JACK'S OBSESSION (FROM THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS)

Some thing’s up with Jack, (Bm)some thing’s up with Jack.

(Bm)Don’t know if we’re ev er going to get him back.

He’s (F#5)all a lone up there, (F#7)locked a way in side.

(Bm)Nev er says a word.

(F#)Hope he has n’t died!

(Bm)Some thing’s up with Jack!

(F#)Some thing’s up with Jack!

(Bm)Christ mas time is buzz ing (F#7)in my skull.

Will it let me be?

I (Bm)can not tell.

(Bm)There’re so man y things I (A7)can not grasp.

When I think I’ve got it, (D)then at last

through my bon y fin gers (F#7)it does slip

like a snow flake in a (Bm)fier y grip.

(Bm)Some thing here I’m not quite get ting.

(Bm)Though I try, I keep for get ting.

(Em)Like a mem ’ry (C#7)long since past.

(F#)Here in an in stant, gone in a flash.

(F#)What does it mean?

What does it mean?

(Bm)In these lit tle bric a brac, a (G7)se cret’s wait ing (C#7)to be cracked.

These (F#7)dolls and toys con (Ddim7)fuse me so, con (F#7)found it all, I (Bm)love it though.

(Dm)Sim ple ob jects, noth ing more.

But (Dm)some thing’s hid den through a door, (Gm)though I do not (E7)have the key.

(A)Some thing’s here I can not see.

(A)What does it mean?

What does it mean?

What does it mean?

I’ve (Dm)read these Christ mas books so (A)man y times.

I know the sto ries and I (Dm)know the rhymes.

I know the Christ mas car ols (C)all by heart.

My (C7)skull’s so full, it’s tear ing (F)me a part.

As of ten as I’ve read them, (A7)some thing’s wrong.

So hard to put my bon y (Dm)fin ger on.

(Dm)Or per haps it’s real ly not as (Dm)deep as I’ve been led to think.

(Gm)Am I try ing (E7)much too hard?

Of (A7)course!

I’ve been too close to see!

The (A)an swer’s right in front of me!

(A7)Right in front of me!