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Ryan O'Leary
Poems
Mar 2021
No Curtain Call
D
I was feeling ecstatic
G
when I went to the attic
A
and found my auld busking
D
Guitar
D
But I felt consternation
G
I disturbed hibernation
A
at first it seemed quite
D
Bazaar
D
When I blew off the dust
G
it smelt like old must
A
but t'was time to give it a
D
bar
D
It was then I heard flapping
G
which sounded like clapping
A
my first ever round of
D
applause
D
It stayed with the beat
G
while tapping my feet
A
I kept playing despite all my
D
Flaws
D
I took early retirement
G
though its not a requirement
A
But bad buskers all get
D
menopause
D
I'm strumming the strings
G
and the echo it rings
A
but no jingling of coins as they
D
Fall
D
So I play here alone
G
as to what I was prone
A
never made it to Carnegie
D
Hall
Chorus
D
Time to call it a day
G
as they used to say
A
for no encores or no curtain
D
call
D
Time to call it a day
G
as they used to say
A
for no encores or no curtain
D
call
D
Time to call it a day
G
as they used to say
A
for no encores or no curtain
D
call
Outro
D
There's a butterfly
A
in my
G
guitar
D
There's a butterfly
A
in my
G
guitar
D
There's a butterfly
A
in my
G
guitar
Ps.
When playing the Outro
it is imperative that the
pick hits the woodwork
of the sound chamber to
simulate the Butterfly *****.
Also, it needs to be sung
with a Tennessee/Texas
accent preferably akin to
the "Bad Blake"character.
Written by
Ryan O'Leary
Mallow.
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