\header { title = "Businessman’s Lament" composer = "Leeran Z. Raphaely" tagline = "The Resistible Rise of Arturo UI" instrument = "Lead sheat" } \paper { between-system-padding = #7 between-system-space = 4\cm } \version "2.10.33" << \chords { % verse1: Flake c1:min6 r1 f:min6/c r1 % Damn the de- c:min6 r1 f:min6/c r1 % pression .. were a li- c:min6 r1 % ttle girl f1:min6/c c:min6 % pockets full of holes f1:min6/c g1/c r1 % sent her out for morning.. c:min6 f:min6/c g/c c:min6 g % wondering .. has gone % verse2: Caruther aes2 f:min c1:min aes2/ges d:7.5-.9+ g1 aes2 f:min c1:min aes2/ges d:7.5-.9+ g1 aes2 f:min c1:min aes2/ges d:7.5-.9+ g1 % verse3: clark and flake c2:min fis % c:min fis % Wheeler Im c:min fis % porting fruit.. c:min fis % bankrupt c:min fis % Dick f:min f:min/e f:min/ees f:min/d % Havelock's .. des:7.11+ g:7.5+.9+ % down des:7.11+ g:7.5+.9+ % down cnt. \transpose ees g { c1:min f:min6/c % verse4: Butcher and Mullberry ees1 bes f2:min c:min bes1 c2:min g:min bes:min f:min ees1 bes c2:min g:min c:min bes ees bes g:min c4:min bes ees2 bes ees g } \transpose ees des { c1:min6 f:min6/c % verse5: Flake c2:min6 fis:5-.7 c :min6 fis:5-.7 c :min6 fis:5-.7 c :min6 fis:5-.7 c :min6 fis:5-.7 f:min f:min/e f:min/ees f:min/d des:7.11+ g:7.5+.9+ des:7.11+ g:7.5+.9+ c :min6 fis:5-.7 c :min6 fis:5-.7 c :min6 fis:5-.7 c :min6 fis:5-.7 f:min f:min/ees d:min7.5- g:7 aes f:min d1 des:7.5- g:7 } c1:min6 f:min6/c % verse6: Mulberry c2:min g:min bes:min f:min c:min g:min bes:min f:min f:min des c:min bes/d ees g/b c:min g:min c:min g:min c:min g:min c1:min f:min6/c c:min f:min6/c c:min f:min6/c % verse7: Mulberry c2:min g:min c:min bes/d ees bes c:min g/b c:min g:min c:min bes c:min g:min c1:min aes2 f:min c4:min g4:min c2:min aes f:min c4:min g4:min c2:min aes f:min c4:min g4:min c2:min aes f:min c1:min aes2 f:min c4:min g4:min c2:min aes g:min c1:min \transpose ees g { c1:min f:min6/c % verse8: Butcher ees1 bes f2:min c:min bes1 ees1 bes f2:min c:min bes1 aes2 ees f:min c:min aes2 ees f4:min c:min bes2 aes2 ees f:min c:min c:min g:min bes:min f:min c:min g:min bes:min f:min c:min g:min c1:min } c1:min f:min6/c % verse9: Mulberry and Clark c:min6 f:min6/c c:min6 f:min6/c c:min6 f:min6/c c:min6 c2:min6 fis:5-.7 c:min6 fis:5-.7 c:min6 fis:5-.7 c:min6 fis:5-.7 f:min f:min/e f:min/ees f:min/d des:7.11+ g:7.5+.9+ des:7.11+ g:7.5+.9+ c:min6 fis:5-.7 c:min6 fis:5-.7 c:min6 fis:5-.7 c:min6 fis:5-.7 f:min f:min/e f:min/ees f:min/d des:7.11+ g:7.5+.9+ des:7.11+ g:7.5+.9+ c1:min f:min6/c % verse10: Butcher c1:min f:min6/c ees2 bes c1:min ees2 bes c1:min f2:min c:min bes1 f2:min c:min bes1 c2:min g:min bes:min f:min c:min g:min bes:min f:min c:min g:min bes:min f:min c:min g:min bes:min f:min } \relative c' { % \autoBeamOff \key c \minor % verse1: Flake r1 r r \once \override TextScript #'padding = #2 r2^\markup {\bold Flake:} \times 2/3 { c4 d ees } % Damn the de- fis,4 g2. r2 r4 d'8 ees % presion. It's as f4. g8 aes4 g % if Chicago, r8 f g aes bes aes g f % Dear old Chicago, were a ees16 f g4. r2 % little girl r2 r8 f g aes % She found her bes aes g f g4. ees8 % pockets full of holes one g2 r8 ees8 f g % day, when mother f4. g8 d g, d' g, % sent her out for morning d'4 r r2 % milk \times 2/3 { r4 r c c d ees } % She stands in the fis,4 g2. % gutter. \times 2/3 { d'4 ees f ees d f } % Wondering