Phantom
of My Own Opera (zack26)
For the piano part, the C
augmented (C+) chord has a C in the left hand bass and in the right
hand is e-g#-c
For guitar there are several choices for
C+:
X-3-2-1-1-0 (easy to get to from a C chord),
X-X-6-5-5-4
Or if you want the G# bass note try 4-3-2-1-1-X (a bit
of a stretch)
C
C+ F
D7
| 1 2
3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2
3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |
C
G
C
G
| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2
3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2
3 4 |
C
C+
I’m the phantom of my own opera
F
D7
Oh don’t I know
it
C
G C
G
And I think of you,
sweetheart
I’m lurking in the shadows
of my memory
We
were going to have a circus in the bar
But the creature lurks
among us
The ghost of our past
The gho-o-ost of our
love
G
C
|
1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |
1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |
F C
G
(g a b – bass
notes)
| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3
4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3
4 |
G
And if I had my own way
C
I
always say that phrase
F
C
I thought
it was a phase
G
But
it wasn’t
(verse chords)
And so here I am
In my
baggy clown costume
Perform any funny trick and throw a kiss
to
the audience
And I’m wearing a mask
But you don’t have to
ask
Who I’m thinking about
And there’s a monkey in the
background
Hung by a rope from the ceiling
And I’m the villain,
acting fierce
And stretching whiskers toothsomely
(bridge
chords)
The phantom wears a black coat
Long trousers and a
derby
Stands erect and cracks the whip loudly
(verse
chords)
I’m the phantom of my own opera
I perform all the
parts
And I think of you, sweetheart
I’m even the
audience
And I can’t help thinking
We were going to have a
circus in the bar
Can’t pull the curtain
I can’t help
remembering
Turn a somersault after singing a verse
And the
song is never ending
And I never quit rehearsing
A
performance of a sad and twisted heart
(bridge chords)
And
if I had my own way
I don’t know what I’d do
I’d probably
wish it was you
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