Lyrics & Chords: A Certain Celebrity

© Jay Foreman 2010

             F
If you put a gun to my head

                     E
And make me pick a celebrity...

            Dm
Please hear me when I sing


I know it's a horrible thing

           C
To wish on anybody

         F
But if I had to pick one

               E
out of every celebrity,

             Dm
Well, having paused and reflected


I'm sure you'd have selected

    Gm               C
The same one as me.




  F7
I remember what I thought of her this time last year


And I feel that way still.

      Bb
Don't tell me you had any sympathy for her

  Gm7               C
Before she was ill.




       F
With a hand on my heart

              E
It's a tragic thing to occur

       Dm
But if somebody's capers


Are removed from the papers

    C
I'm glad it was her.




               F
This time next month or next year

             E
I'll still recoil at her name.

          Dm
The basic role she fulfills


And her parenting skills

        Gm
Will be mostly the same.




F7
Mark my words, when she finally goes


There'll be only words of praise.

           Bb
She'll be "simple and brave" instead of stupid and racist

    Gm7          C
For several days.




  Dm
I know it sounds cruel

                    F               Am
But I challenge any one of you to admit

          Gm
That when you heard the news

                       Bbsus4
You didn't hold back a smile

     C             F   F6
Even just a little bit.