where mother's last aes4 g2 b,4 % red cent has c1 r % gone. % verse2: Caruther r r r r2^\markup {\bold Caruther:} r8 f ees f % This awful g4. aes8 g f ees f % change from glut to desti- g4 c,4. g'8 f g % tution has come more aes4. bes8 aes g f aes % quickly than a maden's g2 r8 f ees f % blush. Vegetable g4. aes8 g f ees f % ships with produce for this g4 c,4. g'8 f g % city still work the aes4. bes8 aes g f aes % lakes with no buyers as g1 r1 % such. % verse3: clark and flake d4^\markup {\bold Flake:} ees r r8 ees % Wheeler - Imp- d c b c des ees f aes % orting fod since Noah's ark is g4 c, r2 % bank rupt. r2 r4 r8 e % Dick e4^\markup {\bold Clark:} f2 r8 g8 % Havelock's ga- aes4. f8 g4. aes8 % rage is closing g1~ g % down \transpose ees g \relative c''{ \bar "|:" r^\markup {\bold Dialog} r \bar ":|" % verse4: Butcher and Mullberry g2^\markup {\bold Butcher:} bes4 g % Chin up good f ees d ees8 f % gentleman! We're not ees d c bes c4. g8 % dead and therefore still a- bes1 % live ees4^\markup {\bold Mullberry:} % Not to be dead is not the c8 ees d c bes c des4 ees c8( bes) aes4 % same as living. g'4.^\markup {\bold Butcher:} aes8 bes4 g % What's this doom and f2 r4 g % gloom? The ees8 d c bes c d bes4 % food business is basically c2 r4 r8 f % sound. Chi- g f g aes bes4 g % cago does not live by ees d ees8( d c) d % bread alone. She ees f g ees f ees d4 % needs her groceries which we su- ees2( d) % pply. } \bar "|:" r1^\markup {\bold Dialog} r \bar ":|" \transpose ees des \relative c' { % verse5: Flake r2 r4 r8 b % He's c4.^\markup {\bold Flake:} d8 ees4. f8 % smelled the stink and g4. aes8 ges4. aes8 % thinks he sees an g4. ees8 c2 % opening. r2 r4 r8 e % Er- f4. g8 aes4. bes8 % nesto Roma b4. bes8 aes4. bes8 % his lieutenant g1 % says r2 r4 r8 b % they c g ees f ges aes g f % can convince shopkeepers it's not g4 c,2 r8 f % healthy to g aes bes c bes aes g f % handle other peoples cauli g2. r8 e % flower. He f ees d c f ees d c % promises our turnover will d4 d2 r8 ees % double. Be- f ees d c f ees d c % cause, he says, the shopkeepers would d4 d2 f4 % rather buy g4. aes8 g4 g % cauliflower r f ees d % than coffins. } \bar "|:" r1^\markup {\bold Dialog} r \bar ":|" % verse6: Mulberry ees4^\markup {\bold Mulberry:} f g8 f ees d % They've go t tommy-guns and des4 ees c4. d8 % hand- grenades! A ees f g aes g f ees d % new approach to break down sales re des4 c'2. % sistance. c8 bes aes g f g aes f % Word is out we don't sleep weel, so ees f g aes bes c bes aes % in a hurry here comes Ui g f ees f g4. f8 % off'ring his support. Sal- ees4 d c bes % -vation army c bes g bes % versus Ui c c8 ees d c bes d % Where would you rather have your \bar "||" c1^\markup {\bold Dialog} % soup? r \bar "|:" r^\markup {\bold Dialog cont.} r \bar ":|" % verse7: Mulberry r1 r2 r4 r8 d % He ees^\markup {\bold Mulberry:} d c bes c d c bes % used to run Sheet's cafeteri- c2. r8 d % a. Be ees f g aes bes aes g f % fore he switched to politics. And g2. r8 f % now? It's ees d c bes c d c bes % just like I've been saying to you, c2. r8 d % Flake. All ees d c bes c d c bes % loyalty is gone! And money's c4 r r2 % short ees4 d8 ees f ees d c % Cursing, they scurry from the c4 d ees r % sinking ship ees4 d8 ees f ees d c % Friend turns to foe, employee c4 bes c r8 d % snubs his boss. Our ees4 d8 ees f