Herr Direktor
Released in 1988 by Virgin Records
Transpose
INTRO
Bb
F
Gm7
Fadd9/A
Bb
Oh look, it’s Polly Beecham
F
Gm7
Fadd9/A
VERSE 1
The
Bb
people come to rub the
F
back
Gm7
Of the great
Fadd9/A
movie
man
Bb
Faces painted, eyes are
F
blank
Gm7
The way the
Fadd9/A
boss
demands
Her
Bb
father was his dearest
F
pal
Gm7
He owns some
Fadd9/A
magistrates
And when
Bb
poor old Britain bit the
F
dust
Gm7
Dad sends her
Fadd9/A
to the States
CHORUS 1
F
Bow when
Gm7
Herr Director
Am7
comes (Herr Di
C#maj7
rector
comes)
F
Bow when
Gm7
Herr Director
Am7
comes (Herr Di
C#maj7
rector
comes)
VERSE 2
An
Bb
actor doesn’t need to
F
act
Gm7
When in soap
Fadd9/A
opera
A
Bb
writer needen’t even
F
think
Gm7
Just make some
Fadd9/A
photostats
Oh, but A
Bb
mericans are really great
Gm7
They don’t re
Fadd9/A
sent
success
And they
Bb
love the English filming
F
art
Gm7
It is the
Fadd9/A
very
best
CHORUS 2
F
Bow when
Gm7
Herr Director
Am7
comes (Herr Di
C#maj7
rector
comes)
F
Massive
Gm7
talent struck him
Am7
dumb
(
C#maj7
Struck him dumb)
INTERLUDE
G
Bow to him
Am7
He’s dumb
Em
but he’s proud
Ebmaj7
Stupidity has il
G
luminated him
Am7
Em
C#maj7
Mainstream life is a pauper’s grave
Bb9
Full of lepers who think they’re saved
I
C#maj7
haven’t come to this misery
For some
C7
art school snob to look down on me
CHORUS 3
F
Bow when
Gm7
Herr Director
Am7
comes (Herr Di
C#maj7
rector
comes)
F
Massive
Gm7
talent struck him
Am7
dumb
(
C#maj7
Struck him dumb)
F
Bow when
Gm7
Herr Director
Am7
comes (Herr Di
C#maj7
rector
comes)
F
Bow when
Gm7
Herr Director
Am7
C#maj9
comes
OUTRO/FADE
G
Am11
Gadd9/B
Ebmaj9
Violence is normal
It’s all over
Hitler won the war
British Hollywood
Leni Riefenstahl – woo!