Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
A#A# A#dim7A#dim7 A#A# G7G7
N.C.
Alas, poor yolk, I know thee well
B5B5 E minorEm B5B5 E minorEm
Verse 1:
B5B5 E minorEm
There's something rotten
B5B5 E minorEm
There's something rotten
E minorEm B5B5 E MajorE
You can smell it you can tell there's something rotten
A minorAm C majorC
Now the kingdom is shot, and it's all gone to pot
B5B5 B5/A# E minorEm
Heaven help us there is something rotten
Break:
DmDm
Bm7Bm7 E7E7 C#m7C#m7
My father newly dead and the funeral boiled eggs
F#F#
Now coldly furnished for the marriage table
B minorBm Bm/E E7E7
Methinks another chef might have whisked our desperate eggs together as one
E MajorE
Pray, nephew, what dost thou mean? Well, I'll tell you!
Verse 2:
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
The fruit of life can't always taste like sweet persimmons
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA A7A7
Sometimes it's hard to swallow I'm afraid
F#F# F#7F#7 B minorBm
But when life has handed you some lemons
E MajorE E7E7 C# minorC#m C#m/B
Then hand it back a mug of lemonade
A augmentedA E MajorE
My father said this to me
F# minorF#m D MajorD N.C.
That he did and then he blew me-
A augmentedA EsusEsus A augmentedA
Away with wisdom simple and concise
D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m
He said, Eggbert, life is merely what you make of it
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
So heed this sound advice:
Pre-Chorus:
A7A7 E minorEm A7A7
You make wine from sour grapes
F#5F#5 B7B7
You got a flat pancake, hey! Call it a crêpe
E minorEm A7A7 C#5C#5 D MajorD
When life gives you eggs, make an ome-lette
E minorEm A7A7
You get cola from a nut
F#5F#5 B7B7 N.C.
A augmentedA dirty worm makes silk from out of his butt
E minorEm A7A7 C#5C#5 D MajorD C#5C#5 D MajorD
When life gives you eggs, make an ome-lette, omelette!
Chrous:
Bm7Bm7 Gm7Gm7 D MajorD E7E7
The solution to your troubles is cheese and vegetables
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
And bacon, bacon! Omelette! Yeah!
E minorEm A7A7
When it looks like you should quit
F#5F#5 B7B7
Find another way of looking at it
E minorEm A7A7
When life gives you eggs, you gotta make that
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Om-om-om, om-om-om, om-om-om, Omelette!
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Om-om-om, om-om-om, om-om-om, Omelette!
Break:
Cm7Cm7 F7F7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7 N.C.
Omelette!
Cm7Cm7 F7F7 A minorAm A#A# A minorAm A#A# A minorAm A#A# A minorAm A#A#
Father!
A augmentedA A#A#
Chorus:
Gm7Gm7 Gm7/F# FF C majorC
The solution to your troubles right here in River City
D#D# F7F7
Shipoopi, Chicago, Omelette, yeah!
C minorCm F7F7
When it looks like you should quit
Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Find another way of looking at it
Cm7Cm7 FF F7F7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7
When life gives you eggs, just a great big bowl of eggs
Cm7Cm7 FF A augmentedA A#A# A augmentedA A#A# A augmentedA A#A#
When life gives you eggs you gotta make that omelette
Instrumental:
E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D MajorD D MajorD B5B5
E minor 7Em7 A7A7 F#5F#5 B7B7
E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D7D7
DmDm
Break:
Dm7Dm7 A7A7 Dm7Dm7 Dm7Dm7 A7A7 Dm7Dm7
Crack, splat, psss. Crack, splat, psss, make an omelette
Dm7Dm7 A7A7 Dm7Dm7 N.C.
Crack, splat, psss, make an omelette (tap )
C# minorC#m C#/G# C# minorC#m C#/G# C#/F C7/EC7/E Dm/F
Make an ome-lette, make an ome-lette, make an ome -lette now
DmDm
How? First melt a tablespoon of butter in a medium frying pan
DmDm C#5C#5 DmDm FF
Over medium heat and sauté the onions and green pepper 'til they're tender
DmDm
Add the ham pieces
DmDm D#D# DmDm D#D# C#5C#5 C5C5 D#mD#m
Make an omelette, make an omelette, make an ome-lette now
E5E5 N.C.
Turn off the heat
E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 B5B5
Let the omelette sit one minute in the skillet
A5A5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5 E minor 7Em7
So the in-side cooks right through
Instrumental:
E minor 7Em7 D#5D#5 E5E5 D#5D#5 E5E5 D#5D#5 E5E5 D#5D#5 E5E5
(Tap break)
F minorFm C majorC C7C7 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 F5F5
Fm#7 B7B7 C#7C#7 F#7F#7
Break:
E5E5
Take that egg and beat it! No! Take that egg and beat it! No!
E5E5 F5F5 F#5F#5 G5G5 G#5G#5 A5A5 N.C.
You gotta heat it and beat it, before you eat it so
D5D5 D5D5 C#5C#5 D5D5 DmDm
Beat that egg, beat that egg, beat that egg
G minorGm D7D7
And that's how you make an omelette
D7D7 G minorGm
That's how you make an omelette
G minorGm D7D7
That's how you make an omelette
D7D7 G minorGm
That's how you make it
D#D# FF Dm7Dm7 Gm7Gm7 A7A7
And I am telling you I'm not gonna be an omelette no no, no, no
A augmentedA EsusEsus AsusAsus
We really beat that omelette
Pre-chorus:
E minorEm
You make wine from sour grapes
E minor 7Em7
You got a flat pancake, just call it a crepe
G+G G7G7 A augmentedA
When life gives you eggs, make an oh-oh-oh-omelette
G#G# A#A#
Take an egg and slap on by
Gm7Gm7 C majorC N.C.
If your cholesterol's high, you'll probably die
F minorFm A#A# Gm7Gm7 C7C7
When life gives you eggs, just a great big bowl of eggs
F minorFm A#A#
When life gives you eggs you gotta make that
D#D# F minorFm G minorGm G#G#
Om-om-om, om-om-om, om-om-om, om-om-om
F#7A#7
For heaven's sakes!
Outro:
D#5D#5
It was white and yellow, and white and yellow
A#A#
And white and yellow, and white
D5D5 D#5D#5
Make an omelette!
A#A# D#D#