The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack #04 Jacks Lament Chords
Tempo:
109.8 bpm
Chords used:
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Gb
Bb
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bbm] There are few [A] who deny it, [Db] what I do I [F] am the best, [Gb] for my talents [F] are renowned far and [Ebm] wide.
[C] When it comes [G] to surprises [C] in the [Ebm] moonlit night, [C] I excel without ever [F] even trying.
With [Ebm] the slightest [Bb] little effort [Ebm] of my ghost [Bb]-like charms, [Ebm] I have seen grown men give [E] out a shriek.
[Ab] With the wave [Ebm] of my hand [Fm] in a well [Ebm]-placed mow, I have swept the [Bb] very bravest [Eb] off their feet.
[Ebm] Yet [Bb] year after [Bm] year, [E] it's the [Eb] same routine, [Ebm] and I grow [Bb] so weary [Eb] of the sound of [Bb] screams,
[Eb] and I, Jack the [D] Pumpkin [C] King, [B] have grown so [Bb] tired [Gb] of the [Ebm] same [Bb] old thing.
Oh, [A]
[Cm] somewhere [Gm] deep [A] inside of [Em] these bones, [Gb] an [C] [Em] emptiness [Gb] began [Em] to grow.
[Eb] [Gm] There's something out [A] there far from [Em] my home, [Gb] a [C] longing [Em] that [E] [B] I've never [Em] known.
Master [Ebm] of fright, [G] I'm a demon [Eb] of light, and [C] I'll scare you [B] right out of [Am] your pants.
To [Gb] a guy in [C] Kentucky, [Gb] I'm Mr.
Unlucky, and I'm known throughout [B] England and France.
[D] And [Am] since I [Bm] am dead, I [Am] can take off [D] my head to [Am] recite Shakespearean [Bb]
[D] quotations.
No animal [Am] nor man can [Ab] scream like [Am] I can with the fury of my [E] [Am] recitations.
[E] But who [Fm] here would [Bb] ever [A] understand [Gb] that the Pumpkin [Ab] King with [A] the skeleton [E] grin [C] would
tire of his [Am]
crown [Db] if they [Fm] only [Gbm] understood [D] he'd give it [Db] all up [A] if he [D] only [Db] could.
Oh, [Dm] [Am] there's an [B] empty place in [Gbm] my bones that [Bm] calls [Gbm] out for [Bm] something
[Gbm] unknown.
The [F] fame [Am] and praise [B] come year [Abm] after [Gbm] year [Bm] does [D] nothing [Gbm] for [Gb] these [Db]
empty [Gbm] tears.
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[Gm]
[Bbm] There are few [A] who deny it, [Db] what I do I [F] am the best, [Gb] for my talents [F] are renowned far and [Ebm] wide.
[C] When it comes [G] to surprises [C] in the [Ebm] moonlit night, [C] I excel without ever [F] even trying.
With [Ebm] the slightest [Bb] little effort [Ebm] of my ghost [Bb]-like charms, [Ebm] I have seen grown men give [E] out a shriek.
[Ab] With the wave [Ebm] of my hand [Fm] in a well [Ebm]-placed mow, I have swept the [Bb] very bravest [Eb] off their feet.
[Ebm] Yet [Bb] year after [Bm] year, [E] it's the [Eb] same routine, [Ebm] and I grow [Bb] so weary [Eb] of the sound of [Bb] screams,
[Eb] and I, Jack the [D] Pumpkin [C] King, [B] have grown so [Bb] tired [Gb] of the [Ebm] same [Bb] old thing.
Oh, [A]
[Cm] somewhere [Gm] deep [A] inside of [Em] these bones, [Gb] an [C] [Em] emptiness [Gb] began [Em] to grow.
[Eb] [Gm] There's something out [A] there far from [Em] my home, [Gb] a [C] longing [Em] that [E] [B] I've never [Em] known.
Master [Ebm] of fright, [G] I'm a demon [Eb] of light, and [C] I'll scare you [B] right out of [Am] your pants.
To [Gb] a guy in [C] Kentucky, [Gb] I'm Mr.
Unlucky, and I'm known throughout [B] England and France.
[D] And [Am] since I [Bm] am dead, I [Am] can take off [D] my head to [Am] recite Shakespearean [Bb]
[D] quotations.
No animal [Am] nor man can [Ab] scream like [Am] I can with the fury of my [E] [Am] recitations.
[E] But who [Fm] here would [Bb] ever [A] understand [Gb] that the Pumpkin [Ab] King with [A] the skeleton [E] grin [C] would
tire of his [Am]
crown [Db] if they [Fm] only [Gbm] understood [D] he'd give it [Db] all up [A] if he [D] only [Db] could.
Oh, [Dm] [Am] there's an [B] empty place in [Gbm] my bones that [Bm] calls [Gbm] out for [Bm] something
[Gbm] unknown.
The [F] fame [Am] and praise [B] come year [Abm] after [Gbm] year [Bm] does [D] nothing [Gbm] for [Gb] these [Db]
empty [Gbm] tears.
