The sam ples won’t de lay, but the ca ble...
There’s an oth er way.
Say some thing, An y thing.
Test, one, two, three.
An y thing but that.
This is weird.
It’s weird.
Ver y weird.
Fuck in’ weird.
I’m so mad that I don’t know what to (G)do.
Fight ing with mi cro phones, freez ing down to my bones, and to top it all off, I’m with (Cm)you.
Feel like go ing in sane, got a fire in your brain, and you’re think ing of drink ing gas o (G)line?
As a mat ter of fact...
Hon ey, I know this act, it’s called the Tan go Mau (Cm)reen.
The (C)Tan go Mau reen,
it’s a (Ab)dark, diz zy mer ry go (C)round.
As (G)she keeps you dan gling, You’re wrong.
your (C)heart she is man gling.
It’s dif f’rent with me.
And you (F)toss and you turn, ’cause her (Fm)cold eyes can burn, yet you (C)yearn, and you churn, and re (A)bound.
I think I (G)know what you mean.
The Tan go Mau reen.
Has she (F)ev er pout ed her (Fm)lips and called you
(C)“Pook y?” (C)Nev er.
Have you (F)ev er doubt ed a (Fm)kiss or two?
This is (G)spook y.
Did you (F)swoon when she walked through the (Fm)door?
Ev ’ry time.
So be (C)cau tious.
Did she (F)moon o ver oth er boys?
More than moon.
I’m get ting (G)nau seous.
And you?
You should try it in (Cm)heels.
She (Dm)cheat ed.
She cheat ed.
Mau reen cheat ed.
Fuck in’ cheat ed.
I’m de feat ed, I should give up right (A7)now.
Got ta look on the bright side, with all of your might.
I’d fall for her still, an y (Dm)how.
When you’re danc ing her dance, you don’t stand a chance.
Her grip of ro mance makes you (A7)fall.
So you think, “Might as well dance a tan go to hell.
At least I’ll have tan goed at (Dm)all.”
The (D)Tan go Mau reen.
Got ta (Bbmaj7)dance ’til your di va is (D)through.
You pre (A)tend to be lieve her,
’cause in the (D)end, you can’t leave her.
But the (G)end, it will come.
Still, you (Gm)have to play dumb ’til you’re (D)glum, and you bum and turn (B)blue.
Why (B)do we (A)love when she’s mean?
And she can (Bb)be so ob scene,
my Mau (A5)reen.
The Tan go Mau (D6)reen.
This page shows “Tango: Maureen” by Jonathan Larson in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of F at 129 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.