ees d c % old lunchroom operator, c4 d ees r8 d % Dogsborough, who ees ees d ees f ees d c % used to be all smiles is one cold ees4 c2. % shoulder. ees4. ees8 f ees d c % Oh, morality, where c b c d c g4 d'8 % art thou in this crisis? In- ees d c d ees d c bes c1 % gratitude, thy name is Dogsborough! \bar "|:" r^\markup {\bold Dialog} r \bar ":|" \transpose ees g \relative c' { % verse8: Butcher g'4^\markup {\bold Butcher:} g8 aes bes aes g bes % We need an honest man to f4 ees d4. f8 % get a lone -- a ees d c bes c d c g % loan without too many awkward bes4 bes2 r8 f' % questions. The g f g aes bes aes g bes % city dad's would be ashamed to f2 r4 r8 g % ask Old ees d c bes c d c g % Dogsborough for vouchers or re- bes1 % ceipts. c'4 c bes g8 bes % They trust him, men who aes8. g16 f8 ees c4. ees8 % ceased to trust in gods. Do c'4 c bes4. g8 % trust in him, hard aes g f16 ees8 f16~ f4. ees8 % boiled politicos. For c'4 c bes4. g8 % eighty years aes g f ees c4 c8 d % he's shown no weaknesses. Such a ees d c ees d4 bes % man is worth his weight in des2( c4.) d8 % goooold. Es- ees d c ees d c bes c % pecially to people with a des4.( ees16 des c4.) d8 % scheme. For ees d c ees d c bes d % building docks and buiilding kind of c4 c2. % slowly. } \bar "|:" r1^\markup {\bold Dialog} r \bar ":|" % verse9: Mulberry and Clark r1^\markup {\bold Mulberry:} r2 \times 2/3 { c4 d ees } % Once his mind's fis,4 g2 r8 ees' % made up, an d ees d ees d4 g, % earthquake wouldn't change it r2 r8 c d ees % The man has aes4. g8 f g aes f % always gotten on my g2. r8 b, % nerves. His c4.^\markup {\bold Caruther:} d8 ees4. f8 % heart was never g4. aes8 ges4. aes8 % with us. What's he g1 r2 r4 r8 e % care? What's f4. g8 aes4. bes8 % artichoke to b4. bes8 aes4. bes8 % him or he to g4. aes8 g2 r2 r4 r8 b % it. What c g ees f g aes g f % does he know about the trucking g4 ees r r8 fis % business? g aes g f g f ees f % He never had to handle cauli- g2. r8 ees % flower. As f ees d c f ees d c % far as he's concerned our groceries f4 f8 g aes( g) f4 % can stink to heaven. g4. aes8 g4. aes8 % Now he says, "Piss off!" g1 \break \bar "|:" r^\markup {\bold Dialog} r \bar ":|" % verse10: Butcher r1 r2 r4 r8 f^\markup {\bold Butcher:} % Ex- g4. aes8 g4. f8 % actly that's his g4 c, r2 % trouble. g'4. aes8 g4. f8 % Ignorance, of g4 r4 r r8 g % course. He aes g f ees f g f ees % hasn't got the faintest notion f4 r r g % what its aes4. f8 g f ees g % like to be in such a f4 r r r8 d % fix. The ees^\markup {\italic rit. } d c ees d c bes c % question is, my friends, how do we des c bes des c4. d8 % put him in our skin. In ees d c ees d c bes c % short, we've got to 'educate' the des2( c4.) d8 % man. Oh ees d c ees d c bes c % yes, we've got to 'educate' the des2( c4.) d8 % man. I've ees d c ees d c bes c % thought it over. Listen, here's my des2\fermata( c\fermata) % plan. \bar "|." } \addlyrics { % verse1: Flake Damn the de -- pre -- sion. It's as if Chi -- ca -- go, dear old Chi -- ca -- go, were a li -- ttle girl. She found her po -- ckets full of holes one day, when moth -- er sent her out for mor -- ning milk. She stands in the gu -- tter, wonder -- ing where mo -- ther's last red cent has gone. % verse2: Caruther This aw -- ful change from glut to des -- ti -- tu -- tion has come more qui -- ckly than a maid -- en's