Key: B
Introduction:
C7M
"Seven days" was all she wrote
D# A#
A kind of ultimatum note
G F F9
She gave to me, she gave to me
C7M
When I thought the field had cleared
D# A#
It seems another suit appeared
G E
To challenge me, woe is me
C7M
Though I hate to make a choice
D# A# G
My options are decreasing mostly rapidly
F F9
Well we'll see
C7M
I don't think she'd bluff this time
D# A#
I really have to make her mine
G
It's plain to see
E E7
It's him or me
F7M F7M/F# G
Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
E7/G# Am
If I make up my mind
F7M G E7/G# Am
Wednesday would be fine, Thursday's on my mind
Friday give me time, Saturday could wait
Fm C7M
But Sunday'd be too late
C7M
The fact he's over six feet ten
D# A#
Might instill fear in other men
G F F9
But not in me, The Mighty Flea (flee?)
C7M
Ask if I am mouse or man
D# A#
The mirror squeaked, away I ran
G E
He'll murder me in time for his tea
C7M
Does it bother me at all
D# A# G
My rival is Neanderthal it makes me think
F F9
Perhaps I need a drink
C7M
IQ is no problem here
D# A# G
We won't be playing scrabble for her hand I fear
E E7
I need that beer
F7M F7M/F# G
Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
E7/G# Am
If I make up my mind
F7M G E7/G# Am
Wednesday would be fine, Thursday's on my mind
Friday give me time, Saturday could wait
Fm C7M
But Sunday'd be too late
A# C7M
Seven days will quickly go
A# C7M
The fact remains, I love her so
A# F
Seven days, so many ways
A# C7M
But I can't run away
F7M F7M/F# G
Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
E7/G# Am
If I make up my mind
F7M G E7/G# Am
Wednesday would be fine, Thursday's on my mind
Friday give me time, Saturday could wait
Fm C7M
But Sunday'd be too late
C7M
Do I have to tell a story
A# C7M A#
Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
C7M
It's a big enough umbrella
A# C7M A# C
But it's always me that ends up getting wet