no more
Bb majorBb
Not for the life of me
AbAb
Break the lock, post my bail
AbAb
Done my time, I'm out of jail
Bb majorBb
Not for the life of me

Bridge:
G+G                 D MajorD
A augmentedA life that's gotta be more than a one-light town
G+G
Where the light is always red

Gotta be more than an old ghost town
     A7A7
Where the ghost ain't even dead

Outro: (Dixieland!)
AbAb         Eb MajorEb
Clap-a-your hands, just-a-because
AbAb                  DbDb
Don't you know that where I am ain't where I was
Bb majorBb         C minorCm
Not for the life of me
N.C.
Boh-doh-dee-oh
Eb MajorEb
Not for the life of

Not for the life of
          AbAb