Danny Elfman – Jacks Lament chords
Chords:
This is how I play it; all barre chords, each strummed once, save the verse "I'm a of fright..." in which each chord is strummed twice. Another tab is on this site for the intro, but I also play that differently, so I'm that here as well. CHORDS:Bm: 799777Bm2 (not official name) : X24432Bmmaj7: 798777 Bm7: 797777 A: 577655 Am: 577555 A7: 575655 G: 355433 F#: 244322 F#7: 242322 Em: 022000e---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---------|----------------|--------------|B--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|--2-2-2-2--2---2-|----2-----2-----|--------------|G-3---2---1---0---|-1---0----3-3-3-3|--3---3--3-3----|-3-----2------|D-----------------|---------4---3---|-2------0-------|-4-----3------|A-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-5-----4------|E-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AThere are few who would deny at what I do I am the bestG F# G A BmFor my talents are renowned far and wide.Bm Bmmaj7 Bm6 AWhen it comes to surprises in the moonlit nightG F# G BmI accel without ever even trying.Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AWith the slightest little effort of my ghostlike charmG F# G Am BmI've seen grown men give out a shriekBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AWith a wave of my hand and a well placed moanG F# G Am BmI have swept the very bravest off their feet.G F# G F#Yet year after year, it's the same old cheerG F# Em A7And I grow so weary of the sound of screamsBm Bmmaj7 A G F#And I, Jack, the Pump-kin KingG F# G F#Have grown so tired of the same old thingBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AOh, somewhere deep inside of these bonesG F# Em F#An emptiness began to growBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AThere's something out there, far from my homeG F# F# Bm2A longing that I've never knownBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AI'm a master of fright, and a demon of lightG F# G Am BmAnd I'll scare you right out of your pantsBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 ATo a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister UnluckyG F# G BmAnd I'm known throughout England and FranceBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AAnd since I am dead, I can take off my headG F# G Am BmTo recite Shakespearean quotationsBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 ANo animal nor man can scream like I canG F# G BmWith the fury of my recitationsG F# G F#But who here would ever understandG F# Em A7That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grinBm Bmmaj7 A A G F#Would tire of his crown, if they only understoodG F# G F#He'd give it all up if he only couldBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AOh, there's an empty place in my bonesG F# Em AThat calls out for something unknownBm Bmmaj7 Bm7 AThe fame and praise come year after yearG F# F#7 Bm2Does nothing for these empty tears