"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"
(Eric Carmen)
Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])
FF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGmC majorC
v v v v v v v v
-1-------1-0-----|-------1---------
-1-----1---1--1h3|-----3---3-3-5-5-
-2---2-----2---3-|---3-----3-3-5-5-
-3-3-------3---3-|---------5-5-5-5-
-----------0---1-|-------------3-3-
-1---------------|---------3-3-----
Verse 1:
FF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGm
Well I know it ...
C majorCFF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGm
But I'm not in it ...
C majorCFF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGm
I don't need ...
C majorCFF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGm
And I'm not in ...
[band enters]
Chorus:
C majorCFF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGm
I just want a ...
C majorCFF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGm
Wanna hear it ...
C majorCFF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGm
Want a big hit ...
C majorCFF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBb
One that everybody's ....
Post-chorus:
C majorCEb/BbEb/BbBb majorBb
Well if the program ...
C majorCEb/BbEb/BbBb majorBb
It's time to get ...
C majorC
So bring the ....
Eb/BbEb/BbBb majorBbEb/BbEb/BbBb majorBb
You're gonna be an ....
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7/G AbMaj9Abmaj9
Bb-D-Eb-G A-Bb-D-F G-Bb-D-Eb C-Eb-G-Bb <- r.h. keyboard voicings
[guitar solo over intro chord progression, 1X]
Verse 2:
I've been tryin' to ....
[repeat chorus]
[repeat post-chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"]
Bridge:
Gb/Db DbDb Gb/Db DbDb
I fit those words ...
Gb/Db DbDb Gb/Db DbDb
Amazing how ...
Db/Cb CbCb Db/Cb CbCb
So long
Gb/Db DbDb Gb/Db DbDb
I use my bread making ....
Gb/Db DbDb Gb/Db DbDb
Writing in the ...
Db/Cb CbCb Db/Cb CbCb
The ...
AaddB G minorGmC majorC
Hear ...
Coda:
[through radio]:
FF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGmC majorC
Hit record...
(C majorC) FF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGmC majorC
Wanna hit ....
[band fades in]
FF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGmC majorC
Wanna hit .... [9X; drums enter 3rd time]
(4,6,8: number one)
[band drops out]
[piano/vocal improvisation intro chords, 6X (fade 3rd time)]
[2-bar drum fill w/overdubbed firecrackers]
[band re-enters]
FF Fmaj7/A Bb majorBbG minorGmC majorC
Wanna hit .... [repeat to fade]
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers