Misc Musicals – Heathers The Musical - Beautiful (Guitar)

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[VERONICA]
                               Cm
September 1st, 1989. Dear Diary: I believe I'm a good person.
Ya know, I think there's good in everyone.
  Cm Cm7 F/C Cm F7sus4 F9 Abmaj7 Bb
But here we are, first day of senior year!

Cm    Cm7    F/C    Cm/Eb    Eb/F    F7sus4    F9    Abmaj7    Bb
I look around at all these kids I've known all my life and I ask myself: What happened?
[KIDS]
Cm     Cm7   F/C     Cm/Eb Eb/F F7sus4 F9       Abmaj7 Bb
Freak! Slut! Burnout! Bug-eyes! Poser! Lard-ass!
[VERONICA]
Cm                          C7sus4
We were so tiny, happy and shiny, playing tag and getting chased.
[KIDS] Freak! Slut! Loser! Shortbus! [VERONICA]
C6sus
Singing and clapping,

                Abmaj7/C
laughing and napping,
baking cookies, eating paste. [KIDS] Bull-dyke! Stuck-up! Hunchback! [VERONICA]
Cm
Then we got bigger.

                C7sus4
That was the trigger,
Like the Huns invading Rome - Sorry!
Am7#5/C
Welcome to my school,

                   Abmaj7/C
This ain't no high school:
This is the Thunderdome.
Fm          Db/F
Hold your breath
and count the days,
      Cm/Eb
we're graduating soon.
[KIDS] White trash! [VERONICA]
Eb/Db   Db      Eb/Db Dbmaj7
College will be paradise

   G7sus4  Ab/G       Gm7 Cm/G
If I'm not dead by June!

      Abmaj9     Ebmaj9
But I know, I know, life can be beautiful.

  Abmaj9    Ebmaj9             Ebadd2
I pray, I pray for a better way.

      Ab/C         Fm9/C
If we changed back then,

         Eb7/Ab  Ab
we could change again.

        F7sus4   F7    G7sus4
We can be beautiful...
[HIPSTER DORK] Ow! [VERONICA] Just not today.
Cm Cm7 F/C Cm/Eb Eb/F
Hey, are you okay?
[HIPSTER DORK]
F7sus4 F9 Abmaj7 Bb
Get away, nerd.
[KIDS]
Cm     Cm7   F/C    Cm/Eb Eb/F F7sus4 F9     Abmaj7 Bb
Freak! Slut! Cripple!  Homo!   Homo!  Homo!
[VERONICA]
Cm
Things will get better

              C7sus4
soon as my letter
comes from Harvard, Duke, or Brown.
Am7#5/C
Wake from this coma,

           Abmaj9/C
take my diploma,
N.C. then I can blow this town.
Fm       Db/F
Dream of ivy-covered walls

     Ebmaj13
and smoky French cafes...
[RAM] Watch it! [VERONICA]
Eb/Db     Db      Eb/Db    Dbmaj7    G7sus4   Ab/G     Gm7 Cm/G
Fight the urge to strike a match and set this dump ablaze!
[RAM]
G7
Ooooops.
[VERONICA] N.C. or (xxxx01) Ram Sweeney. Third year as linebacker. And eighth year of smacking lunch trays and BEING A HUGE DICK. [RAM] What did you say to me skank? [VERONICA] N.C. ... Nothing. [VERONICA & KIDS]
      Abmaj9     Ebadd2
But I know, I know, life can be beautiful.

  Fm11/Eb  Ebmaj9
I pray, I pray for a better way.

      Cm7#5        Gm7#5/Bb
We were kind before,

         Eb7/Ab     Ab
we can be kind once more.

