C C/B Am F
Oh, Galuppi Baldassare, though I never knew your name
C C/B Am F
It's thanks to Mr. Browning you are with us just the same
G G7
Thanks to Mr. Browning, blowing on the flame
C
Well here you come with your old music, and here's all the good it brings
F C
You say they lived like this in Venice, when the merchants were the kings
G F G C
And though I never left old Boston, still you showed me everything
C
Did the young folks take their pleasure? Was the ocean warm in May?
F C
Did the parties start at midnight, did they roll until midday?
G F G C
And did the ladies bloom like bellflowers, every time you'd start to play?
C
Well, I bet that they all loved you, I bet they stood around and cheered
F C
Saying, "That's what I call music, good for joy and good for tears.
G F G C
Now let's stop all this talking, and let it fill our earsâ?�
Am G Em F
Well, the minor third's so bitter, the six chord like a sigh
G Am Am/G D/F#
Suspension, solution, asking must we die, must we die, must we die?
F G
And the seventh says, "Well fellas, life might not last, but we can try"
C
So were you happy? I was happy. You still happy? Yes, and you?
F C
Then more kisses! Why'd we stop them, when a million seemed so few?
G F G C
There's something in that music, lord it must be answered to
Am G Em F
Then they left you for their fortunes, in due time one by one
G Am Am/G D/F#
Some had lives that came to nothing, some went and did things they'd better not have done
F G
And then death stepped up and took 'em where they'll never see the sun
C
Oh, but you, you ghostly cricket, singing where the house has burned
F C
"Dust and ashes, dead and done with, Venice spent what Venice earned"
G F G C
But what's left behind I wonder, when the kissing has adjourned?
C
’Dust and ashesâ?�, so you tell me, and I cannot say you're wrong
F C
Still those dear dead dancing ladies with their hair so soft and long
G F G C
Stir a little in their slumber, every time we play your song
Am G Em F
'Cause the minor third's still bitter, the six chord makes us sigh
G Am Am/G D/F#
Suspension, solution, asking must we die, must we also die?
F G C C/B Am F
And the seventh still says, "Well, life might not last, but we can try"
OUTRO: C C/B Am F
C C/B
Galuppi Baldassare
Am F
Galuppi Baldassare
C C/B Am F C
Galuppi, oh Galuppi