Soap Opera Chords
by Brandy Clark
Soap Opera by Brandy Clark is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, G, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Refrain
N.C.
Ain't we all the stars
Ain't we all the stars
Playing the leading part
In our own soap opera
verse 1
D G
Sherry shampooed 'til she got her own chair
A D
Now she's playing shrink to every head of hair
D G
A mani or a pedi or color or a cut
A D
8 hours a day, it's the same old stuff
G
They got trouble with their ex and his next wife
A
Sands through the hourglass, days of our lives
D
Ain't we all the stars
Bm
Ain't we all the stars
G
Playing the leading part
A
In a day time drama
D
Young and restless hearts
Bm
Duckin' and throwing darts
G
Yeah we're all big stars
A
In our own soap opera
Instrumental
D Bm G A
verse 2
D G
Jimmy wipes down the bar, makes a mean martini
A D
They tip it on back and give him the skinny
D G
Shaken or stirred or a bottle or a draft
A D
They're bearing their souls to bottom of the glass
G
They got trouble with their girl and their girlfriend's mama
A
This one life to live got a whole lotta drama
D
Ain't we all the stars
Bm
Ain't we all the stars
G
Playing the leading part
A
In our own soap opera
D
Young and restless hearts
Bm
Duckin' and throwing darts
G
Yeah we're all big stars
A
In our own soap opera
Bridge
Bm
This town might be little bitty
G
But just ask Sherry or Jimmy
D
If Hollywood was handing out Emmys
A
We'd all be saying gimme, gimme, gimme
D
Ain't we all the stars
Bm
Ain't we all the stars
G
Playing the leading part
A
In our own soap opera
D
Young and restless hearts
Bm
Duckin' and throwing darts
G
Yeah we're all big stars
A
In our own soap opera
D Bm G A D
Yeah, yeah