Something Was Missing chords by Charles Strouse

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A minorAm Am/GAm/G Fm7Fm7 D#D# D#mD#m C#C# G minorGm C7C7

Verse 1:
FF
I've made me a fortune

That fortune made ten
   G+G
Been headlined and profiled

Again and again
   C majorC      C/A#
But something was missing
  Am7Am7       DmDm
I never quite knew
   C#C#
That something was someone
   G minorGm C7C7
But who?

Verse 2:
FF
My speeches are greeted

With thunderous acclaim
  G+G
At two universities

Bearing my name
   C majorC      C/A#
Yes, something was missing
   Am7Am7    DmDm
Each time I got through
    C#C#
That something was someone
  G#G#
But who?

Bridge:
A minorAm  Am/GAm/G FF      G+G
Who could that someone be?
G/EG/E      Am/F  Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC F#m7F#m7 Am/F# Asus/F#
How could she make it known?
A minorAm Am/GAm/G  Fm7Fm7    D#D#
Who would need me for me?
D#mD#m     C#C#  G minorGm  C7C7
Need me for me alone?

Solo:
FF G+G C majorC C/A# Am7Am7 DmDm C#C# G#G# A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF G+G G/EG/E Am/F Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC F#m7F#m7 Am/F# Asus/F# A minorAm Am/GAm/G F minorFm D#D# D#mD#m C#C# G minorGm C7C7

Verse 3:
FF
The world was my oyster

But where was the pearl?
   G+G
Who dreamed I could find it

In one little girl
  C majorC       C/A#
Yes something was missing
   A minorAm       D#D#
But dreams do come true
   C majorC
That something
  C7C7
Is no one
   DmDm Dm/G
But you

Outro:
C majorC C7C7 FF