Dress Rehearsal Rag
Key: GEnglish
Verse
BmFour o'clock in the afternoon, Cmand I C#mdidn't feel like very much. A#m
BmI said to myself, "Where are you, golden boy, where's Cmyour C#mfamous golden touch?" A#m
BmI thought you knew where all of the Cmelephants C#mlie down, A#m
BmI thought you were the crown prince of all Cmthe C#mwheels in Iv'ry Town. A#m
BmJust take a look at your body A#mnow, AmThere's nothing much to save. A#m
BmAnd a bitter voice in the mirror cries "A#mHey, AmPrince, you need a shave." A#m
BmNow if you can manage to get your Cmtrembling C#mfingers to behave,
A#mWhy Bmdon't you try unwrapping a stainless steel Cmrazor C#mblade?
Chorus
That's right, Cmit's Bmcome to this. Yes, C#mit's come Amto this, C
A#And wasn't it a long Dway Gdown?
A#Ah wasn't it a Dstrange way Gdown?
Verse
There's no hot water and the cold is running thin,
Well, what do you expect from the kind of places you've been living in?
Don't drink from that cup, it's all caked up and cracked along the rim,
That's not electric light, my friend, that is your vision growing dim.
Cover up your face with soap, there, now you're Santa Claus,
And you got a gift for anyone who give you his applause.
I thought you were a racing man, ah, but you couldn't take the pace.
That's a funeral in the mirror, and it's stopping at your face.
Chorus
That's right, it's come to this.
Yes, it's come to this,
And wasn't it a long way down?
Ah, wasn't it a strange way down?
Verse
Once there was a path and girl with chestnut hair,
And you passed the summer picking all of the berries that grew there.
There were times she was a woman, there were times she was just a child,
And you held her in the shadow where the raspberries grow wild.
And you climbed the twilight mountains, and you sang about the view,
And ev'rywhere you wandered, love seemed to go along with you.
That's a hard one to remember, yes, it makes you clench your fist,
And the veins stand out like highways all along your wrist.
Chorus
That's right, it's come to this.
Yes, it's come to this,
And wasn't it a long way down?
Ah, wasn't it a strange way down?
Verse
You can still find a job, go out and talk to a friend,
On the back of every magazine, there are those coupons you can send.
Why don't you join the Rosicrucians? They will give you back your hope,
You can find your love with diagrams on a plain brown envelope.
But you've used up all coupons, except the one that seems
To be written on your wrist, along with several thousand dreams.
Now Santa Claus comes forward, that's a razor in his mitt,
And he puts on his dark glasses, and he C#mshows you where to hit.
Chorus
And then Cmthe Bmcameras pan, the Amstand-in stuntman,
A#Dress in Drehearsal Grag.
A#It's just the dress Drehearsal Grag,
A#You know this dress Drehearsal Grag,
A#It's just the dress Drehearsal Grag,