Hang on Little Tomato

A Retrospective

Somewhere between a 1930s Cuban dance orchestra, a classical chamber music ensemble, a Brazilian marching street band and Japanese film noir is the 12-piece Pink Martini.   Part language lesson, part Hollywood musical, the Portland, Oregon-based 'little orchestra' was created in 1994 in Portland, Oregon by Harvard graduate and classically trained pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale to play at political fundraisers for progressive causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, clean water, and public broadcasting. He soon invited fellow Harvard alumna China Forbes to sing with the band. 

Bbm     Fm     C      Fm
Bbm     Fm     C      Fm
Bbm     Fm     G      C


   Fm           C               Fm      C
I wish a falling star could fall forever
     Fm                   C            Fm
And sparkle through the clouds and stormy weather
             Bbm     F    Bbm
And in the darkness of the night
                 Fm                     G
The star would shine a glimmering light
       C  Db
And hover above our love


     Fm                 C                Fm      C
Please hold me close and whisper that you love me
    Fm                 C            Fm
And promise that your dreams are only of me
Bbm                C
When you are near, everything's clear
                        Fm
Earth is a beautiful heaven
Bbm                    Fm
Always I hope that we follow the star
G                        C
And be forever floating above


Fm              C    Fm                 G
I know a falling star can't fall forever
Fm           C
But let's never stop falling in love

Let's Never Stop Falling In Love

HANG ON LITTLE TOMATO

Recorded by Pink Martini

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[F] The sun has [Eaug] left and for [F] gotten me [Eaug]

It's [F] dark, I can [Eaug] not [F] see [F7]

Why [Bb] does this rain pour down

I'm gonna [Bbm] drown 

In a sea [F] [G7] [C7]

Of deep con [C] fusion

[F] Somebody [Eaug] told me, I [F] don't know [Eaug] who

When [F] ever [F7] you are sad and blue [Bb] [Bbm] 

And you're [F] feelin' all a [A7] lone and left be [Dm] hind [G7]

Just [Bb] take a look in [Bbm] side and you will find [F] [F7]


You gotta [Bb] hold on, [Bbm] hold on through the night

[F] Hang on, [F7] things will be all right

[G7] Even when it's dark

And not a bit of sparkling

[C] Sing-song sunshine [C7] from above

[C6] Spreading rays of [C] sunny love

Just [Bb] hang on, [Bbm] hang on to the vine

 [F] Stay on, [F7] soon you'll be divine

[G7] If you start to cry, look up to the sky

[C] Something's coming [C7] up ahead

[C6] To turn your tears to [C] dew instead

[F] And so I [Eaug] hold on to [F] this ad [Eaug] vice

When [F] change is [F7] hard and not so [Bb] nice [Bbm]

If you [F] listen to your [A7] heart the whole night Dm through [G7]

Your sunny [Bb] someday will come [Bbm] one day [C] soon to [F] you.

Hang On, Little Tomato

F                        F6
Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage 
     Bb             (3201)        F
Le soleil passe son bras par la fen�tre 
    F
Les chasseurs ma porte 
          G7
Comme les p'tits soldats 
    G6      G  C   Eaug
Qui veulent me prendre 

F     Dm       Bb     C
Je ne veux pas travailler 
F     Dm       Bb   C
Je ne veux pas d�jeuner 
F       A         Dm     Bb
Je veux seulement l'oublier 
   F    C7 F
Et puis je fume 


D�j� j'ai connu le parfum de l'amour 
Un million de roses n'embaumerait pas autant 
Maintenant une seule fleur dans mes entourages 
Me rend malade 


Je ne veux pas travailler 
Je ne veux pas d�jeuner 
Je veux seulement l'oublier 
Et puis je fume 

Bbm            F
Je ne suis pas fi�re de sa 
Bbm               F
Vie qui veut me tuer 
      E7              Am/C
C'est magnifique �tre Sympathique 
     Bbm                C   Eaug
Mais je ne le connais jamais 


Je ne veux pas travailler 
Non 
Je ne veux pas dejeuner 
Je veux seulement l'oublier 
Et puis je fume 

Je ne suis pas fi�re de sa 
mais qui veut me tuer 
C'est magnifique �tre Sympathique 
Mais je ne le connais jamais 

