Musical Fiction chords by Rudy Mancuso

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: EADGBE



C/G  Cmaj7  C/G  Cmaj7
Intro:
              C/G
There was a lonely guy named Robert
           Em
Who was feeling kind of down
       Am
So he got himself a beer
        E
And he sat there with a frown
     F                                      Am
His girlfriend just broke up with him that day
                     Em         G
So things were not okay

Verse 1:
      C/G                        Em
So he got himself a Lyft without any hesitation
        Am
Driver said, "where are you going?"
        E
I don't have a destination
         F                                Am
He said "I know a nice bar that has great booze"
                       Dm        E
Well I have nothing to lose
      Am                              Em
So he got out of the car and made his way inside the bar
     E                             Am
The driver out the window yelled "please give me five stars"

Verse 2:
    F                                 G
He then sat down to get a drink from the bartender by the sink
        E                               G                      (G-->C in piano)
That's when he saw the very thing that changed his whole reality
    C                         Em          Am
And oh, it was the prettiest face in the world
                          Dm
She was unlike any other girl
                                       Gsus4       G
She smiled and her teeth were white as pearls, oh yeah
                C     F-C
Like any other girl
(Fast) F                             G
So he got up from his seat cause his heart skipped a beat
        Am
It was time to change his day
         G
He knew just the thing to say
          C (once)
He said "hey"
          C (once)
She said" hey"
          C (once)
He said "hey"     (PAUSE)
            C (once)
He said "sorry to interrupt"

Verse 3:
        F (once)
Robert walked back to his seat
        G (once)
As he accepted his defeat
         Em
Then he finished up his beer
       Am
As he lost all of his cheer
         F
Then he felt the hand upon his shoulder
G
As the air grew even colder
     E              G
She said before he drank another
  C                   Em
"Sorry about what happened with my brother"
      C                  Em
"I thought that was your man"
        C              Em
"It's just my brother Dan"
      C
"Hey Dan"
      C (with higher C)
"Hey man"
       F               E
So he got right up off of his chair
         G (arpeggio G until cut off)
Then he ran his fingers through her hair and...


*Receives Text Message: "I think we should break up"*

Outro:
C/G  Em  C/G  Em

             C/G
There was a lonely guy named Robert
         Em
Who was feeling kind of down
       Am
So he got himself a beer
       E
And he sat there with a frown
       F                                   Am
His girlfriend just broke up with him that day
     G              C