         F7sus4   F7    G7sus4
We will be beautiful...
[VERONICA] Agh!... Hey Martha. [MARTHA] Hey. [VERONICA]
Cm Cm7                             Abmaj7 Bb
Martha Dunnstock. My best friend since diapers.
[MARTHA]
Cm Cm7
We on for movie night?
[VERONICA]
                            Abmaj7 Bb
Yeah, you're on Jiffy Pop detail.
[MARTHA]
      Cm Cm7
I rented "The Princess Bride."
[VERONICA]
                                Abmaj7 Bb
Again? Don't you have it memorized by now?
[MARTHA]
Cm Cm7                                     Abmaj7 Bb
What can I say? I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
[KURT]
            Cm Cm7
Martha Dumptruck! Wide load!
N.C. Honnnnnk! [VERONICA] N.C. or (xxxx01) Kurt Kelly. Quarterback. He is the smartest guy on the football team. Which is kind of like being the tallest dwarf. Hey! Pick that up right now! [KURT] I'm sorry, are you actually talking to me? [VERONICA] Yes, I am. I wanna know what gives you the right to pick on my friend. You're a high school has-been waiting to happen. A future gas station attendant. [KURT] N.C. G7sus4 You have a zit right there. [VERONICA] N.C. Dear diary:
Ebm6/Gb
Why...
[HIPSTER DORK]
                Bbm/F
Why do they hate me?
[REPUBLICAN GIRL]
                  F7/Eb
Why don't I fight back?
[KURT]
            Bbm/Db       Bbm
Why do I act like such a creep?
[VERONICA]
Ebm6/Gb
Why...
[MARTHA]
                 Bbm/F
Why won't he date me?
[RAM]
              F7/Eb
Why did I hit him?
[STONER CHICK, MS. FLEMING, & BLOW-DRIED PREPPY]
           Bbm/Db       Bbm
Why do I cry myself to sleep?
[VERONICA]
Abm6/B
Why?!...
[KIDS]
          Ebm/Bb
Somebody hug me!

          Bb7/Ab
Somebody fix me!

          Ebm/Gb
Somebody save me!

             B7/F
Send me a sign, God!
Give me some hope here!
                  E7/Bb D5
Something to live for!
[Interlude] D A/D Am/D G/D Eb/D D A/D Am/D G/D Eb/D [KIDS]
D   Bm11     G/F      Eb6/9       D
Aah... Heather, Heather, and Heather...
[VERONICA]
                      Bbmaj7
Then there's the Heathers. They float above it all.
[KIDS]
D   Bm11     G/F      Eb6/9       D
I love Heather, Heather, and Heather...

    Bm11     G/F      Eb6/9       D
I hate Heather, Heather, and Heather...
[VERONICA] Heather McNamara. Head cheerleader. Her dad's loaded - he sells engagement rings. [KIDS]
    Bm11     G/F      Eb6/9       D
I want Heather, Heather, and Heather...
[VERONICA] Heather Duke. Runs the yearbook. No discernible personality, but her mom did pay for implants. And Heather Chandler. The Almighty. [KIDS]
    Bm11     G/F      Eb6/9
I need Heather, Heather-
[VERONICA] N.C. She is a mythic bitch.
Fm             Db/F           Ebmaj9
They are solid Teflon - never bothered, never harassed.

Eb/Db   Db   Eb/Db   Dbmaj7  G7sus4   Ab/G
I would give anything to be like that.
[HIPSTER DORK]
G7      Abmaj9              Ebmaj13
I'd like to be their boyfriend.
[KIDS] That would be beautiful. [STONER CHICK]
Abmaj9                                    Ebmaj7
If I sat at their table, guys would notice me!
[KIDS] So beautiful! [MARTHA]
Abmaj9/C  Gm7#5/Bb   Eb7/Ab
I'd like them to be nicer.
[KIDS]
           Ab
That would be beautiful.
[BELEAGUERED GEEK]
F7sus4                 F               Cm7/F                  F7sus4
I'd like to kidnap a Heather and photograph her naked in an abandoned warehouse
F N.C. and leave her tied up for the rats! [HEATHER DUKE]
  Cm7 F/C  F7sus4 F9
(vomits)
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
  Cm7 F/C                F7sus4 F9
Grow up, Heather. Bulimia is so '87.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA]
                                  Cm7 F/C
Maybe you should see a doctor, Heather.
[HEATHER DUKE]
           Cm7 F/C
Yeah, Heather, Maybe I should.
[MS. FLEMING] N.C. Ah, Heather and Heather...and Heather.
C#m   C#m7  F#/C#                                    F#7sus4    F#9
Perhaps you didn't hear the bell over all the vomiting. You're late for class.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
                C#m   C#m7  F#/C#
Heather wasn't feeling well. We're helping her.
[MS. FLEMING]
      F#7sus4    F#9                       C#m   C#m7  F#/C#
Not without a hall pass you're not. Week's detention.
[VERONICA] N.C. Uh, actually, Ms. Fleming, all four of us are out on a hall pass. Yearbook committee. [MS. FLEMING]
Ebm       F/Eb       Dbmaj7 Bbm                               Ebm F/Eb
... I see you're all listed. Hurry up and get where you're going.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
            Dbmaj7 Bbm              Ebm F/Eb
This is an excellent forgery. Who are you?
[VERONICA]
               Dbmaj7 Bbm
Veronica Sawyer. I crave a boon.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
        Ebm F/Eb
What boon?
[VERONICA]
                      Dbmaj7 Bbm
Um, let me sit at your table at lunch. Just once. No talking necessary. 

