SONG: Timeless To Me
ARTIST: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
From the musical, Hairspray
Intro:
E C#m7 F#m7 F#m7/B
E C#m7 F#m7 B13#9
E6
Styles keep a changin'
Gdim7(#5) Gdim7
The world's re arrangin'
F#m7 Bdim7 F#m/A Fdim7
But Edna, you're timeless to me
F#m7
Hemlines are shorter
B9 A7/B
A beer costs a quarter
E6 C#m7 Cm7
But time cannot take what comes free
Bm7 Bm9 E9
You're like a stinky old cheese, babe
A6 G#7(#9)/E A6
Just gettin' riper with age
C#m7 C#9 F#9 F9 F#9
You're like a fatal disease, babe
Fm7 F#m7
But there's no cure
C9+ B9 B13(b9)
So let this fever rage
E6
Some folks can't stand it
Gdim7(#5)
Say time is a bandit
F#m7 F#m7
But i take the opposite view
D#m7(b5)
Cause when i need a lift
G#7
Time brings a gift
C#m7 Cm7 Bm7 E7 E9
Another day with you
A6
A twist or a waltz
A#dim7
It's all the same schmaltz
E6/B D#aug D9(#11) C#7
With just a change in the scenery
F#m7
You'll never be old hat
G9(#11) F#m7
That's that!
B7(b9) E6 G9
You're timeless to me
C6
Fads keep a fadin'
D#dim7(#5) D#dim7
Castro's invading!
Dm7 Gdim7 Dm7
But wilbur, you're timeless to me
Gdim7 Dm7
Hairdos are higher
G#9 G9 Cdim7/G
Mine feels like barbed wire
C6 Am7 G#m7
But you say i'm chic as can be!
Gm7 Gm9 C9 C9(#5)
You're like a rare vintage ripple
F6 E(#9)/C F6
A vintage they'll never forget
Am7 Am9 D9
So pour me a teeny weenie triple
C#m7 Dm7 G#9(#5) G9 G13(b9)
And we can toast the fact we ain't dead yet!
C6/9
I can't stop eating
G#7/D#
Your hairline's receding
Dm7
Soon there'll be nothing at all
Bm7(b5)
So, you'll wear a wig
E7(b9)
While i roast a pig
Am7 G#m7 Gm7Gm11 C13
Hey! Pass that geritol
F6
Glenn Miller had class
F#dim7
That Chubby Checker's a gas
C6/G Baug7 A#9(#11) A7
But they all pass eventually
Dm7
You'll never be passe
D#9 Dm7
Hip hooray!
G7(b9) C6
You're timeless to me
G#7 C#6 Edim D#m7
G#7 G#7+ C#6
A#m7 Am7
G#m7 G#m9 C#9
You're like a broken down chevy
C#7+ F#6 G#m7 Adim F#6/A#
All you need is a fresh coat of paint
F#6 A#m7 A#m9 D#9 D9 D#9
And Edna, you got me goin' hot and heavy
Dm7 D#m7 A9(#5) G#9 A13
You're fat and old, but baby, boring you ain't!
D13
Some folks don't get it
A#7/F
But we never fret it
Em7
'Cause we know that time is our friend
C#m7(b5)
And it's plain to see
F#7
That you're stuck with me
Bm7 A#m7 Am7 D7 Edim7
Until the bitter end
D9/F# G6
And we got a kid
G#dim7
Who's blowin' the lid
D6/A C#+ C9(#11) B9
Off the Turnblad family tree
Em7
You'll always hit the spot
F9(#11) Em7
Big shot!
A9 D6
You're timeless to me
F#m7/B B9
Em7
You'll always be du jour
F9(#11) Em7
Mon amour
A9 D6
You're timeless to me
F#m7/B B9
Am7
You'll always be first string
F9(#11) Em7
Ring a ding ding!
A9 D6 Bm7 Em7
You're timeless to me
D6 Bm7 Em7
You're timeless to me
D6 Bm7 Am7
You're timeless to me
A9 D6
You're timeless to me!!
