Misc Musicals – Diana The Musical - Pretty Pretty Girl (Guitar)

Dm            Bb
  I know what they both want

F           C
  For me to fade away

Dm          Bb
  Obey each new command

F            C
  Do as they say

Dm           Bb
  Pose for a photograph

F             C
Smile for the press

Dm            Bb
  Simply be a pretty girl

    F             C
In another pretty dress

Bb
Too many smiles, too many yeses

C        Ab
Too many dreams which Charles depresses

Bb
He was the one who they'd devour

    Ab
But I won their love

            B
And doesn't love give you power?

E
A pretty, pretty girl

       C#m7            A
Wears a pretty, pretty dress

E
  The press has always used her

   C#m7               A
So now she'll use the press

E                   Bsus4
This pretty, pretty girl

    C#m7               A
Was raised to strike a pose

   Esus2           Bsus4
Perhaps she should fight

    E        Esus4
The only way she knows

A
  Paul?

     C#m7
Yes. Is something wrong?

     A                                              E
Very much so. Have you looked at my closets lately?

                                          B
It's as if the queen's selected my entire wardrobe

A#
Too many bows! Too many ruffles!

G#
  Too many frilly, frumpy, fruffles!

A#
A girl can look rather skittish

G#                     B
When her designers are boring and British

Bsus4  B    E              Bsus4
       This pretty, pretty girl

C#m7          A
Dresses quite demure

     Bsus4    E         Bsus4
It's time she found her fashion

        E          Asus2
And her fashion is couture

E
  A pretty girl. Look at these pictures, they fawn over her because of her gowns and her shoes and her hairdos

F                Bb
  Hardly takes a genius

   F
To make the front page

C Dm                       Bb
     It just takes someone pretty

           F              C
Think when Twiggy was the rage

Dm                  Bb
  But you were born with brilliance

    F         C
You drip with intellect

Dm                       Bb
  She may have won their love

        F         C
But you won their respect

Bb
Too much noise, too much distraction

Ab
How on earth did she gain such traction?

Bb
Take a stand, go out and lecture on

Ab
Painting or politics

G                                 E
Modern buildings really are quite ghastly, you know

   Bm
No, you're the one who knows. So you must push back, darling

  E                  Bsus4
A handsome, handsome prince

       C#m7           A
With a worthy, worthy cause

    E           Bsus4
Can captivate a nation

    C#m7            Esus4
And turn around its laws

         E     Bsus4
A lucky, lucky man

         C#m7         A
With his woman by his side

    E           Bsus4
Can satisfy his subjects

    E             A
And supersede his bride

Esus4
My handsome prince

                    Asus2                                E
I'm here tonight to speak to you about the necessity and glory of older buildings.

             C#m7                   A                       E              Bsus4
While we may prize the new, we must cherish the established. It would be a tragedy...

E                Bsus4
A pretty, pretty girl

           C#m7        A
Grows more famous than before

     E              Bsus4
When she decides to wear

    C#m7        A
The latest from Dior

E                Esus2
A pretty, pretty girl

E                   Esus4
In a pretty, pretty frock

E                 Bsus4
Can set the world awhirl

E                     Asus2
And send the prince a shock

                  E
I have begged and pleaded with her but she refuses to listen to a word I say.

                C#m7        A
And now, all of Diana's showboating is making matters worse!

Esus4                                  Bb
      She doesn't need to make matters worse

                          FM   C
You've done a fine job on your own

      Em
Don't blame her, Charles

C
Tame her, Charles

        G              B
She's embarrassing the throne

  F#             C#sus4
A pretty, pretty girl

     D#m            B       Bsus2
To a round of great applause

    F#      F#sus4
Can use the press at will

C#sus4.  D#m7       B
To     illuminate a cause

F#
The stories girls

    C#m       D#m
Are taught to believe

B             F#
  Are not the stories

       C#sus4      D#m
That a girl should believe

B
  A pretty, pretty girl

       C#
With a charitable heart

    D#m7
Can turn a photo op

  B
Into a work of art

  F#
A pretty, pretty girl

     C#
In a pretty, pretty dress

  D#m7
A pretty, pretty girl

     B
In a pretty, pretty dress

F#
The stories girls

    D#m       A#m     B
Are taught to believe

            F#
Are not the stories

       C#m         D#m
That a girl should believe

Bsus2
      She'll take on the monarchy

B      F#m/D#
She'll take on the monarchy

    F#sus4        B
And cause a royal mess

                 G#m                                  C#
A pretty, pretty girl (Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl)

            F#
In a dress