    Ebm F/Eb                                         Dbmaj7 Bbm
If people think you guys tolerate me, they'll leave me alone... 

  Ebm F/Eb                                                      Dbmaj7 Bbm
Before you answer, I also do report cards, permission slips and absence notes.
[HEATHER DUKE] How about prescriptions? [HEATHER CHANDLER] Shut up, Heather. [HEATHER DUKE]
F
Sorry, Heather.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
     F                           F
For a greasy little nobody, you do have good bone structure.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA]
       Fsus4                                              Fadd4
And a symmetrical face. If I took a meat cleaver down the center of your skull, 

         Bb7sus/F                 Gbmaj13/F
I'd have matching halves. That's very important.
[HEATHER DUKE] Bb7sus/F Gbmaj13/F N.C. Of course, you could stand to lose a few pounds. [HEATHER CHANDLER]
       Gbmaj7
And ya know, ya know, ya know?

Db
This could be beautiful.

   Gbmaj7
Mascara, maybe some lip gloss,

Db                   Dbsus
and we're on our way.

        Gb/Bb      Db/Ab
Get this girl some blush;

               F/Gb        Gb
And Heather, I need your brush.

               Eb7sus4
Let's make her beautiful.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA] Let's make her beautiful... [HEATHER DUKE] Let's make her beautiful... [HEATHER CHANDLER]
                  F7sus4
Make her beautiful!
Okay? [VERONICA] Okay! [KURT]
Ebm6/Gb        Bbm/F
Out of my way, geek!
[BELEAGUERED GEEK]
                 F7/Eb
I don't want trouble!
[RAM]
            Bbm/Db    Bbm
You're gonna die at 3pm!
[REPUBLICAN GIRL & GOTH GIRL]
Ebm6/Gb             Bbm/F             F7/Eb
Don't you dare touch me! Get away, pervert!
[BELEAGUERED GEEK]
          Bbm/Db     Bbm
What'd I ever do to them?
[KIDS]
Abm6/F             Ebm/Bb
Who could survive this?

               Bb7/Ab
I can't escape this!

Ebm/F         F7sus4
I think I'm dying!
[MS. FLEMING] N.C. Who's that with Heather? [KIDS]
Eb/Bb Gb/Bb Ebm6/Bb
Whoa.

Bb5   F/Bb   Abmaj7/Bb     Ebmaj7/Bb
Heather, Heather, Heather...
[GOTH GIRL] And someone! [KIDS]
Bb5   F/Bb   Abmaj7/Bb     Eb/Bb
Heather, Heather, Heather...
[PRINCIPAL, COACH, & MS. FLEMING]
Ebmaj7/Bb
And a babe!
[KIDS]
Bb5   F/Bb  Abm/Bb Eb/Bb
Heather, Heather, Heather...
[MARTHA] N.C. F7sus4 Veronica?! [KIDS]
    Gb F
Veronica?

    Gb F
Veronica!

    Gb F7sus4
Veronica!!!
[VERONICA & KIDS]
       Esus/A                 E
And ya know, ya know, ya know, life can be beautiful.

    Esus/A                    E
You hope, you dream, you pray, and you get your way!

       C#m7#5 G#m7#5/B
Ask me how it feels

          E7/A    A
looking like hell on wheels...

             F#7sus4
My God, it's beautiful!

           F#7sus4
I might be beautiful!

                G#7sus4
And when you're beautiful...

                               C#
It's a beautiful frickin' day!
[KIDS]
   G#/C#     G#m/C#    F#/C#        C#
Heather!  Heather!  Heather!  Veronica!

   G#/C#     G#m/C#    F#/C#        C#5
Heather!  Heather!  Heather!  Veronica!

A D#dim C#5
Veronica!

A D#dim C#5
Veronica!

A D#dim C#5
Veronica!

      C#
VERONICA!