Swing â's ã140 Nero Elena Ciampa

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4-bar intro: D-7/D-7b5/A-7/E7b9
A -7 E -7
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verse; 16 bars
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verse/prech 1: 1. I was born to serve and pro-tect; that's all I tried to do.
-voice&guitar only 2. I re - mem-ber back in high school we learnedA-boutA kingIn old Rome Town who
-strum 1x/every 2 bars or chord change
D -7 A -7 E7
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verse2

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ.
till brkdwn:

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-all in!
-skippy bass
5
I'm stuck now in a con - crete cell; we've been jailed for the coup.
danced and fid - dled on the hill like a fool, and gleefully watched his great cityBurn down.

A -7 E -7
&Œ œ œ œ œ j œ ‰ œj œ œ œ j Ó
œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ ˙
9
he told us to march for - ward, then he crooned, "I'll be there with you."
Cheating oth- ers won him his way; ForHisFan - cy life, the peo - ple paid. To

D -7 A -7 E7
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to - ge - ther, we would help pre - vent the steal from com - ing true. On- ly
have what he want - ed, he'd ma - nipu- late, div- ide, e- ven ifIt meantA bunch of good townsfolk died. On- ly-

F maj7 F ` 7(add maj 7) E -7 E `7

& œ Œ ‰œ Œ ‰ j‰ œ Ó
17
œ œ bœ œ bœ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
prechorus; la - ter did we learn he ne - ver walked the Mall with us.
8 bars la - ter - do we learn the burn was his very own plan.
b 1.
D -7 D mi7( 5) E7
∑ (m44)..
A -7
& œ œ œ ‰ j bœ œ œ Œ Ó Use D-7/G7
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ to transition out of
21 SOLOS & into BRIDGE
may - be my mis - take was sub - bing ad - mir - a - tion for trust.
Int-'res-ted in only-his cares, he was bare - ly hu - man.
b
2. A -7 E7 F maj7 E 7( 9) A -7
& Œ Ó Ó ‰œ j Œ Œ œ ‰ j Œ Ó ∑
chorus; œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ
16 bars 25 Ne- ro, I'm just a reg - u - lar guy.
Oh,
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7 7 (b 9)
F maj E A -7
& œ œ ‰ œj œj ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó ∑
31 Hon - or, re - spect, and the good Lord keep me in - spired.

‰ œj œ œ œ œ
G -7 G `7 F maj7
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œ ‰ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ Œ ∑
35 I gave you my help, but then all hell let fly.
b
F -7
j
D -7
jbœ D mi7( 5)
‰ j œ
& bœ. œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ. œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ
39 Who was it that lied? With whom have you con - spired? You're mak - ing me tired.
2.
1. D -7 G7
& .. ..
SOLOS: Use Verse & Prechorus∑ (24 bars total). to transition ∑
from solos to bridge, use D-7/G7 (bar 44) instead of E7(bar24)
43

C -7 D `7 F `7
&Ó b œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œj œ œ œ œ ∑
œœœ œ ˙
bridge:
16 bars
45
Life was much calm - er be - fore I got so in - volved.
C -7 D `7 F `7
& Œ ‰ b œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œj œ œ œ œ ∑
œœœ œ ˙
49
Sud- den- ly, there were prob - lems that need - ed to be re- solved.

F maj7 E -7 C maj7
&Ó œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó
3

53
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I can't re - mem - ber the last time i danced with my gal.
b b
F maj7 E -7 C maj7 B mi7( 5) e 7( 9)
&‰ j œ œ œ j Ó Œ
57 œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ ˙ œ
What I'd give to drop in and see my mom and dad. Oh,
m. 61-68 breakdown:
b
voice, bass, hihat only
F maj7 E 7( 9) A -7
& œ Œ Œ ‰ j j‰ Œ Ó Ó Œ ‰ j
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
61
Ner - o, your spell on me has ex - pired. The
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BREAKDOWN/BUILDUP m.61-76
-m.61-68:strip away all but vocal, bass & hi-hat.
-gradually bring in instruments while staying fairly quiet.
-m.73: drums build frequency of hits to lead up to big final chorus starting in m.77
7 7 (b 9)
F maj E A -7
œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ j
&œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ Ó ∑
65
time has come for me to stop feed - ing your ire.

‰ œj œ œ œ œ
G -7 G `7 F maj7
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œ ‰ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ ˙ Ó Œ ‰
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I gave you my help; and now, my life's been mired. Tell me
b
j bœ œ œ œ ‰ bœ U
œ œ œj
F -7 D -7 D mi7( 5)
& b œ . œj œ œ œ œ ˙
Œ
œ œ. œ œ
73
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why'd you have to lie? Can't you see what's trans - pired? (It makes me so tired.)
b
F maj7 E 7( 9) A -7
& œ œ Œ Œ
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‰ j Œ Ó ∑
œ œa regœ - œu - larœ œguy. œ
CHORUS/
OUTRO
77 Ne - ro, I'm just
b
F maj7 E 7( 9) A -7
& œ œ ‰ j œj ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó ∑
81 Hon - or,
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re - spect, and the Lord a - bove help me get by.

‰ œj œ œ œ œ
G -7 G `7 F maj7
&Œ j‰ ‰ j œ œ œ œ Œ ∑
œ œ œ
85 I gave you my help, but then all hell let fly.
b F ` 7/G
F -7 D -7
jbœ œ U D mi7( 5)
& b œ . œj œ œ œ œ ˙
Œ
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89 Who was it that lied? With whom have you con - spired? I'm tired.