Nero chords by Fats Waller

• Key: G

Intro:

Gmaj7  Em7  Am7  D7  (2x)

Verse:
Gmaj7  Bbdim  Am7       D7
Nero   was a  king, you know,
Am7  D7   Gmaj7
Many many years ago.
Gmaj7  Bbdim     Am7    D7
Nero   loved his music, so
Am7      D7     Gmaj7
Bought a fiddle and a bow.

Verse:
G/B    Bbdim     Am7  D7
 Room enough for Nero,
Am7    D7          Gmaj7
No, he never was a hero!
G/B      Bbdim    Am7  D7
Rome was burnt to zero,
Am7      D7      Gmaj7
Still he fiddled away!

Verse:
Gmaj7   Bbdim    Am7       D7
 To his soldiers he said, "I'm
Am7  D7       Gmaj7
Busy having a big time!
Gmaj7    Bbdim   Am7    D7
 With my lessons in jig time,
Am7     D7      Gmaj7
What survives today ".

Bridge:
G7
 So Nero never went to town
C7
 While Rome was burnin' down.
A7
 They watched him, in dismay,
D7
Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle away!

Verse:
    G/B        Bbdim      Am7  D7
Oh, Rome meant nothin' to Nero,
Am7     D7      Gmaj7
 He was never a hero!
G/B           Bbdim  Am7  D7
 He must have been a shero,
Am7       D7      Gmaj7
'Cause he fiddled away!  (Now listen!)

Verse:
Gmaj7  Bbdim      Am7    D7
Nero   spent some of his dough
Am7   D7     Gmaj7
For a fiddle and a bow.
Gmaj7      Bbdim  Am7      D7
That's how Nero   made his name,
Am7    D7     Gmaj7
Landed in the Hall Of Fame.

(Come on Nero!)

(instrumental)

Verse:
Gmaj7  Bbdim  Am7  D7
Am7  D7  Gmaj7
Gmaj7  Bbdim  Am7  D7
Am7  D7  Gmaj7

Verse:
G/B        Bbdim      Am7  D7
Rome meant nothin' to Nero,
Am7     D7      Gmaj7
 He was never a hero!
G/B           Bbdim  Am7  D7
 He must have been a shero,
Am7       D7      Gmaj7
'Cause he fiddled away!  (Now listen!)


Verse:
Gmaj7  Bbdim      Am7    D7
Nero   spent some of his dough
Am7   D7     Gmaj7
For a fiddle and a bow.
Gmaj7      Bbdim  Am7      D7
That's how Nero   made his name,
Am7    D7     Gmaj7
Landed in the Hall Of Fame.

Outro:
G6     G9
(come here Nero, I gotcha!)