Key: E
Introduction: Cm9
Cm9/G
Cm9
I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
C#7
They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch
G7
G7(sus4)
But you'll find that nowadays
G7
I've mended all my ways
G#
C#
G
G7
Repented, seen the light, and made a switch
Cm9
Cm9/G
And I fortunately know a little magic
C#7
It's a talent that I always have possessed
G7
And dear lady, please don't laugh
G7
I use it on behalf
G#
C#
G7(4)
G/F
Of the miserable, the lonely, and depressed (pathetic)
Cm9
Poor unfortunate souls
Dm7(b5)
G7
Cm9
In pain, in need
Dm7(b5)
G7
This one longing to be thinner
Cm9
Cm
That one wants to get the girl
D7
And do I help them?
Dm7(b5)
G7
Yes, indeed
Cm9
Those poor unfortunate souls
Dm7(b5)
G7
Cm9
So sad, so true
Dm7(b5)
G7
They come flocking to my cauldron
Cm9
Crying, "Spells, Ursula, please!"
Dm7(b5)
G7
And I help them!
Cm7
Yes I do
Dm7(b5)
Now it's happened once or twice
Fm6
Someone couldn't pay the price
G7(4)
G7
C
And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals
D#
Yes I've had the odd complaint
G#
C#
But on the whole I've been a saint
Cm/G
G7
Cm9
To those poor unfortunate souls
Cm
Cm/G
Have we got a deal?
Dm9
Dm9/A
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Dm9
The men up there don't like a lot of blabber
D#
They think a girl who gossips is a bore!
A7
Yet on land it's much prefered for ladies not to say a word
A#
Eb
A7
A/G
And after all dear, what is idle babble for?
Dm9
Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
D#
True gentlemen avoid it when they can
A7
But they dote and swoon and fawn on a lady who's withdrawn
A#
D#
A7
A/G
It's she who holds her tongue who get's a man
Dm9
Come on you poor unfortunate soul
Em7(b5)
A7
Dm9
Gº
ahead!
Em7(b5)
A7
Dm9
Dm9/F
I'm a very busy woman and I haven't got all day
E7
It won't cost much
A7
Just your voice!
Dm9
You poor unfortunate soul
Em7(b5)
A7
Dm9
It's sad but true
A7
If you want to cross the bridge, my sweet
Dm
You've got the pay the toll
A7
Take a gulp and take a breath
A7
And go ahead and sign the scroll
A7
Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys
Dm
F7+/C
Dm/B
The boss is on a roll
A#9
A7
Dm
This poor unfortunate soul