Briana Atwell - Whoopie

from Round 20, Week 1 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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"My assignment this week is about twists. I love a good twist ending, or unexpected turn in a song. So, surprise me! It can be the story, or a lyrical twist, or a musical twist (change in time, tempo or key)”

Inspired by Mr. Parker and Whoopie, based on a mostly not true, but somewhat true, story.

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Chords: G, C, D, G/Chord change to A, E, D, A
Capo on the first fret

V1: Well there's this little lady who roams around this place, she's always talking to herself with a blank look on her face. Well Mr. Parker drove by one day thinking she had no home, so he stopped and offered her some cash, and this is how the story goes:

Chorus 1: That little ole lady wrote a check for everything she had, said, "money ain't no thing to me, so don't try to pay me back". Mr. Parker went home that day, a millionaire, thanks to that little lady with the blank stare

V2: (Also where the chord change takes place) A few years went by, and that little lady died, and every homeless man and woman in that town, got an envelope that turned their lives around...

Chorus 2: Cause Mr. Parker wrote a check for everything he had, said, "money ain't no thing to me and there's not too much left to see, as long as I've got time I'll always be a millionaire, thanks to that little lady with the blank stare."

Bridge/ending: A few years ago I used to live out on the street, but now I've got a home, a home of my own...thanks to Mr. Parker and that little lady, yes that little lady.

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from Round 20, Week 1, track released August 20, 2018
Mr. Parker, Whoopie, Briana Atwell

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