From p.balm@cwctv.net
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 01:33:41 +0100


A SOAPBOX OPERA

Em                            Gma7
I hear   only what I         want to hear
Hey there you tell me you're a holyman
May be well tell me what I'm living for
      Cmaj7
but I have to believe in something
but although I am just a beginner
cause I feel like I'm tossed in the 
       Am
      have to believe just onething
      I don't see you as a winner
middle have you a son to deliver
     D                          G
I say father washington you're all mixed
I say sister robinson you're all washed
I say father washington you're all mixed
Bm F                        C       Em
up collecting sinners in an old tin cup
up collecting teardrops in a paper cup 
up collecting sinners in a old tin cup
D                            G        Bm
Who'll spare a listen for a restless fool
if I could tell you what you need to know
you tell the children what they need to 
     F
    there's something missing when I
    if I could help you to get
know %coda
C           Em  1.  
lead your rule     well
on with the show
       (132020)
2. Gma7  Bm7-5  C/G  C  Bm

Am                                 G
But rather than a reason there's a smog
      Bm             Bm7-5        C/G
in my head makes me feel what you said
            D13(775000) D7(575000)
just wasn't true.      so what am I to
D13  D7                D13   D7
do  well what is he to do     oh what is 
          Eb(6th) F  G
there to do

Eb(6th) F    G      Eb(6th)   F  
Whoa   whoa whoa
Eb(6th) F  Eb(6th)  F  G

%coda  F                             C
      but will they listen when it's time
   Em      D                       G
to go  oh  sister robinson you're all
       Bm  F                        C
washed up collecting teardrops in a paper
 Em  D                      G        Bm
cup can some tell me what I need to know
F                       C           Em
can some help me to get on with the show
Eb+      Em   C#m7-5
(300100)     (000040)



Cheers
Paul