"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