Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

(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

  +7/

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

  [end cold]

Own tombstone

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers