"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"
(Eric Carmen)
Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])
v v v v v v v v
-1-------1-0-----|-------1---------|
-1-----1---1--1h3|-----3---3-3-5-5-|
-2---2-----2---3-|---3-----3-3-5-5-|
-3-3-------3---3-|---------5-5-5-5-|
-----------0---1-|-------------3-3-|
-1---------------|---------3-3-----|
Verse 1:
Well I know it sounds funny
But I'm not in it for the money, no
I don't need no reputation
And I'm not in it for the show
[band enters]
Chorus:
I just want a hit record, yeah
Wanna hear it on the radio
Want a big hit record, yeah
One that everybody's got to know
Post-chorus:
Well if the program director don't pull it
It's time to get back the bullet
So bring the group down to the station
You're gonna be an overnight sensation
/
--- --- --- --- <- r.. keyboard voicings
[guitar solo over intro chord progression, 1X]
Verse 2:
I've been tryin' to write the lyric
Non-offensive but satiric too
And if you put it in the A-slot
It's just got to make a mint for you
[repeat chorus]
[repeat post-chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"]
Bridge:
/ /
I fit those words to a good melody
/ /
Amazing how success has been ignoring me
/ /
So long
/ /
I use my bread making demos all day
/ /
Writing in the night while in my head I hear
/ /
The record play
AaddB
Hear it play
Coda:
[through radio]:
Hit record, yeah
()
Wanna hit record, yeah
[band fades in]
Wanna hit record, yeah [9X; drums enter 3rd time]
(4,6,8: number one)
[band drops out]
[piano/vocal improvisation intro chords, 6X (fade 3rd time)]
[2-bar drum fill w/overdubbed firecrackers]
[band re-enters]
Wanna hit record, yeah [repeat to fade]
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers