SONG: Jack's Lament ARTIST: Danny Elfman From the musical, The Nightmare Before Christmas Bbm F/A There are few who'd deny C#/Ab Gm9b5 At what I do I am the best F# F Ebm For my talents are renowned far and wide C C#dim7 When it comes to suprises C/E Ebm/Bb On a moonlit night C7 F7 I excel without ever even trying Ebm Bb7 With the slightest little effort Ebm Fdim Of my ghost like charms Ebm E I have seen grown men give out a shriek Abdim Ebm With the wave of my hand Bb7 Ebm And a well placed moan Bb7 Ebm I have swept the very bravest off their feet Bb7 Bm Yet year after year E D#dim7 It's the same routine Bb And I grow so weary D#dim7 Bb7/F Of the sound of screams F#dim7 And I Ebm JACK..THE PUMPKIN KING B7 Bb7 F#dim Have grown so tired of the same Ebdim old Bb thing D#dim7 Gm A7/G Em Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones Am6 Em Am6 Em An emptiness began to grow D#dim7 Gm/D A/C# Em/B There's something out there far from my home Am6 Em6 B7 Em6 A longing that I've never known Em B/D# G/D C#m9b5 I'm a master of fright and a demon of light C B Am And I'll scare you right out of your pants F# Gdim7 F#/Bb Am/E To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky F#7 B And I'm known throughout England and France Am Bdim Am/C Ddim And since I am dead, I can take off my head Am Bb To recite Shakesperean quotations Ddim7 Am E7 Am No animal nor man can SCREAM like I can E7 Am With the fury of my recitations E7 Fm Bb Adim7 But who here would ever understand E7 Am6 E7/B That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin Cdim7 Am F#m/C# Would tire of his crown, If they only C#7 F#m understood D7 C#7 F#m D He'd give it all up, if he only C#b9 C#(no5) could.... Fdim7 Am B7/A F#m Oh theres an empty place in my bones Bm6 F#m Bm6 F#m That calls out for something unknown Fdim7 Am/E B/D# F#m/C# The fame and praise come year after year Bm6 F#m6 C#7 F#m Does nothing for these empty tears....