blush. Vege -- tab -- le ships with pro -- duce for Chi -- ca -- go still work the lakes with no buy -- ers as such. % verse3: clark and flake Whee -- ler Im -- port -- ing fruit since No -- ah's ark is bank -- rupt. Dick Have -- lock's ga -- rage is clos -- ing down __ % verse4: Butcher and Mullberry Chin up good gent -- le -- man! We're not dead and there -- fore still a -- live. Not to be dead is not the same as li ving What's this doom and gloom? The food busi -- ness is ba -- sic -- ally sound. Chi -- ca -- go does not live by bread a -- lone __ __ She needs her green -- goods, which we su -- pply __ % verse5: Flake He's smelled the stink and thinks he sees an o -- pen -- ing. Er -- nes -- to Ro -- ma, his lieu -- te -- nant, says they can con -- vince shop -- keep -- ers it's not health -- y to hand -- le o -- ther pe -- ople's cau -- li -- flower. He prom -- is -- es our turn -- o -- ver will doub -- le Be -- cause, he says, the shop -- keep -- ers would ra -- ther buy cau -- li -- flow -- er than cof -- fins. % verse6: Mulberry They've got tomm -- y -- guns and hand -- gre -- nades! A new app -- roach to break down sales' re -- sis -- tance! Word is out we don't sleep well, so in a hurr -- y here comes U -- i off -- ring his su -- pport. Sal -- va -- tion ar -- my ver -- sus U -- i, where would you ra -- ther have your soup? % verse7: Mulberry He used to run Sheet's ca -- fe -- ter -- i -- a Be -- fore he switched to pol -- i -- tics. And now? It's just like I've been say -- ing to you, Flake. All loy -- al -- ty is gone and mon -- ey's short. Curs -- ing, they scur -- ry from the sink -- ing ship. Friend turns to foe, emp -- loy -- ee snubs his boss. Our old lunch -- room op -- er -- a -- tor, Dogs -- bo -- rough, who used to be all smiles is one cold shoul -- der. Oh, mor -- a -- li -- ty, where art thou in this cri -- sis? In -- grat -- i -- tude, thy name is Dogs -- bo -- rough! % verse8: Butcher We need an hon -- est man to get a loan, a loan with -- out too man -- y awk -- ward ques -- tions. The Cit -- y Dads would be a -- shamed to ask Old Dogs -- bo -- rough for vou -- chers or re -- ceipts. They trust him: men who ceased to trust in God. They trust in him: hard -- boiled po -- li -- ti -- cos. For eight -- y years he's shown no weak -- ness -- es. Such a man is worth his weight in gold __ Es -- pec -- ial -- ly to peo -- ple with a scheme __ __ __ For buil -- ding docks and buil -- ding kind of slow -- ly. % verse9: Mulberry and Clark Once his mind's made up, an earth -- quake would -- n't change it. The man has al -- ways go -- tten on my nerves. His heart was ne -- ver with us. What's he care! What's ar -- ti -- choke to him, or he to ar -- ti -- choke? What does he know a -- bout the truck -- ing busi -- ness? He ne -- ver had to hand -- le cau -- li -- flower. As far as he's con -- cerned our grocer -- ies can stink to hea __ -- ven. Now he says, 'Piss off!' % verse10: Butcher Ex -- act -- ly what's his troub -- le? Ig -- nor -- ance, of course. He has -- n't got the faint -- est no -- tion what it's like to be in such a fix. The ques -- tion is, my friends, how do we put him in our skin. In short we've got to 'ed -- u -- cate' the man __ In -- deed we've got to 'ed -- u -- cate' the man __ I've thought it o -- ver. List -- en, here's my plan __ } >>