Think About Your Troubles

Harry Nilsson

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A A9 A A9 [Verse 1]
A A9 A A9 Sit beside the breakfast table, think about your troubles
D D9 D D9 Pour yourself a cup of tea then think about the bubbles
G G9 G G9 You can take your teardrops and drop 'em in a teacup
C C9 C Take them down to the riverside [Verse 2]
A A9 A A9 And throw 'em over the side to be swept up by a current
D D9 D D9 Then taken to the ocean to be eaten by some fishes
G G9 G G9 Who were eaten by some fishes and swallowed by a whale
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C C C9 C A A9 A A9 A A9 A A9 Who grew so old he decomposed,,,,,, doo-do, doo-do doo-do [Verse 3]
A A9 A A9 He died and left his body to the bottom of the ocean
D D9 D D9 Now everybody knows that when a bo-dy decompos-es
G G9 G G9 The basic elements are given back to the o-cean
C C9 C And the sea does what it oughta [Verse 4]
A A9 A A9 And soon there's salty water (not too good for drinking)
D D9 D D9 'Cause it tastes just like a teardrop (so we run it through a filter)
G G9 G G9 And it comes out from a faucet (where it pours into a teapot)
C C9 C Which is just about to bubble [Bridge]
A A9 A A9 now think about your troubles, ----- [Other]
D D9 D D9 D G9 G G9 C C9 C ahhh----------- (Repeat ad lib. and fade)
A A9 A A9 D A9 D D9 G G9 G G9 C C9 C ahhh -- -- -- ahhhhh -- -- ahh-- ahh ------- ahhhh ahh
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Composition: Nilsson

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