Turning turtle Akkorde von
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep

N/A2 Aufrufe
Tonart: Bb minor
Verse 1
Gm
Gm

Turning turtle? What exactly
does that mean?
It means my whole world goes flippity
flop like a turtle on its back
And I don't know my up from
my down, my east from my west
Dm
Dm

D
D

My topsy from my bottomsy
Verse 2
Dm
Dm

Gm
Gm

If you bring something
broken on a Thursday
I'll make new, with my glue,
F
F

Gm
Gm

pins and thread
F
F

But you bring whatever
Bb
Bb

F
F

G#m
G#m

broken on a Friday
E
E

C#m
C#m

I will mend and then spend
Eb
Eb

G#
G#

the day in bed
Eb
Eb

Children, Satur, Sun and Mondays
are just everything is fun days
But in the second week,
C#m
C#m

E
E

I wear a frown
Am
Am

For, I know that after Tuesday comes
F
F

the Topsy get's bad news day
Am
Am

F
F

It's the dreaded second Wednesday
F#
F#

When from nine to noon,
E
E

Am
Am

my life turns upside down
E
E

Am
Am

E
E

Am
Am

Verse 3
E
E

F
F

Am
Am

Bdim
Bdim

If fast is slow, low is high,
Am
Am

E
E

Am
Am

E
E

stop is go and that is why
Am
Am

Every second Wednesday
F
F

Am
Am

is a hurdle
C#dim
C#dim

Dm
Dm

From eight to nine, all is well
F
F

Then I roll over on my shell
E
E

And all because the world is turning turtle
Verse 4
E
E

Am
Am

Bm
Bm

Day is night, dog is cat,
E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

black is white, thin is fat
Am
Am

That is why I'm loosening
Bdim
Bdim

F
F

up my girdle
Bdim
Bdim

C
C

Dm
Dm

I cannot help this
F
F

charming troop
Don't lock me, 'cause I'm in this soup
E
E

And why? Because the world
Am
Am

is turning turtle
Verse 5
Adim
Adim

F
F

Oh, woe is me,
Am
Am

I'm as opposite as I can be
F
F

E
E

I long for Thursdays when the world
Am
Am

Dm
Dm

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

is drab
F
F

When will it cease? Now my life
Am
Am

F
F

resembles War and Peace
E
E

That Tolstoy certainly had the gift of gab,
Verse 6
I couldn't get through it
E
E

Am
Am

B
B

Bottom's top, ying is yang,
Adim
Adim

Am
Am

E
E

peace and quiet's Sturm und Drang
Am
Am

E
E

Tuesday nights,
Eaug
Eaug

E
E

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

Am
Am

my blood begins to curdle
Aaug
Aaug

Dm
Dm

East is west, in is out,
F
F

E
E

and that is why I need to shout
Oh, no!
Adim
Adim

The world is turning turtle
Am
Am

F
F

Adim
Adim

Am
Am

Verse 7
F
F

Oh, if you had come some other morn'
You wouldn't have found
Am
Am

F
F

me so forlorn
Am
Am

F
F

But, since the day that I was born
Am
Am

Second Wednesday is on the fritz
F
F

I couldn't mend this to save my soul
Am
Am

F
F

If this keeps up, I'll dig a hole
Am
Am

F
F

You say life's a cherry bowl
Am
Am

But Wednesday's full of pits
Verse 8
Dm
Dm

F
F

Tell us, can you fix this drum?
Am
Am

Well, today it's looking glum
F
F

Can you mend this crack
Dm
Dm

and broken string?
F
F

C#m
C#m

E
E

Perhaps, if you all lend a hand
F
F

Am
Am

Our fingers are at your command
G#
G#

A broken song, but still can sing
G#m
G#m

C#m
C#m

Let's do the turtle swing
Interlude 1
C#m
C#m

A
A

Ebdim
Ebdim

F#m
F#m

Ebdim
Ebdim

Adim
Adim

G#
G#

C#dim
C#dim

A
A

Gdim
Gdim

D#
D#

G#
G#

C#m
C#m

F#m
F#m

Gdim
Gdim

G#
G#

Am
Am

G#
G#

E#
E#

G#
G#

C#m
C#m

Dm
Dm

D
D

F#
F#

Bb
Bb

F
F

Ebaug
Ebaug

Verse 9
F
F

Eb
Eb

Oh, woe is me
Gm
Gm

Now I'm on my head
How can that be?
Eb
Eb

A
A

D
D

Gm
Gm

Well, you say woe, but I say lucky you
Am
Am

F
F

Lucky me?
Bdim
Bdim

F
F

Eb
Eb

Yes, here on your head,
Gm
Gm

"A" is far behind and led by zed
A
A

It's good to get a different
D
D

Eb
Eb

point of view
Verse 10
You see, when the world
turns upside down
The best thing is turn right along with it
I do see
F
F

Dm
Dm

E
E

F#
F#

From down here, things look right side up
Am
Am

I wouldn't mind see ing
things from that angle
F
F

Sounds like fun
C
C

F
F

Can we?
B
B

Dm
Dm

Very well, flippity flop
Eb
Eb

E
E

Verse 11
E
E

Am
Am

Near is far and here is there
Bm
Bm

B
B

Turtles turning everywhere
E
E

Bm
Bm

Things are get ting clear
Am
Am

F
F

E
E

Then knock on wood my dear
Dm
Dm

When you change the view
Verse 12
Dm
Dm

from
where you stood
F
F

Am
Am

The things you view will change
F#dim
F#dim

Am
Am

E
E

for good
Verse 13
E
E

I never thought of things that way
She never thought of things that way
Now Wednesdays are my favorite days
E
E

Now Wednesdays are her
favorite days
'Cause that's the day,
I'm quite contrary
And now, thanks to cousin Mary
F
F

I have changed, to be exact,
I love the fact
E
E

Am
Am

The world is turning turtle, turtle, turtle

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