Aladdin - One Jump Ahead keyboard

Aladdin - One Jump Ahead

• Em

Aladdin:      
Gotta keep
Em            C7               B7
    One jump ahead of the breadline
Em             A9
    One swing ahead of the sword
G/D         Eb7                      G Am  
    I steal only what I can't afford
  G/B    B    C#m7     Ddim7 B/D#
( That's Everything! )

Em           C7              B7
    One jump ahead of the law----men
Em                 A9
    That's all, and that's no joke
G/D                  Eb7    D7      G     Am7 A#dim
    These guys don't appreciate I'm broke

Crowd:        
G/B D7    Cmaj7/D D7   G6/D G/D   G6/D G/D
Riffraff! Street  rat! Scoundrel! Take that!

Aladdin:
C/D  F7 Cmaj7/D D7  Gsus4       G
Just a  lit-----tle snack, guys

Crowd:        
F#m7    B7    Esus4 Em G/D   Em/D
Rip him open, take  it back, guys

Aladdin:      
C7
I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
F#7                     B7               
You're my only friend, Abu!

Crowd:        
Who?

Ladies:
Em                                   C7 B7
Oh it's sad Aladdin's hit the bottom
Em                            A9    G/B Cm A7/C#
He's become a one-man rise in crime
Dm
I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em

Aladdin:      
F#7
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
              B                      Dm             
Tell you all about it when I got the time!

    Fm    Db7              C7  
One jump ahead of the slow----pokes
    Fm    Bb7              Ab/Eb  
One skip ahead of my doom
Ab/Eb           E7          Eb7#5        Ab Bbm Bdim7 Ab/C           
      Next time gonna use a nom de plume
C Dm7 D#dim7 C/E Fm 

Fm     Fm    Db7             C7
   One jump ahead of the hit----men
Fm               Bb7      
        One hit ahead of the flock
Ab/Eb                E7             Eb7       Ab    Bbm7 Bdim7 Ab/C
        I think I'll take a stroll around the block

Crowd:     
Db/Eb Eb7    Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7  Ab6/Eb Ab/Eb Ab6/Eb Ab/Eb
Stop, thief! Van-------dal! Out----rage! Scan---dal!

Aladdin:   
Db/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Absus Ab  Ab
Let's not be        too hast--y

Lady:         
G7sus Gm7b5 C7sus C7   Fm     Fm/Eb
Still I     think he's rather tasty

Aladdin:      
Db7
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
G7                  C7
Otherwise we'd get along
F#

Crowd:        
Wrong!

Aladdin:      
G#m           E7              D#7
    One jump ahead of the hoofbeats
                
(Vandal!)
G#m          C#7           
    One hop ahead of the hump
                
(Street rat!)
B/F#           G7           F#7
    One trick ahead of disaster
                
(Scoundrel!)
D#m7                    G#7
     They're quick, but I'm much faster
                
(Take that!)
F#7sus/C#            F#7sus               
          Here goes, better throw my hand in
                
Wish me happy landin'
                
All I gotta do is jump

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