Mister Cellophane (Chromatic)

by Fred Ebb , John Kander

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Mister Cellophane (Chromatic)
From the movie “Chicago”
Words by Fred Ebb, Music by John Kander
Range: B3 to G5    4/4 Time
Key of G Major

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71wILjr_Yvs

Tab Notations:    
none = blow    - = draw   * = button in
____= hold    . = lower register (Notes below Middle C; first 4 of either 16 hole chromatic or 12 hole Tenor “C” chromatic)


Intro
7 7 -5 -5 -5* -5* -3* -3* -5____ -4 -3* -3_____

-1 3    3   -1    -1 2  2 -.4
If some-one stood up in a crowd

-1  3      3   -1    -1 2   2   -.4
and raised his voice up way out loud

-1  -3    -3  -1  -1  -3    -3  -1
and waved his arm and shook his leg,

1     -.4  1    -1___
you’d no - tice him._


-1 3    3   -1 -1  2   2  -.4  -1
If some-one in the mov-ie show yelled

 3   3   -1 -1  2   2   -.4
“Fire___ in the sec-ond row! 

-1   -3    -3    -1  -1 -3  -3  -1
This whole place is  a  pow-der keg!”

-1    -3*  -3   3___
You’d no - tice him.


3   -2* -2* -2*  -1  2     2   2    1* -.4___
And e - ven with-out cluck-ing like a  hen,__

-2* -2* -2* -1   2  2     2   1*  -.4___
ev-‘ry  one gets no-ticed now and then,_

3  -3    -3 -3      -2*  3   3   3   2      -2*___
Un-less, of course, that per-son-age should be

3  -3  2 -1*  2  -3  2  -1*  2    -3____
in–vis–i–ble  in–con–se–quen–tial me.___

-2* 2  -1_____ 2   -1  -2* 2  -1___  2      -1
Cel-lo-phane,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane_ should have

3    2  -1____ 2   -1  3   2  -1_____  -1    2   2*
been my name,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane,_ ‘cause you can

-2*  -2*   2    -1__ -2*  -2*   2  -1__
look right thru me,_ walk right by me__

-3* -3* 3  -3*  -3_ 3     -1 2    2*
and nev-er know I’m there. I tell ya

-2* 2  -1_____ 2   -1  -2* 2  -1____ 2      -1
Cel-lo-phane,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane_ should have

3    2  -1____ 2   -1  3   2  -1_____ -1     2   2*
been my name,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane,_ ‘cause you can

-2*  -2*   2    -1__ -2*  -2*   2  -1__  
look right thru me,_ walk right by me__

-3* -3* 3  -3*  -3  3_____
and nev-er know I’m there.

Bridge:
7 7 -5 -5 -5* -5* -3* -3* -5____ -4 -3* -3_____

-1  3    3   -1  -1 2   2   -.4
Sup-pose you was  a lit-tle cat

-1 3   3   -1 -1 2   2     -.4
re-sid-in’ in  a per-son’s flat,

-1  -3  -3  -1   -1  -3        -3   -1
who fed you fish and scratched your ears;

1     -.4  1    -1___
you’d no - tice him._

-1  3    3   -1  -1 2   2  -.4  -1  3     3   -1 -1
Sup-pose you was  a wom-an wed, and sleep-in’ in a

2   2   -.4 -1 -3   -3  -1  -1  -3  -3 -1
dou-ble bed be-side one man for sev-en years;

-1    -3*  -3   3___
You’d no - tice him.

3 -2*-2* -2*-1    2    2  2    1*   -.4___
A hu-man be-ing’s made of more than air.__

3    -2* -2*  -2*  -1     2     2  2   1*  -.4___
With all that bulk you’re bound to see him there,

3  -3   -3   -3 -2* 3  3   3    2  -2*___
Un-less that hu-man be-ing next to you___

3  -3 2  -1*   2    -3 2   -1* 2
is un–im–press-ive, un-dis-tin-guished

-2*         3           -3______
you         know        who.____

3      -2   -3*  3  -2____ 3   -2
Should have been my name,_ Mis-ter

-3* 3  -2_____  -2    3   3*  -3   -3    3    -2__
Cel-lo-phane,_ ‘cause you can look right thru me,_

-3   -3    3  -2__
walk right by me,_

-5* -5* -3* -5* 4__ -3*    3 -3   -3*
and nev-er know I’m there. I tell ya 

-4  -3 3______ -3  3   -4  -3 3______
Cel-lo-phane,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane__

-3     3    4    -3 3_____ -3  3
should have been my name,_ Mis-ter 

4   -3 3_______  3     -3  -3* -4   -4    -3   3__
Cel-lo-phane,__ ‘cause you can look right thru me_

-4   -4    -3 3___
walk right by me,_

-5* -5* 5   -5*  -5__ 5______
and nev-er_ know I’m_ there._

-5* 5         -5* 5          7_________
Nev-er        e - ven        know______

-5* 5______________________
I’m there._________________


Spoken:
“I hope I haven’t taken up too much of your time.”