Tone: [A](for My 21st Century
Symphony version ) / [A#](for My 21st Century Blues version)
Capo: 1 for My 21st Century Blues version
Lyrics for My 21st Century Blues version in brackets
( [E]Hello, it's [D]RAYE here
Please, get nice and comfortable and [C]lock your phones
Because the [D]story is about to begin, uh)
[E]Ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna tell you 'bout
[D]One of the many men, name is irrelevant, [C]height is irrelevant
[Am]He was a one out of a [C] [D]ten, I wish that I knew it then
I'm still recovering (uh)
[E]Truly I'm vulnerable, [E]I love a sentiment
[D]Quickly I opened up, [D]I learned my lesson then
[C]Thought I was safe again, [C]thought he was innocent
[Am]I was so wrong
[E]I can't deny, I was [G]stuck in a daze, a terrible phase
[A]You was convincing though, very believable
The [D]role that you played
[E]So I'll take this front row [D]seat
And, baby, baby, you can [C]go ahead
[D]Cry those [Am]Oscar [D]winning [E]tears
Popcorn and I [D]scream
Baby, baby, you can [C]go ahead
Cry those [D]Oscar [Am] [D]winning [E]tears, baby, mm
[E]Oh, what a tragedy, [E]it didn't have to be
[D]Look how you talk to me, [D]cursing and blasphemy
[C]Cinematography, [C]get this on camera, [Am]please
Or no one gon' believe this here
[E]I can't deny, I thought [G]you were the man
But you had a plan
The [A]fuck are you lying for? Fuck are you crying for?
You [Am]did it again [D] (yeah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
So I'll [E]take this front-row [D]seat
And, baby, baby, you can [C]go ahead
Cry those [Am]Oscar [D]winning [E]tears
Popcorn and I [D]scream
Baby, baby, you can [C]go ahead
Cry those [Am]Oscar [D]winning [C]tea[B]rs
(freely alter between [C] and [B])
Tears, tears, baby
You can miss me with the bullshit
I can see right through your tears, tears, baby
Nine o'clock entertainment
Oh, man, I wish I could tape it
[Am]Sit down, no tissues
No [G]string section, no [D]tiny violin
For the last time, I'm your [D#]audience
I'll [E]take this front-row [D]seat
And, baby, baby, you can [C]go [D]ahead and [A]cry [Am]th[D]o[E]s[D]e[C],
dudududa [C]go ahead, [C]cry those [Am]Oscar winning [D]tears baby [B]
(And, [C]baby, baby, baby, would you really go [Em]ahead
(freely alter between [C] [D] [B] [A] [E])
And would you go ahead and just
Cry, cry, cry (tears, baby)?
Cry, cry those Oscar (Oscar)
winning (winning) tears (tears), baby)
would you [C]go ahead, cry those [Am]Oscar [D]winning [C]tea[B]r[A]s
(And after his [E]Oscar winning performance
I left the room and never saw him again)