Chords for It's Impossible To Sing and Play The Bass

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[C] So let me tell you [Gb] something [F] as our lesson [B] starts.
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_ _ [Dbm] It is something [Bb] that I hope you'll take [Fm] into your [G] hearts.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [C] So I'll tell you as [Db] we settle into [A] place. _
_ [Bb] _ It's [B] impossible to sing and [C] play the bass.
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_ _ [Gb] You're a lovely group of people.
You deserve the [B] courtesy [Bb] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] of knowing
[Dbm] what you [Eb] can expect [F] of [Gb] me.
_ _ [Ab] I've practiced, _
[G] _ [Db] but it will not mean a thing
because [Bb] it's [B] impossible to play [Cm] the bass [Dm] and [Em] sing, [Gb] sing, sing.
[E] You see, the bass is [Ab] fretless.
It's not like a [Db] guitar.
_ [F] _ [Gb] _ On [Db] bass, you spend your whole life wondering
where the [G] hell you are.
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_ [Bm] It's got no little [Eb] markers, just [Gb] a fingerboard so [F] bare
and [E] lots of notes [Ab] which often are [Bb] not there.
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_ _ [Gb] _ Then when you start singing, you've [F] got lyrics on your [G] mind.
_ [Bb] _ And [C] the notes on bass [D] become [F] impossible to [Gb] find.
_ [G] _ _ [B] To [D] remember lyrics, melodies, [Dbm] _
[Eb] bass lines, and chords
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is no [Dbm] less a miracle _ _ _ than the [G] Lord's doo-doo [Abm]-doo-doo [Gb]-doo.
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_ _ So as I make a thousand errors, [G] sit there and be [C] kind. _
_ _ [Gb] Do not throw tomatoes at me.
[F] Keep this all in [G] mind. _
[Bb] _ [B] Remember this [Eb] is serious. _
_ [Ab] Remember this is [Gb] art. _
[F] _ _ [E] Remember this, or I will [Bb] fall apart.
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_ [F] _ [Gb] _ Then I'd have to pray to God [F] to come and [Gm] intercede.
_ [A] _ [Bb] And [C] he'd only sit [Db] and laugh.
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[Bb] _ _ And [B] she'd [C] only sit and laugh [Eb] at my wanton [G] greed.
_ She made the rules for [Ab] molecules, atoms, [D] time, and space.
[G] And she [Bbm] knows [B] it's impossible [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[A] to _ _ [C] _ [E] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Db]
sing [Gb] and play the bass. _
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