The Trumpet Player's Lament Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[B]Why [F]do [B]I have to play
hot [C]mu [B]sic?[Dm]
That's [B]really [G]not music[B].
Why do they make me take part [C]in [B]it
when I've no [G]part [C]in [Cdim]it?
[B]Give [Db]me
De[Ebm]bussy, [D]I d[Ab]on't[A] know
what [Bbm]you see in[Db] jazz[B][Bm]
In spite of all the [Dm]rhythm it [E]has[Dm]
[F]Can't you get someone like
[F]Yuba [B]to swing [F]on [B]his [G]tuba[C]
[B]Le
[A]Bestie
La
[G]Juba to [A]me[Bm][G][B][Em]
[A]I m[G]ay [Dm]be s[A]o -s[Dm]o, no great [A]virtuoso,[F]
[B]but I don't want to play hot [C]music, [B]ple[G]ase let[C] me be.[B]
[A]I w[F]ish that I co[Dm]uld play l[Ebdim]ike
[Gm]José
[C]Derby
In[F]stead [Dm]of blowing notes i[A]n
[Dm]to a der[C]by[Gm][C]
Someone [F]who knows [Am]odd
[F]takes something from
[C]Moz[F]art to sin[B]g in [Bdim]stead of[Dm] swing[G].[Em][G][Dm][E][A][A#][Bm][E][Bm][G][Em][A][G]
[Em][A][Bm][Em]
[A][G][A][C#][D#m][F#][B][Fdim][C#][F#][C#][G]
[Gm][A][G][E][Bm][Em][A][G][A][Am]
[F][Am][D][Gm][Bm][Bb]
[Bm]Oh[E][G][Bm][D][A][D][Bm][Bdim][Bb][A][D]
[Bm][Bdim][A#][A][D][Bdim][A#][A][Dm][D]
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