The Haunted Phonograph

Fm
I curse the day I bought that phonograph for you, my dear
    Eb                C7               Fm
For there are times I swear that it's alive
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I chase at night the whispering from the music room so clear
        Ab                 C7           Fm
But I'm mocked with silent scorn when I arrive

Fm
I try to play Caruso but the needle skips the groove
      Eb          C7                Fm
While calypso and Ravel keep coming back
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And there beside that damned machine, you lie and never move
    Ab           C7               Fm
I'm cuckolded by metal and shallac

[Chorus]
   Db                             Ab
It comes to me in dreams and it declares, "I'm Joan of Arc
         Eb               C7         Fm
"You can burn me but I've power from above"
      Db                                  Ab
But I fear it's not a dream and you'll be swallowed in its darkness
        Eb                 C7             Fm
It will one day speak your words for you, my love

[Verse 2]
Fm
I tried to throw it out but back again the trashmen came
          Eb               C7                 Fm
They were ashen white like they'd seen Father Death
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And they told me that it cried aloud and spoke to them by name
          Ab                  C7                 Fm
So they returned it, ran, and prayed under their breath

Fm
And every night I long to coax you from that phonograph
         Eb              C7           Fm
But it's drained the appetites I once fulfilled
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Its gaping mouth, obscene and wide, turns every tune to laughter
        Ab           C7                  Fm
And its arm it waves commands to have me killed

[Chorus]
   Db                             Ab
It comes to me in dreams and it declares, "I'm Joan of Arc
         Eb               C7         Fm
"You can burn me but I've power from above"
      Db                                  Ab
But I fear it's not a dream and you'll be swallowed in its darkness
        Eb                 C7                Fm
It will one day speak your words for you, my love

[Interlude]
Fm
Eb C7 Fm
C7
Ab C7 Fm

[Verse 3]
Fm
And now that you've gone deaf to every word that I could say
    Eb               C7              Fm
I'm reaching out the only way you'll hear
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I beg into a microphone for you to turn my way
            Ab               C7       Fm
And with my voice on wax, my body disappears

Fm
So play me on your phonograph and swear that I'll be yours
            Eb                  C7           Fm
Though your heart and voice can nevermore be won
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Just drag that needle on me as I spin my loving course

Ab
Dreaming only of your kiss
Ab
All the charms of yours I miss
A
As I pop and as I hiss
Bb
Spiraling into the abyss
B
Oh my god, it's come to this
           Fm
We've been undone

[Outro]
F
Put another record on
Dm
Play that music all night long
    G               C                 F    Fm
And by the break of dawn, we'll be in love
F
Put another record on
Dm
Play that music all night long
    G               C                 F    Fm
And by the break of dawn, we'll be in love