Misc Musicals – Shrek The Musical - The Ballad Of Farquaad (Guitar)

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[Intro] C#5 [Verse 1]
C#5
My Daddy was a miner

      E5
So he wasn't much around.

B5           D5
Foraging for diamonds

  G#sus4           G#
A life spent underground.

C#5
Daddy didn't talk much

   E5
He barely said "Hello."

     B5           D5             G#7sus4 
He'd simply mutter, "Heigh, ho."

N.C                  C#m
And off to work he'd go

C#m
Daddy was grumpy
[Refrain]
   Dm
My Momma was a princess

    F
Who left her crown behind

Cm                Eb
Daddy was her true love,

   A
So Momma didn't mind.

  Dm
I never knew my Momma

        F
But she could've been a queen

    Cm            Eb          A5 
She married way beneath her

N.C                 Dm
Beneath her knee, I mean
[Verse 2]
Dm  Bbm                Ab
Oh, Daddy's bed was lumpy

   Gb             Db
So Mommy couldn't sleep

Bbm            Ab
Daddy built a new one

   Eb/G        F/A
So tall and so steep!

Bbm         Fm             Bbm     Fm
Twenty five mattresses she slept upon

GbM7                 Fm7     Gb 
One night she rolled over

N.C           C#m
And Momma was gone

C#m
So Daddy was grumpy!
[Bridge]
Am            D
Me and my old man

  G              C
A tale as old as dirt

  Am              F
A bitter, distant father,

    Gsus4 G    C      E7
In a tiny undershirt.

Am           D
Daddy up and left me

G               C
Left me good as dead

Am              F         G5 
Now he lives in squalor...

N.C                 Cm  F  Cm
Sleepin' seven to a bed!

Bb                    Eb
Oh, if you could only see me now,

                  D
Daddy, I'd invite you to the wedding
N.C But you have to be this tall to get in! [Instrumental] A A#dim7 E7 [Verse 3]
   A
My bride-to-be is gorgeous!

    D/A
Her wedding dress, designer!

                     Bdim/A  A
The guest list will be ma - jor!
N.C Without a minor miner!
D            A           B7          E
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La!

A
Packs of royal lackeys

D/A     Bdim/A   A
Playing  vio  -  lin

D                A
Strings of royal underlings

    B7               E
Who will not let you in

    B7
Ha, ha! Ha, ha! Ha, ha!
[Refrain]
            Eb6/Bb
Tricked out carriage!
(Tricked out carriage.) Twenty stallions! (Twenty stallions.)
                      Ab6/Bb
With a coachman named Raoul
(With a coachman named Raoul!)
      Eb/Bb
Big reception

       Ab6/Bb
(Big reception)

       Eb/Bb
With a boy band

        Ab6/Bb
(With a boy band)

                      Fm
And a royal DJ by the pool!
[Verse 4]
Dm
Yes, I can see my future

    F
And so it shall be done

     Cm         Eb
It's total domination

          A       Gm       A
With some torture just for fun.

       Dm
'Cause I will have my wedding

    F
And I will have a queen

    Cm              Eb/Bb
And once I get that crown on,

         A
You will get the guillotine
[Outro]
         Bbm         A
And I'll punish you, Daddy 'Cause

Gb            Db
I'm all grown-up and

Bbm         Ab          Gb
bigger than you'll ever know!
N.C Ebm (Once) You're gonna pay, Daddy! N.C Ebm (once) It's any day, Daddy!
N.C        Ab7sus4
I'm off to work!

N.C      Db  Cb  Db5
Heigh,   ho!