Je ne veux pas travailler 
Non 
Je ne veux pas dejeuner 
Je veux seulement l'oublier 
Et puis je fume

Sympathique (je Ne Veux Pas Travailler)

C            G          C 
 Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage
       C               G             C 
 Le soleil passe son bras par la fenêtre
      C                              D7 
 Les chasseurs à ma porte comme des p'tits soldats
  G7       D7    G7  G7+ (ou G13)
 Qui veulent me prendre


 [Refrain:]
 C       Am     Dm      G7
 Je ne veux pas tra vailler
 C       Am     Dm     G7  
 Je ne veux pas dé jeuner
 C       E7           Am     
 Je veux seulement l'oublier
    D7    G    C 
 Et puis, je fume


        C            G          C 
 Déjà j'ai connu le parfum de l'amour
       C               G             C 
 Un million de roses n'embaumeraient pas autant
      C                              D7 
 Maintenant une seule fleur dans mes entourages
 G7      D7 G7  G7+ (ou G13)
 Me rend ma lade


 [Refrain]

Sympathique

F           Eaug        F     Eaug
The sun has left and forgotten me
F            Eaug   F    F7
It's dark, I cannot see
Bb      
Why does this rain pour down
Bbm
I'm gonna drown
     F   Db7
In a sea
C7
Of deep confusion

F        Eaug       F          Eaug
Somebody told me, I don't know who
F        F7              Bb   Bbm
Whenever you are sad and blue
           F            A7              Dm   G7
And you're feeling all alone and left behind
     Bb            C                 F    F7
Just take a look inside and you will find
          Bb                           Bbm
You gotta hold on, hold on through the night
F
Hang on, things will be all right
G7
Even when it's dark
G7
And not a bit of sparkling
C                  C7
Sing-song sunshine from above
C6                C
Spreading rays of sunny love

Bb            Bbm
Just hang on, hang on to the vine
F
Stay on, soon you'll be divine
G7
If you start to cry, look up to the sky
C                  C7
Something's coming up ahead
   C6                 C
To turn your tears to dew instead

F        Eaug       F      Eaug
And so I hold on to this advice
F              F7              Bb  Bbm
When change is hard and not so nice
F                     A7                    Dm      G7
If you listen to your heart the whole night through
Bb                           C       Eaug    F
Your sunny someday will come one day soon to you

Hang On Little Tomato

[F] Ma �chambre a la forme d'une cage [Bb]
Le �soleil passe son [C] bras par la[F] fen�tre 
Les �chasseurs � ma porte
Comme les [G] petits soldats�
Qui veulent me [C] prendre [C7]

{Refrain:} 
F7M    Dm7         Gm7  C9-
Je  ne  veux  pas  tra-vailler
Je  ne  veux  pas  d�-jeuner  
F7M         A7            Dm7  Bbm7
Je  veux  seulement   ou-blier�
F7M        C9-    F6
Et puis..   je..   fume..�

[F] D�j� j'ai connu le parfum de l'amour 
Un [Bb] �millions de roses 
N'embaumeraient pas [F] autant 
Maintenenant une seule fleur
Dans mes [Gm] entourages
Me rend [C] malade [C7]
 
{au Refrain}

[Bbm] Je ne suis pas  [F] fi�re de �a
[Bbm] Vie qui veut me[F] tuer
[E] C'est magnifique�
[Am] Etre sympathique
Mais [G] je ne le connais [C] jamais [C7]

{au Refrain}
Je ne suis pas fi�re de �a ?

F7M    Dm7         Gm7  C9-
Je  ne  veux  pas  tra-vailler
Je  ne  veux  pas  d�-jeuner  
F7M         A7            Dm7  Bbm7
Je  veux  seulement   ou-blier�
F7M        C9-    F6
Et puis..   je..   fume...

Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

S                     S        
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|--6------6-6---3-------------------1-| 
C|-------------5---5-------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
                                                              
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------| 
C|-----4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------| 

A|-----5--8--10--8--5--|--8-12--------12--|----5-8-10-8-5-------| 
E|--6------------------|------------------|--6------------------| 
C|---------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
G|---------------------|-------5--7-5-----|---------------------| 
     S      S      S      S            
A|----------------7------7-8----8---| 
E|--5-6----5-6------1----5-6----6---| 
C|--4-5------2------2-----------2---| 
G|---------6------6-----------------|

King Creole

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

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