Tonart: Bb major
Verse 1
Bb
F
Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen,
Db
and welcome to California's 1985
State Pageant,
F
Fsus4
F
hosted by California's
very own sunshine boy,
Bb
Eb
Ted Farley.
Bb
You know, they told me
Gm
they wanted to get someone younger
Eb
to do the pageant this year,
Bb
Eb
Bb
but George Burns wasn't available.
Bear with me,
Eb
the girls will be here in a minute.
Gm
Eb
Oh, I sing.
Bb
I know this song, all right.
Eb
We use it every year
Bb
Eb
at the national finals in Baton Rouge.
Bb
Gm
I sing it. Not Ber t Parks.
Eb
Bb
They don't let him sing
anything anymore.
Eb
Fsus4
My camera, please.
F
Eb
Here it goes.
Eb
Bb
Want a picture of eyes like those
Eb
Bb
Want to capture that turned -up nose
Eb
Bb
That remarkable chin
Db
Bbm
Hold that please,
Ebm
Db
Absus4
face the camera and say
Db
Bbm
Ebm
Absus4
Swiss cheese, watch the birdie,
Db
Bbm
that's great, now freeze,
Ebm
Absus4
Fsus4
F
Fsus4
F
that incredible grin.
Eb
F
Gm
keep them buzzards in format too,
Cm
Eb
have them photographed,
Dm
F
Gm
grab a shot too,
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
D
knock them flat in the yard.
G
Eb
So hold real still,
D
Gm
Bb
Eb
give my little old lens a thrill,
D
Gm
Eb
focus here and my camera will
Fsus4
Bb
Gm
Eb
record that smile.
Eb
Bb
Eb
I love that smile.
Fsus4
F
Yes, California, here tonight,
Fsus4
the judges will choose your new
Eb
Young American Miss,
F
Ab
and placing the crown on that lucky, beautiful,
Absus4
Ab
an d talented girl's head
Eb
will be last year's winner.
F
Eb
Let's meet her now and
wish her well
Fsus4
in these last golden moments
Eb
F
of her glorious reign.
Fsus4
California's young American
Miss for 1984,
Eb
Bb
Walk with me through
G
the hallways of memory.
A
Bb
A pictorial gallery of this marvelous
G
F
G
year.
Cm
Ebm
Come and see each fleeting
F
Bb
in stant of glory.
Gm
C
Fashion shows and dinners.
Eb
F
Donny Osmond meets the winners.
Bb
Gm
Dm
Costume balls and opening
D
A
shopping malls.
Dm
Bb
Gm
Film recalls your tri umph
Ebm
True, they disappear, ah,
Bb
Gm
but nev er fear, Joanne.
Eb
Every precious moment's
Bb
Yes, ladies an d gentlemen,
Eb
F
Tonight is the last hour of my reign,
Eb
F
but don't worry,
Eb
Ab
Absus4
Ab
there are 24 of the state's best and brightest high school
Eb
about -to -be senior
Fsus4
F
s waiting in the wings.
Eb
An d it's a real privilege
F
Eb
to introduce them to you now,
F
this year's Young American
Miss Contestants!
Eb
F
Fsus4
F
Eb
Fsus4
F
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
take a picture, a shot that shows
Gm
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
Bb
Every one of us gleams and glows
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
Bb
Dm
Bb
With a special ap peal
Db
Bbm
Aim right here,
Ebm
Absus4
Db
Bbm
snap a shot to make crystal clear
Ebm
Db
Absus4
Db
For the permanent record,
Bbm
Ebm
Absus4
Fsus4
we're lookin' swell as we feel
F
Gm
Cm
Eb
Shine that light to il lumin
Fsus4
F
Gm
Bb
ate this side night too
Cm
Eb
Fsus4
F
Go for gold an d it's only right
Gm
Eb
Fsus4
D
to let it last for a while
G
Eb
So hold real still
D
Gm
Bb
Eb
while we savor this special chill
D
Gm
Bb
Eb
An d the man with the camera
Fsus4
Bb
F
Bb
will record that smile
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
Come on, kid, smile!
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
Dm
Gm
Okay, kid, smile!
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
Bb
Gm
Cm
Eb
Bb
Gm
Cm
Eb
F
Eb
Bb
I'm smiling because my cos
Bb
was designed and manufactured
F
Eb
Bb
right here in the state of California.
I'm smiling because last year
California citrus fruits
outsold
Florida citrus fruits 3 to 1.
I'm smiling because
The Oakland A's
are on their way to a pennant.
Absus4
Ab
Eb
Go, guys! Hey, hey,
F
Eb
hey, where do you think you're going?
F
Bb
I don't know what to do.
Eb
Bb
Eb
I'm so embarrassed.
Bb
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
I'm smiling, because our governor
Eb
Bb
Eb
is really doing something
Fsus4
about earthquake control.
F
Gm
Eb
When you've got two deep dimples,
F
Gm
it's simple not to.
Cm
Eb
F
Gm
Have a photograph, grab a shot, too.
Eb
D
Dm
Not gonna find me y 'all!
G
Eb
Look, you just had a lucky break.
I did?
Sure, they noticed you.
There are girls here
Bb
and pray for that to happen.
D
Now go out there and use it!
So hold real still,
Eb
get my little old lens of thrill.
D
Eb
Focus here and my camera
Fsus4
Bb
will record that smile.
F
Bb
Because the rebuilding of the
Eb
Pacific Coast Highway
Fsus4
Eb
is al most finished.
Bb
Because there's still a Californian
in the White House.
Eb
Smile!
Fsus4
Eb
Cause Knott's Berry Farm
Fsus4
is the world's fastest rollercoaster
Cause we live in a state
Eb
with equal opportunity
Fsus4
for all its citizens
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
Cause even if your umbrella breaks,
who needs an umbrella
when it's summertime in
Southern California?
They learn fast
F
Bb
Gm
Hold that pose,
Eb
Bb
want a picture of eyes like those
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
Want to capture that turned up nose,
Eb
Fsus4
that remarkable chin
Bb
F
Let's hear it, folks!
Bbm
Hold that please.
Ebm
Absus4
Bbm
Face the camera and say Swiss cheese.
Ebm
Absus4
Watch the birdie, that's great.
Ebm
Fsus4
F
That incredible grin!
Eb
Gm
Eb
Someday when you get older,
Gm
you'll feel a yin, too.
Eb
Pull the elbow, man.
F
Eb
Gm
Eb
Thank me, then you put this
G
Get this moment on fire!
D
Bb
Eb
And whenever a cold wind blows,
D
Gm
Eb
Bb
you can turn to your long -ago's
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
Bb
To find that smile!
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
Eb
Come on, kid, smile!
Fsus4
Bb
Gm
Okay, kid, smile!
Fsus4
I want that,
Eb
Fsus4
Eb
F
Eb
Fsus4
I need that
F
Bb
Gm
Cm
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
Gm
I love that smile!
Cm
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
Gm
Cm
Eb
B
You
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteBb F Db Eb Fsus4...
Mehr Songs von Howard Ashman
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
Ähnliche Songs
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
4.6
Beliebte Akkorde weltweit
Meistgespielte Akkorde & Tabs aller Nutzer