"Weird Al" Yankovic
The Saga Begins
Running With Scissors (1999)

  G     D/F♯ Em
A long, long time ago
Am          C
In a galaxy far away
  Em                 D(sus4,sus2)
Naboo was under an attack

    G         D/F♯   Em
And I thought me and Qui-Gon Jinn
      Am           C
Could talk the Federation into
Em            C             D(sus4,sus2)
Maybe cutting them a little slack

Em                     Am
But their response, it didn't thrill us
Em                        Am
They locked the doors and tried to kill us
C    G/B             Am
We escaped from that gas
     C               D
Then met Jar Jar and Boss Nass

   G      D/F♯  Em
We took a bongo from the scene
       Am7              D
And we went to Theed to see the queen
   G         D/F♯  Em
We all wound up on Tatooine
       C        D7         G
That's where we found this boy                   oh...


  G   C             G      D
  My, my, this here Anakin guy
         G             C                G            D
  May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry
         G        C                   G         D
  And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
          Em                    A7
  Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
  Em                    D7(sus4,sus2)
  Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"


G                 Am
Did you know this junkyard slave
      C         Am
Isn't even old enough to shave?
Em                 D(sus4,sus2)
But he can use the Force, they say

        G       D/F♯        Em
Ahh, do you see him hitting on the queen?
       Am7             C
Though he's just 9 and she's 14
      Em                  A7        D
Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday





        Em              D
Well, I know he built C-3PO
         Em                 D
And I've heard how fast his pod can go
    C       G/B         A
And we were broke, it's true
      C               D7
So we made a wager or two

         G    D/F♯    Em
He was a prepubescent flyin' ace
        Am                   C
And the minute Jabba started off that race
      G      D/F♯      Em
Well, I knew who would win first place
   C       D7      G    C  G             D
Oh yes, it was our boy        we started singin'


  Refrain


Now we finally got to Coruscant
The Jedi council we knew would want
To see how good the boy could be

So we took him there and we told the tale
How his midi-chlorians were off the scale
And he might fulfill that prophecy

Oh, the council was impressed, of course
Could he bring balance to the Force?
They interviewed the kid
Oh, training they forbid

Because Yoda sensed in him much fear
And Qui-Gon said now listen here
Just stick it in your pointy ear
I still will teach this boy, he was singin'


  Refrain  (doux dernier D)


We caught a ride back to Naboo                   (comme 1er couplet)
'Cause queen Amidala wanted to
I frankly would've liked to stay

We all fought in that epic war
And it wasn't long at all before
Little hotshot flew his plane and saved the day

And in the end some Gungans died
Some ships blew up and some pilots fried
A lot of folks were croakin'
The battle droids were broken

And the Jedi I admire most
Met up with Darth Maul and now he's toast
Well, I'm still here and he's a ghost
I guess I'll train this boy, and I was singin'

                                           C               D      G   C  G
  Refrain  x 2  (lent puis ensemble)  fin: Soon I'll gonna be a Jedi