Lucky One

By Michael Penn

Things to note:

• I did this with a capo on 3... 'tis your choice.
• Got a tympani or two handy? How about chimes? Yeah? Good. Use them here.
• This is in a nice, forward moving 4/4. Don't rush it though.
• Is this the MP4 version of "Try"??.........
• Enjoy this one. As the instructions in the album say, play it LOUD.

[intro]
D
C
Em
A

D
C
Em
A

D                 D7
I'm sending out a call to arms

G               A 
from the cities to the farms

D                D7
to the sounding of alarms

G               A 
with all the bells and whistles


D              D7
took my prize, hung my plaque

G               A 
pat our big collective back

D            Bm
and then got drunk on

F#m          Bm
crackerjack

G                A
and e-mailed my epistle

[Chorus]
Bm                 F#m
Well I must be the lucky one

Em              D    A
the luckiest in Luckydom

Bm              A
who reached the moon but

G        F#m
wound up numb

Gm
now that I've had my fun

Gm              A
here comes the millennium


[1 bar interlude]
D
C
Em
A


D       F#m  Bm   C 
Knowing love everyday
 
   G             A
my baby wants to be that way

D                   D7
but I can't bring myself to say

G                    A
how I can't hope for crying

D          A      Bm         C
things got bad,  things got worse

G            A
I got loaded in a hearse when

D     Bm     F#m   Bm     
all I needed was a nurse

G                    A
believe me, I'm not lying

Bm            F#m
I must be the lucky one

Em              D    A
the luckiest in Luckydom

Bm              A
who reached the moon but

G        F#        
wound up numb

Gm
now that I've had my fun

Gm              A
here comes the millennium


[key change]
B
B7
E
F#

Bm  A
G7  A
G   D
Em  F#


     Bm             F#m 
Well I must be the lucky one

        Em          D    A
I'm the luckiest in Luckydom

    Em               
who reached the moon but

A        Bbm   [<--that's a B-flat minor]
wound up numb


Bm     A      G     F#m
I must be the lucky one

Em              D    A
the luckiest in Luckydom

Em
who reached the moon but

A
wound up numb

Gm
let's call this party done

Gm  A
here comes the millennium

[tag]
Bm      A

G       A
Such a lucky one

G       D
Such a lucky one

Em

F#
 
[REPEAT and fade]