Misc Musicals – Evita - Sing You Fools (Guitar)

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Sing You Fools, from the hit musical Evita. Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. This contains the full lyrics from the Broadway and West End stage shows sung by Mandy Patinkin & David Essex respectively. For the 1996 film adaptation featuring Antonio Banderas, Verse 3 was cut & the song skips from Verse 2 to Chorus 2. In some productions, the words "enjoy your prayers" are changed to "recite your prayers." [Chorus 1]
A                      D       A
Sing you fools but you got it wrong;

                               D           A
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long.

     G        D          F       C
Your queen is dead, your king is through.

Eb                       Bb
She's not coming back to you.
[Verse 1]
A                     D     A
Show business kept us all alive

                                 D     A
Since seventeen October Nineteen Forty Five;

        G       D         F             C
But the star is gone, the glamours worn thin.

Eb                              Bb
That's a pretty bad state for a state to be in.
[Verse 2]
Ab/Bb      Eb/Bb         Ab/Bb  Eb/Bb
Instead of government we had a stage;

Ab/Bb       Eb/Bb  Ab/Bb         Eb/Bb
Instead of ideas a prima-donna's rage;

  F#/C#    C#            F#/C#   C#
Instead of help, we were given a crowd;

    F#                              C#
She didn't say much but she said it loud.
[Verse 3]
    C#m    B     A        B
And who am I who dares to keep

  Fmaj7       G#m        C#m      Cm/F
His head held high while millions weep?

   Ebmaj   A      Bb     F#m
Why the exception to the rule?

Ebmaj7 A      Bb/E      F#m
Opportunist?  Traitor?  Fool?

   Am     G       C        G
Or just a man who grew and saw

     F     Em     Dm     Em
from seventeen to twenty four

    G       A     Bb    F#
his country bled, crucified?

      C       D    E
She's not the only one who's died!
[Chorus 2]
G                      C/G    G
Sing you fools but you got it wrong,

                               C/G         G
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long.

     F        C      F            C
Your queen is dead.  Your king is through.

F                        C
She's not coming back to you.