Biography:
Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, best known as the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Oingo Boingo, from 1976 to 1995 and later for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme. He has scored the majority of the films for his long-time friend Tim Burton.
Born in Los Angeles, he entered the film industry in 1976, initially as an actor.
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Bbm F
There are few who'd deny
Db Gm
At what I do I am the best
Gb F Ebm
For my talents are renowned far and wide
C Db
When it comes to suprises
C Ebm
On a moonlit night
C7 F7
I excel without ever even trying
Ebm Bb7
With the slightest little effort
Ebm F
Of my ghost like charms
Ebm E
I have seen grown men give out a shriek
Ab Ebm
With the wave of my hand
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And a well placed moan
Bb7 Ebm
I have swept the very bravest off their feet
Bb7 Bm
Yet year after year
E Eb
It's the same routine
Bb
And I grow so weary
Eb Bb7
Of the sound of screams
Gb
And I
Ebm
JACK THE PUMPKIN KING
B7 Bb7 Gb
Have grown so tired of the same
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old
Bb
thing
Eb Gm A7 Em
Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones
Am Em Am Em
An emptiness began to grow
Eb Gm A Em
There's something out there far from my home
Am Em B7 Em6
a longing that I've never known
Em B G Dbm
I'm a master of fright and a demon of light
C B Am
And I'll scare you right out of your pants
Gb G Gb Am
To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky
Gb7 B
And I'm known throughout England and France
Am B Am D
And since I am dead, I can take off my head
Am Bb
To recite Shakesperean quotations
D Am E7 Am
No animal nor man can SCREAM like I can
E7 Am
With the fury of my recitations
E7 Fm Bb A
But who here would ever understand
E7 Am E7
That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
C Am Gbm
Would tire of his crown, If they only
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understood
D7 Db7 Gbm D
He'd give it all up, if he only
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could....
F Am B7 Gbm
Oh theres an empty place in my bones
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That calls out for something unknown
F Am B Gbm
The fame and praise come year after year
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Does nothing for these empty tears...
There are few who'd deny
Db Gm
At what I do I am the best
Gb F Ebm
For my talents are renowned far and wide
C Db
When it comes to suprises
C Ebm
On a moonlit night
C7 F7
I excel without ever even trying
Ebm Bb7
With the slightest little effort
Ebm F
Of my ghost like charms
Ebm E
I have seen grown men give out a shriek
Ab Ebm
With the wave of my hand
Bb7 Ebm
And a well placed moan
Bb7 Ebm
I have swept the very bravest off their feet
Bb7 Bm
Yet year after year
E Eb
It's the same routine
Bb
And I grow so weary
Eb Bb7
Of the sound of screams
Gb
And I
Ebm
JACK THE PUMPKIN KING
B7 Bb7 Gb
Have grown so tired of the same
Eb
old
Bb
thing
Eb Gm A7 Em
Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones
Am Em Am Em
An emptiness began to grow
Eb Gm A Em
There's something out there far from my home
Am Em B7 Em6
a longing that I've never known
Em B G Dbm
I'm a master of fright and a demon of light
C B Am
And I'll scare you right out of your pants
Gb G Gb Am
To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky
Gb7 B
And I'm known throughout England and France
Am B Am D
And since I am dead, I can take off my head
Am Bb
To recite Shakesperean quotations
D Am E7 Am
No animal nor man can SCREAM like I can
E7 Am
With the fury of my recitations
E7 Fm Bb A
But who here would ever understand
E7 Am E7
That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
C Am Gbm
Would tire of his crown, If they only
Db7 Gbm
understood
D7 Db7 Gbm D
He'd give it all up, if he only
Db Db
could....
F Am B7 Gbm
Oh theres an empty place in my bones
Bm Gbm Bm Gbm
That calls out for something unknown
F Am B Gbm
The fame and praise come year after year
Bm Gbm Db7 Gbm
Does nothing for these empty tears...
Danny Stocklin
Danny Tieger
Dans Dans Lisa
Dante Elephante
Dante Thomas
Dark Tranquillit (...)
Darkness
Darlene Love
Darlene Zschech
Darling