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_ [Bbm] There are few [A] who deny it, [Db] what I do I [F] am the best, [Gb] for my talents [F] are renowned far and [Ebm] wide.
_ [C] When it comes [G] to surprises [C] in the [Ebm] moonlit night, [C] I excel without ever [F] even trying.
With [Ebm] the slightest [Bb] little effort [Ebm] of my ghost [Bb]-like charms, [Ebm] I have seen grown men give [E] out a shriek.
_ [Ab] With the wave [Ebm] of my hand [Fm] in a well [Ebm]-placed mow, I have swept the [Bb] very bravest [Eb] off their feet.
[Ebm] _ Yet [Bb] year after [Bm] year, [E] it's the [Eb] same routine, [Ebm] and I grow [Bb] so weary [Eb] of the sound of [Bb] screams,
[Eb] and I, Jack the [D] Pumpkin [C] King, [B] have grown so [Bb] tired [Gb] of the [Ebm] same [Bb] old thing.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [A] _
[Cm] somewhere [Gm] deep [A] inside of [Em] these bones, [Gb] an _ [C] [Em] emptiness _ [Gb] began [Em] to grow.
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] There's something out [A] there far from [Em] my home, [Gb] a [C] longing [Em] that [E] [B] I've _ never [Em] _ known. _ _ _
_ _ Master [Ebm] of fright, [G] I'm a demon [Eb] of light, and [C] I'll scare you [B] right out of [Am] your pants.
To [Gb] a guy in [C] Kentucky, [Gb] I'm Mr.
Unlucky, and I'm known throughout [B] England and France.
[D] And [Am] since I [Bm] am dead, I [Am] can take off [D] my head to [Am] recite _ Shakespearean [Bb] _
[D] quotations.
No animal [Am] nor man can [Ab] scream like [Am] I can with the fury of my [E] _ [Am] recitations.
[E] But who [Fm] here would [Bb] ever _ [A] understand [Gb] that the Pumpkin [Ab] King with [A] the skeleton [E] grin [C] would
tire of his [Am]
crown [Db] if they [Fm] only [Gbm] understood [D] he'd give it [Db] all up [A] if he _ [D] only [Db] could.
_ Oh, _ [Dm] _ [Am] there's an [B] empty place in [Gbm] my bones that [Bm] calls [Gbm] out for [Bm] something _ _
[Gbm] unknown.
The [F] fame [Am] and praise [B] come year [Abm] after [Gbm] year [Bm] does [D] nothing _ [Gbm] for [Gb] these [Db] _ _
empty _ [Gbm] tears. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] There are few [A] who deny it, [Db] what I do I [F] am the best, [Gb] for my talents [F] are renowned far and [Ebm] wide.
_ [C] When it comes [G] to surprises [C] in the [Ebm] moonlit night, [C] I excel without ever [F] even trying.
With [Ebm] the slightest [Bb] little effort [Ebm] of my ghost [Bb]-like charms, [Ebm] I have seen grown men give [E] out a shriek.
_ [Ab] With the wave [Ebm] of my hand [Fm] in a well [Ebm]-placed mow, I have swept the [Bb] very bravest [Eb] off their feet.
[Ebm] _ Yet [Bb] year after [Bm] year, [E] it's the [Eb] same routine, [Ebm] and I grow [Bb] so weary [Eb] of the sound of [Bb] screams,
[Eb] and I, Jack the [D] Pumpkin [C] King, [B] have grown so [Bb] tired [Gb] of the [Ebm] same [Bb] old thing.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [A] _
[Cm] somewhere [Gm] deep [A] inside of [Em] these bones, [Gb] an _ [C] [Em] emptiness _ [Gb] began [Em] to grow.
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] There's something out [A] there far from [Em] my home, [Gb] a [C] longing [Em] that [E] [B] I've _ never [Em] _ known. _ _ _
_ _ Master [Ebm] of fright, [G] I'm a demon [Eb] of light, and [C] I'll scare you [B] right out of [Am] your pants.
To [Gb] a guy in [C] Kentucky, [Gb] I'm Mr.
Unlucky, and I'm known throughout [B] England and France.
[D] And [Am] since I [Bm] am dead, I [Am] can take off [D] my head to [Am] recite _ Shakespearean [Bb] _
[D] quotations.
No animal [Am] nor man can [Ab] scream like [Am] I can with the fury of my [E] _ [Am] recitations.
[E] But who [Fm] here would [Bb] ever _ [A] understand [Gb] that the Pumpkin [Ab] King with [A] the skeleton [E] grin [C] would
tire of his [Am]
crown [Db] if they [Fm] only [Gbm] understood [D] he'd give it [Db] all up [A] if he _ [D] only [Db] could.
_ Oh, _ [Dm] _ [Am] there's an [B] empty place in [Gbm] my bones that [Bm] calls [Gbm] out for [Bm] something _ _
[Gbm] unknown.
The [F] fame [Am] and praise [B] come year [Abm] after [Gbm] year [Bm] does [D] nothing _ [Gbm] for [Gb] these [Db] _ _
empty _ [Gbm] tears. _ _ _
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