It’s not a secret, I love One Day at a Time, so with last night being the mid-season finale (thanks, COVID), I went and shared the filk I made of their opening theme:
If you’re over 12 but under 55, a filk is what Weird Al does when he takes a popular song and messes up the lyrics to be a parody. If you’re over 55 you might be wondering if I’m referencing Tom Lehrer’s “New Math” and yes, yes I am, and now you also know what a filk is.
Lyrics
A7 D
This is it.
D G A D
Tuesday nights at nine thirty we're gonna watch it all.
D
This is it.
D G A D
Tune on in and rest assured you're gonna laugh, y'all.
D G A
So while you wait a day or two,
A D G
social distance like you do,
G A D
hold on tight we'll muddle through One Day at a Time.
[N/C] E G D
Get on your couch. Somewhere the show is streaming.
E G A
Turn on PopTV and sit back and watch the show.
A D
One Day at a Time (oooOOOooooo)
G A D
Watch on Tuesday night, One Day at a Time
G A D
Gloria and Mike's One Day at a Time
G A D
Nine thirty on Pop One Day at a Time
Where there are D chords I like to play with something like DS/D/D9/D which is basically what you hear in any Indigo Girls song when they end a line in D.
Original lyrics and music credited to John and Nancy Barry. Many apologies to the great Gloria Estefan who sings the new credits far better than I would ever be able to.
PS: Watch seasons one through three on Netflix, and season four on PopTV.