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Chord Pattern 1
DO SOL
Beethoven's gone but his music lives on,
LAm MIm
And Mozart don't go shopping no more.
FA DO
You'll never meet Liszt or Brahms again,
FA SOL
And Elgar doesn't answer the door.
Chord Pattern 2
DO SOL
Schubert and Chopin used to chuckle and laugh,
LAm MIm
Whilst composing a long symphony.
FA DO
But one hundred and fifty years later,
SOL DO
There's very little of them left to see.
DO SOL DO SOL FA SOL
They're Decomposing composers, there's not much anyone can do.
DO SOL FA SOL DO
You can still hear Beethoven, but Beethoven cannot hear you.
Chord Pattern 1
Handel and Haydn and Rachmaninov,
Enjoyed a nice drink with their meal.
But nowadays no one will serve them,
And there gravy is left to congeal
Chord Pattern 2
Verdi and Wagner delighted the crowds,
With their highly original sounds.
The pianos they played are still working,
But they're both six feet underground.
Same Chords as Chorus
(Be warned the rhythm of the last line is different to that of the first chorus.
Start the C chord on "say". Hope this is clear.)
They're decomposing composers. There's less of them every year.
You can say what you like to Debussy, But there's not much of him left to hear
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