Something Following Me

(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

(solo piano, 6/8):

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Verse 1:

While standing at the junction

On 42nd Street

I idly kicked a pebble

Lyin' near my feet

Whoa, I hear a weird noise

Take a look up and down

The cause of the commotion

Is right there on the ground

Em Em+7/D#

Imagine my surprise

Thought I'd left it at home yeah

But there's no doubt about it its my

Own tombstone

Verse 2:

I went into a shop

Bought a loaf of bread

I sunk my teeth into it

Thought I'd busted my head

Oh, I dashed to the dentist

Hey, hey, I got an awful pain, yeah

This man looks in my mouth and screams

This boy's insane

Imagine my surprise

Thought I'd left it at home, yeah

There's a lump in my mouth of my

Own tombstone

Instrumental break:

(abbreviated verse: piano solo over first four lines; guitar solo

from "Imagine my surprise" onward)

Verse 3:

I went in to see a movie

Got the only empty seat

I tried to stretch out in it

Something blockin' my feet

Finally the lights came up

And I could clearly see

A slab of engraved marble

Just starin' up at me

Imagine my surprise

I thought I'd left it at home

There's no doubt I'm sittin on my

Em Am Em [end cold]

Own tombstone

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers