The Musical Box

Key: F-sharp major, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 148

Intro: {Acoustic guitars only, quietly}
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|F#        |     Bm  F# |Bm6       |      F#  Bm |
|F#        |     Bm  F# |Bm6       |            ||


Verse A-1: (0:13-) {Tempo: 145}
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|Bm     |        |F#   |
 Play me Old King Cole
|       |Bm   |         |F#   |
    That I may join with you,
|         |A         |       |D       |   |
  All your hearts now seem so far from me
|   |               |A     |    |    |F#m(1st x only)
  It hardly seems to matter now.


[Verse A-2] (0:42-) {Enters electric guitar}
        ||
 And the  nurse will tell you lies
 Of a kingdom beyond the skies.
 But I am lost within this half-world,
 It hardly seems to matter now.


Verse B: (1:12-)
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|:E              |   |F#                  |     :|
  Play me my song.    Here it comes again.______  (x 2)


Interlude A: (1:28-) {Enters flute}
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|:F#5     |    G5  |F#5     |    E5  :|(X 2)
 
|F#5      |    G5  ||


Verse C: (1:42-)
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 |F#m                 |
 (Round, round, round,  round, round..)
      |Bm/F#      |         |F#m            |     |
Just a little bit,    just a little bit more time,
|Bm/F#       |           |F#m     |           ||
 Time left to live out my life.       (la, la)
|          |                |
   (La, la)   La, la, la, la 
|Am              |            |     |     ||
 La,_____ la, la, la, la, la____________


Interlude B: (2:09-) {Enters flute}
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|:D    |     |G    |    :| (x 2)

|D/F#  |     |Am   |     |     ||
|F#sus2|     |     |     |
|Am    |     |     |     |
|F#m   |     |     |     |
|Am    |     |     |     ||

{Slower, tempo: 130} (2:59-)
|A    ||:E    |D/A   :|| (x 4)

{No drums} (3:15-)
|A    |     |     |     ||


 (Verse B) (3:22-)


Interlude C: (3:38-) 
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{Enter hard guitars}
|F#m  |    |

{Enters Hammond; accelerando & crescendo }
|:F#m |    |    |    |E   |    |    |   :|(x 2)

{Enters fast guitar solo} (4:10-)
||:F#m|    |    |    |E   |    |    |    |
|D    |    |    |   :|| (x 2)


Verse D: (4:48-) {Mezzo piano; enters synth, no bass} 
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|F#m |    |B   |    |Bm7 |    |F#m |  B ||

  |F#m     |          |B        |
   Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
        |Bm7      |        |F#m  |
   And a merry old soul was he.
 | B    ||F#m           |
   So he  called for his pipe,
         |B             |
   And he called for his bowl,
         |Bm7           |        |F#m  
   And he called for his fiddlers three.

  {Diminuendo & ritardando}
      ||F#m   |       |E    |
   The  clock,    tick-tock,
         |D           |      |
   On the mantlepiece,  and I want,
        |           |           |
   And I feel, and I know, and I touch,


Interlude D: (5:50-) {Fortisssimo; enter guitar solo & bass}
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    ||F#m  |    |    |    ||:E   |F#m :||(x 4)
 The  wall._____

|F#m/B  |   A/C# |D     |E     ||

{Enters organ solo} (6:12-)
|F#m  Bm/F# |'/,||:E    |F#m  :|| (x 4)

{Re-enters guitar solo} (6:28-)
|F#m/B  |   A/C# |D     |E     ||
|:E     |F#m    :| (x 4)
||F#m/B |   A/C# |D     |E     ||
|:F#m |    |    |    |E   |   :| (x 4)
||F#m |    |    |    ||


["Closing Section"]
Verse E-1: (7:37-) {Mezzo piano, only with acoustic guitar}
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|F#sus4|     |     |     ||

|D#m  D#sus4 |       '/,     | '/, | '/, |
      She's a lady, she's got time,
|C#sus4         |     |Bsus4           |
 Brush back your hair,      and let me 
 (Yes, she's got time       for she's a)
|       Esus2    |F#    |   E5 |F#   |   E5 ||
 get to know your face.
(lady.______________)


[Verse E-2] (8:05-)

    She's a lady, she is mine. 
    Oh, brush back your hair, and let me 
    get to know your flesh.


Coda: (8:34-) {Enter Hammond, bass & drums}
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|F#  B  |C#  F# |    B |C#  F# 

     C#  |Ebm              Bb/D |Ebm   Bb/D |Bbm/Db  Ab/C |
I've been waiting here for so    long
|B     D#m/A#  |F#              E/F# |F#   E/F#  F# |
   And all this time has passed me    by
|E   F#/E |E  F#/E   E       F#/E   |B/F#       |    |
                  It doesn't seem to matter now
|F#   |     ||

{Forte} (9:01-)
|F#     B          |C#        F#      |         B |
    You stand there with your fixed ex-pression
|C#  F#  C# |Ebm          Bb/D |Ebm        Bb/D |Bbm/Db  Ab/C |
     Casting doubt on all I     have to say.
|B     D#m/A#   |F#        E/F#  |F#
   Why don't you touch me, touch  me,
    E/F#  F# |E         F#/E |E   F#/E   E      F#/E ||
Why don't you touch me, touch me,        touch  me

{Crescendo} (9:21-)
 |B/F#     |         |F#    |      |
  now, now, now, now, now,
|:B        |         |F#    |     :|
  now, now, now, now, now,
  now, now, now, now, now,
  now, now, now, now,_____

|B        |         ||
 now, now, now, now,_____

{Guitar solo} (9:52-)
|B     |      |C#    |      |F#    |     |
|B     |C#    |F#    |B  C# |F#   B  C# ||
              {Tempo rubato}
|F#    |     ||   C#  |F#   C# |  F#   |      || 

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