The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

[Intro: Avant-Garde Jazz Instrumentation, Piano, Saxophone, Bass, Drums] [Ebmaj9] [G7#5] [F#m7] [B9] [Verse 1: Avant-Garde Jazz Instrumentation, Expressive Vocals] [Ebmaj9]Let us go then, you and I, [G7#5]When the evening is spread out against the sky [F#m7]Like a patient etherized upon a table; [B9]Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, [Verse 2: Key Change to F# Major] [F#maj9]The muttering retreats [Am7]Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels [Db7]And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: [Emaj7]Streets that follow like a tedious argument [Bridge: Key Change to A Major] [Amaj9]Of insidious intent [C#m7]To lead you to an overwhelming question... [Eb7]Oh, do not ask, “What is it?” [Abmaj7]Let us go and make our visit. [Instrumental Break: Key Change to C Major, Solos for Piano and Saxophone] [Cmaj9] [F#m7] [B9] [E7#9] [Verse 3: Key Change to Eb Major] [Ebmaj9]In the room the women come and go [G7#5]Talking of Michelangelo. [Verse 4: Key Change to F Major] [Fmaj9]And indeed there will be time [Am7]To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” [Db7]Time to turn back and descend the stair, [F#maj7]With a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [Chorus: Avant-Garde Jazz Instrumentation] [B9]Do I dare [Emaj7]Disturb the universe? [C#m7]In a minute there is time [G7#5]For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. [Outro: Avant-Garde Jazz Instrumentation, Piano, Saxophone, Bass, Drums] [Ebmaj9]For I have known them all already, known them all— [G7#5]Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, [F#m7]I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; [B9]I know the voices dying with a dying fall [Ebmaj9]Beneath the music from a farther room. [G7#5]So how should I presume? [End]