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Key: Db
Intro:
C
Verse 1:
C
Everybody's making money,
Am
everybody's riding high
F
Who among my brethren is more
beautiful than I?
C
Who puts out on the carpet?
Am
Who knows ahead of time
F
Which camera he should turn to
Em F C Em F C
when it's time to say his line?
Verse 2:
C
I'm watching movies,
Am
heart pounding like a drum
F
Call out in the dark for
somebody to come
C
Do you see what I see?
Am
there's no way all that's fake!
F G
Only so much a good man can take
F
But you can't fight evil
Am
all alone
F
Please, James: get the director
G
on the phone
Chorus:
C G F
I will rise to this occasion
C G F
I will rise to this occasion
C G F
I will rise, rise to this occasion
C G F
I will rise to this occasion
[Interlude]
D# A# C D# A# C
D# A# C D# A# G
Verse 3:
C
I lead the agents back
Am
to the screening room
F
And in the dark we watch the
blood flowers bloom
C
And then the credits seem to
Am
roll on forever
F
I know people who can find out
Em F C Em F C
who put this thing together
Verse 4:
C Am
After a while, one of them said:
F
"Listen, Charlie, you're from
Hollywood,
C
And the moving pictures aren't
Am
what they used to be, it's true,
F
But I'm not sure what you
G
think the Bureau can do"
F
Gentlemen! the camera doesn't
Am
lie!
F
How many more innocent women
G
must die?
Chorus:
C G F
I will rise to this occasion
C G F
I will rise to this occasion
C G F
I will rise, rise to this occasion
C G
I will rise, rise, rise, rise
F
to this occasion
Outro:
D# A# C D# A# C
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