Bandstand - Donny Novitski Chords

[Intro]
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That's me to a tee
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He might as well have said, "Hey Donny, come and get your prize."
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I could write it in my sleep, but the trick is the delivery
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And the difference that I have is I was there
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   Made it through, now my number one priority   is to put a band together that did too
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Every horn and clarinet will be a military vet   and be playing with athority
 
[Verse 1]
 
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Donny Novitski, accordion genius plays weddings at seven years old
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Then the piano, like fish take to water, by nine it's Fats Walter down cold
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Tunes of my own start to work themselves out, I'm a twelve-year-old Irving Berlin
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All of that promise and none of the payoff
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I'm still playing weddings I take on my day off from bummin' around drinking gin
 
[Chorus]
 
        E7     B7
They say cream rises
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But what if nobody tasted?
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If that cream rises then spoils, it's gonna be wasted
 
[Verse 2]
 
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But Donny Novitski could be Frank Sinatra if someone would give him a break
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'Fact I'd be better, 'cause I play piano and he can't read music, the fake
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Donny Novitski spent four years in battle, I carry the scars when I croon
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Frankie Sinatra skipped out on the army and half the time sings out of tune
 
[Chorus]
 
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They say cream rises
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But what if nobody knew it?
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If that cream rises and rots, then somebody blew it
 
[Verse 3]
 
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Donny Novitski is finally looking at one little crack in the door
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Get it to open and right there behind it is everything I'm working for
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Picture Donny Novitski the Polish Italian
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Croonin' his tunes and smokin' his stogies
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Genuine vet of an army batalion
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Thin tailored suits if I cut out perogies
 
[Bridge]
 
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Bobby-soxers swoon at my charms
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Backed up by my brothers in arms
 
[Verse 4]
 
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Donny Novitski knows this is a lifeline
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A once a millennium shot
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I'm gonna take it, take aim at my target and hit it with all that I got
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Donny Novitski has strong ammunition
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Plenty of talent and burning ambition
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Whose songs are authentic as well
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From living through four years of hell
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Donny needs something to block out the mem'ries and break this insomnia spell
 
[Chorus]
 
         E7    B7
They say cream rises
    D7                Eb
But what if nobody tasted?
       E7     B7         D7                        Eb
If that cream rises then spoils, it's gonna be wasted
 
[Verse 5]
 
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So make it all worth it and give it a meaning
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Going from Cleveland to Hollywood screening
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Donny Novitski is gonna win first prize
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Donny Novitski is ready to rise...
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