"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"
(Eric Carmen)

Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])

FF Piano Chord 
     Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
 BbBb Piano Chord 
          GmGm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-1-------1-0-----|-------1---------
-1-----1---1--1h3|-----3---3-3-5-5-
-2---2-----2---3-|---3-----3-3-5-5-
-3-3-------3---3-|---------5-5-5-5-
-----------0---1-|-------------3-3-
-1---------------|---------3-3-----

Verse 1:

FF Piano Chord 
              Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
  GmGm Piano Chord 

Well I know it sounds funny
CC Piano Chord 
       FF Piano Chord 
              Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
 BbBb Piano Chord 
  GmGm Piano Chord 

But I'm not in it for the money,   no
CC Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 
         Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
  GmGm Piano Chord 

I don't need no reputation
CC Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 
            Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
  GmGm Piano Chord 

And I'm not in it for the show

[band enters]

Chorus:

CC Piano Chord 
    FF Piano Chord 
       Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
    BbBb Piano Chord 
  GmGm Piano Chord 

I just want a hit record, yeah
CC Piano Chord 
     FF Piano Chord 
           Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
 BbBb Piano Chord 
  GmGm Piano Chord 

Wanna hear it on the radio
CC Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 
      Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
  GmGm Piano Chord 

Want a big hit record, yeah
CC Piano Chord 
        FF Piano Chord 
        Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 

One that everybody's got to know

Post-chorus:

CC Piano Chord 
                            Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 
 BbBb Piano Chord 

Well if the program director don't pull it
CC Piano Chord 
                  Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 

It's time to get back the bullet
CC Piano Chord 

So bring the group down to the station
Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 
 BbBb Piano Chord 
   Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 
 BbBb Piano Chord 

You're gonna be an overnight sensation

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Piano Chord 
     Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Piano Chord 
     Ebmaj7/G   Abmaj9
Bb-D-Eb-G  A-Bb-D-F   G-Bb-D-Eb  C-Eb-G-Bb   :- r.h. keyboard voicings

[guitar solo over intro chord progression, 1X]

Verse 2:

I've been tryin' to write the lyric
Non-offensive but satiric too
And if you put it in the A-slot
It's just got to make a mint for you

[repeat chorus]

[repeat post-chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"]

Bridge:

Gb/DbGb/Db Piano Chord 
      DbDb Piano Chord 
         Gb/DbGb/Db Piano Chord 
   DbDb Piano Chord 

I fit those words to a good melody
Gb/DbGb/Db Piano Chord 
           DbDb Piano Chord 
           Gb/DbGb/Db Piano Chord 
    DbDb Piano Chord 

Amazing how success has been ignoring me
Db/CbDb/Cb Piano Chord 
  CbCb Piano Chord 
  Db/CbDb/Cb Piano Chord 
  CbCb Piano Chord 

So long
Gb/DbGb/Db Piano Chord 
    DbDb Piano Chord 
          Gb/DbGb/Db Piano Chord 
     DbDb Piano Chord 

I use my bread making demos all day
Gb/DbGb/Db Piano Chord 
           DbDb Piano Chord 
              Gb/DbGb/Db Piano Chord 
    DbDb Piano Chord 

Writing in the night while in my head I hear
Db/CbDb/Cb Piano Chord 
   CbCb Piano Chord 
  Db/CbDb/Cb Piano Chord 
  CbCb Piano Chord 

The record play
AaddB  GmGm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

Hear it play

Coda:

[through radio]:

FF Piano Chord 
   Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
  GmGm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

Hit record, yeah
(CC Piano Chord 
)    FF Piano Chord 
  Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
   GmGm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

Wanna hit record, yeah

[band fades in]

FF Piano Chord 
  Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
            GmGm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

Wanna hit record, yeah			[9X; drums enter 3rd time]
(4,6,8: number one)

[band drops out]

[piano/vocal improvisation intro chords, 6X (fade 3rd time)]

[2-bar drum fill w/overdubbed firecrackers]

[band re-enters]

FF Piano Chord 
  Fmaj7/AFmaj7/A Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
   GmGm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

Wanna hit record, yeah			[repeat to fade]

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers