Talent Is An Asset chords by Sparks

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

N.C.

 D*       D*
e|--------2---------------2-----|
BB|3-----3---3-----3-----3---3---|
G+G|---2--------3------2--------2-|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------| x 6

Verse 1:

D MajorD            A augmentedA
Albert is smart, he's a genius
B minorBm          E MajorE      A augmentedA
Watch Albert putter, an obvious genius
E7E7                N.C.
Someday he will reassess the world
E7E7                  N.C.
And he'll still have time for lots of girls

Verse 2:

D MajorD           A augmentedA
When he grows up he'll remember us
B minorBm              E MajorE          A augmentedA
When he grows up we are sure that he'll remember us
E7E7                  N.C.
We made sure that Albert wore his mac
E7E7
We kept all the strangers off his back

Bridge:

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(Go away) everything's relative
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(Go away Albert's mother does say to me) we are his relatives and he don't need any non-relatives

Chorus:

D5D5       C#5C#5
Talent is an asset
    D5D5        C#5C#5  A5A5
You've got to understand that
D5D5       C#5C#5
Talent is an asset
  D5D5        C#5C#5  A5A5
And little Albert has it
D5D5       C#5C#5
Talent is an asset
  D5D5        C#5C#5
And Albert surely has it

Interlude:

 D*       D*
e|--------2---------------2-----|
BB|3-----3---3-----3-----3---3---|
G+G|---2--------3------2--------2-|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------| x 3

Verse 3:

D MajorD               A augmentedA
One day he'll sever his apron strings
B minorBm            E MajorE         A augmentedA
All of the while he'll be scribbling things, genius things
E7E7               N.C.
Look at Albert, isn't he a sight
E7E7
Growing, growing at the speed of light

Bridge:

 D*
(Go away) everything's relative
 D*
(Go away Albert's mother does say to me) we are his relatives and he don't need any non-relatives

Chorus:

D5D5       C#5C#5
Talent is an asset
  D5D5        C#5C#5  A5A5
And little Albert has it

Outro:

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(Go away) talent is relative
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(Go away) that's hypothetical
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(Go away) we are his relatives
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(Go away) that's parenthetical
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(Go away) spare your superlatives
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(Go away) there's the receptacle
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(Go away) there's the receptacle
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(Go away) leave Albert's study room
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(Go away) leave Albert's happy home
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(Go away) leave Albert's neighborhood
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(Go away) leave Albert's city too
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(Go away) leave Albert's country seat
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(Go away) leave Albert's country
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(Go away) leave Albert's continent
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(Go away) leave Albert's hemisphere
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(Go away) leave Albert's planet, too
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(Go away) leave Albert's universe
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(Go away) no one must see him now
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(Go away) only the medical
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(Go away) no one must downgrade him
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(Go away) don't be too cynical
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(Go away) don't be too critical
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(Go away) cancel the magazines
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(Go away) they're much too political
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(Go away) don't buy him any jeans
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(Go away) they're much too casual
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(Go away) talent is relative
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(Go away) that's hypothetical
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(Go away) we are his relatives
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(Go away) that's parenthetical