Misc Musicals – A Chorus Line - At The Ballet (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
Gmadd9 Daddy always thought that he married beneath him. Gm7 Dm7 That's what he said, that's what he said. Gmadd9 When he proposed he informed my mother C G He was probably her very last chance. Cm N.C. Gm7 And though she was twenty-two, Ab N.C. G Though she was twenty-two, Ab N.C. G Though she was twenty-two, C She married him.
[Pre-Chorus]
Ebmaj7 Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic Dm7 More like a "Come as you are." Ebmaj7 When I was five I remember my mother Dm7 Dug earrings out of the car Ebm7/Ab I knew they weren't hers, But it wasn't Dbmaj7 Something you'd want to discuss. N.C. Eb Dm Eb Dm He wasn't warm. Well, not to her. Gm Well, not to us
[Chorus]
A E7/A A E7 But everything was beautiful at the ballet. A E7/A A E7 Graceful men lift lovely girls in white. Am7 D/A F Bm7-5 Yes, everything was beautiful at ballet. Hey! A/E E7 A/E E Am I was happy... at the ballet. (That's why I started class...)
[Bridge]
Am7 Em7 Up a steep and very narrow stairway. Fmaj7 E To the voice like a metronome. Am7 Em7 Up a steep and very narrow stairway. F Dm It wasn't paradise... G Em It wasn't paradise... Am Dm7 Dm6 It wasn't paradise... E7 Am/E E Amadd9 But it was home.
[Verse 3]
Amadd9 Mother always said I'd be very attractive Am7 Em7 When I grew up, when I grew up. Amadd9 "Diff'rent," she said, "With a special something Am7 D A And a very, very personal flair." Dm Am7 And though I was eight or nine, Bb A Though I was eight or nine, Bb A Though I was eight or nine, D I hated her.
[Pre-Chorus]
Fmaj7 Now, "diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty. Em7 "Pretty" is what it's about. Fmaj7 I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" Em7 Who couldn't figure that out. F Am So beautiful I'd never lived to see. Fmaj9 Fmaj7 But it was clear, Fmaj9 Fmaj7 If not to her, Am Well, then to me...
[Chorus]
D A7/D D A7 That everyone is beautiful at the ballet. D A7/D D A7 Every prince has got to have his swan. Dm7 G/D Bb Em7-5 Yes, everyone is beautiful at the ballet. Hey!... D/A A7 D/A A Dm I was pretty...At the ballet
[Verse 4]
G D7/G G D7 I was born to save their marriage G D7/G G But when my father came to pick my mother up from the hospital, he said D7 Gm7 "Well, I thought this was going to help, but I guess it's not..." C/G Eb Am7-5 A few months later he left and never came back. G/D D7 G/D D G Anyway, I had this incredible fantasy life. G/A I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this G/B G/A And in my fantasy was that I was an Indian Chief... E A E A And he'd say to me, "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" Ab And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance!"
[Chorus]
D A7/D D A Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet, D A7/D A Raise your arms and someone's always there. Dm7 G/D Bbadd9 Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet, Gm7 A7sus The ballet, the ballet!
[Instrumental]
A7 Dmaj9 G/D Dmaj9 Em/D F#m/A G/A
Dmaj9 G/D Dmaj9 Em/D F#m/A G/A
[Outro]
Dm7 G/D Bbmaj7 Em7-5 Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet, hey! D/A I was pretty... Bb+/A I was happy... Gmaj7/A "I would love to..." A7 D/A A Dm At...the...ballet.
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