Make An Omelette chords by Something Rotten

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

A# A#dim7 A# G7

N.C.
Alas, poor yolk, I know thee well



B5 Em B5 Em

Verse 1:
                  B5 Em
There's something rotten
                  B5 Em
There's something rotten
        Em                                      B5 E
You can smell it you can tell there's something rotten
        Am                        C
Now the kingdom is shot, and it's all gone to pot
B5             B5/A#              Em
Heaven help us there is something rotten

Break:
Dm
Bm7                E7                          C#m7
   My father newly dead and the funeral boiled eggs
                                      F#
Now coldly furnished for the marriage table
                                 Bm                    Bm/E             E7
Methinks another chef might have whisked our desperate eggs together as one
E
Pray, nephew, what dost thou mean? Well, I'll tell you!

Verse 2:
             E                 E7                  A
The fruit of life can't always taste like sweet persimmons
    E                  E7           A     A7
Sometimes it's hard to swallow I'm afraid
F#                F#7             Bm
But when life has handed you some lemons
     E              E7          C#m C#m/B
Then hand it back a mug of lemonade
   A                E
My father said this to me
        F#m             D    N.C.
That he did and then he blew me-
 A               Esus          A
Away with wisdom simple and concise
         D                E               F#m
He said, Eggbert, life is merely what you make of it
   Bm        E       A
So heed this sound advice:

Pre-Chorus:
A7          Em             A7
   You make wine from sour grapes
          F#5                B7
You got a flat pancake, hey! Call it a crêpe
     Em             A7            C#5 D
When life gives you eggs, make an ome-lette
        Em          A7
You get cola from a nut
        F#5                  B7  N.C.
A dirty worm makes silk from out of his butt
     Em             A7            C#5 D      C#5 D
When life gives you eggs, make an ome-lette, omelette!

Chrous:
    Bm7              Gm7         D              E7
The solution to your troubles is cheese and vegetables
    Em7           A
And bacon, bacon! Omelette! Yeah!
        Em                    A7
When it looks like you should quit
      F#5           B7
Find another way of looking at it
     Em             A7
When life gives you eggs, you gotta make that
D         Em        A         D
Om-om-om, om-om-om, om-om-om, Omelette!
D         Em        A         D
Om-om-om, om-om-om, om-om-om, Omelette!

Break:
Cm7 F7 Dm7 G7 N.C.
              Omelette!
Cm7 F7 Am A# Am A# Am A# Am A#
                         Father!
A A#

Chorus:
    Gm7              Gm7/F#         F             C
The solution to your troubles right here in River City
D#                 F7
Shipoopi, Chicago, Omelette, yeah!
        Cm                    F7
When it looks like you should quit
Dm7                 G7
Find another way of looking at it
     Cm7            F F7         Dm7                G7
When life gives you eggs, just a great big bowl of eggs
     Cm7            F                        A  A#   A A# A A#
When life gives you eggs you gotta make that omelette

Instrumental:
Em7 A7 D D B5
Em7 A7 F#5 B7
Em7 A7 D7

Dm

Break:
Dm7    A7     Dm7   Dm7    A7     Dm7
Crack, splat, psss. Crack, splat, psss, make an omelette
Dm7    A7     Dm7                     N.C.
Crack, splat, psss, make an omelette (tap)
        C#m C#/G#          C#m  C#/G#         C#/F C7/E  Dm/F
Make an ome-lette, make an ome-lette, make an ome -lette now
     Dm
How? First melt a tablespoon of butter in a medium frying pan
     Dm         C#5    Dm                                                F
Over medium heat   and sauté the onions and green pepper 'til they're tender
        Dm
Add the ham pieces
        Dm D#             Dm D#             C#5 C5    D#m
Make an omelette, make an omelette, make an ome-lette now
E5   N.C.
Turn off the heat
        E5           D5  C5            B5
Let the omelette sit one minute in the skillet
A5     B5 A5   G5    F#5   E5     Em7
So the in-side cooks right through

Instrumental:
Em7 D#5 E5 D#5 E5  D#5 E5 D#5 E5
(Tap break)

Fm C C7 E5 F5 E5 F5 E5 F5
Fm#7 B7 C#7 F#7

Break:
E5
Take that egg and beat it! No! Take that egg and beat it! No!
          E5          F5         F#5  G5  G#5    A5 N.C.
You gotta heat it and beat it, before you eat it so
              D5               D5             C#5 D5 Dm
Beat that egg,   beat that egg,  beat that egg
    Gm                     D7
And that's how you make an omelette
D7                     Gm
That's how you make an omelette
Gm                     D7
That's how you make an omelette
D7                    Gm
That's how you make it
         D#          F        Dm7                  Gm7          A7
And I am telling you  I'm not gonna be an omelette no no, no, no
A Esus Asus
       We really beat that omelette

Pre-chorus:
         Em
You make wine from sour grapes
          Em7
You got a flat pancake, just call it a crepe
         G                G7        A
When life  gives you eggs,  make an oh-oh-oh-omelette
        G#              A#
Take an egg and slap on by
        Gm7                        C   N.C.
If your cholesterol's high, you'll probably die
     Fm             A#           Gm7               C7
When life gives you eggs, just a great big bowl of eggs
     Fm             A#
When life gives you eggs you gotta make that
D#        Fm        Gm        G#
Om-om-om, om-om-om, om-om-om, om-om-om
A#7
   For heaven's sakes!

Outro:
       D#5
It was white and yellow, and white and yellow
                          A#
And white and yellow, and white
        D5 D#5
Make an omelette!

A# D#