PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW

 by Melanie Safka


(as recorded '68/'69/'70 , first appearing on Garden In The City)

G  Bb  F  C  (x2)

(C)...G..........
i was out of love
....Bb.............
and out of my heart
..F.......................C....
i couldn't quite stop something
..............G....
that i didn't start
.......
yeh yeh
....Bb.................
the critics said 'no' ~
..F......................C...
i didn't know how it/i'd came
..............G.
so i couldn't go
G........Bb........
oh    ho   ho ho ho
F.........C.....
  aha ha  ha  ha
.........G....
     yeh . . .

i was third on the bill
of a second-rate show
the audience asked me
one but/that i didn't know
ho ho
my predicament grew
but now i got friends
and i think
ah my friends are you
yeh  ha ha haha  haha
        yeh . . .

you know i looked around
for faces i'd know
i fell in love with
the people in the front row
ho ho
my predicament grew
now i've got friends
ah nothing my friends but you
yeh you are
ah ha ha ha ha

well you put me here
and i'm all yours
not for the money
and it's not for the applause
oh no no no
'cause after is nothing,
it's doing the song  -
i don't have to hear a thing
to know i've been grooved on . . .

these chords that i'm using
are usually sad  -
i had to use them,
they're the best chords
that i have
aha haha
oh yeh this progression
is usually sad
but it felt/filled my sorrow/furrow
when i wanted it
to feel/fill me 
GLAD!