Misc Musicals – Twelfth Night - Violas Soliloquy (Guitar)

            C#m
What the...?

    Emaj7                  B F#/A# G#7/B#
But I never gave her a ring

        C#m                 Emaj7   B F#/A# G#7/B#
So then, why’s she giving me a ring?

N.C.              C#m              Emaj7
What could olivia see in me? In cesario?

       B                      F#
Does cesario have something I didn’t have before?

    C#m              Emaj7
And what do I see in orsino?

     B
He’s selfish, depressed and

F#      G#7           C#m
clearly obsessed with olivia!

         Emaj7   B
But he’s so damn dreamy

    F#         G#7
And passionate too

   C#m                    Emaj7
My brother is the one who always gets the girl

    B                              F#                G#7
And I’m the girl who’s never had a chance to get the guy

    C#m                      G#
But now that I’m wearing the pants

       C#m           Emaj7
I’m in love with the guy

                  B
And the girl loves me

          Amaj7
When they look, who do they see?

      C#m                G#7
Oh disguise, you are the devil’s blessing

B6               F#    G#7         C#m
You’ve cast me in this strange new role

                G#7
Is this costume getting me wrong

           B6                           F#    G#7
Or letting loose what’s been in me all along?

         C#m                G#7       B6  F#
Do these clothes conceal or reveal my soul?

       C#m              G#7
Oh disguise, which of us is in control?

   C#m                     Emaj7
My brother is the one who everybody eyes

  B                             F#           G#7
I never understood it, cause he barely tries

    C#m                  Emaj7
But now that i’ve walked miles in his shoes

  B                        F#            Amaj7
I finally see why he never seems to lose!

          F#m          B
I feel so seen as a guy

              E        B/D#     C#
People move aside when I walk by

          F#m             B
I felt so veiled as a girl

   E       B/D#  C#
Invisible to the world

N.C            C#m   C#m/B Amaj7
It was always ‘look, don’t touch’

N.C.         C#m  C#m/B
No it didn’t suit me

Amaj7
much

             E/G#        F#7b5/A            D9
Why has this power in me never been given a chance?

N.C.                                         G#5
Is it as simple as putting on a pair of pants?

      C#m                G#7              B6
Oh disguise, you are the devil’s blessing

                 F#    G#7          C#m
You’ve cast me in this wild new role

                  G#7
Does this freshly fearless skin

       B6                         F#   G#7
Fit me better than the one I’ve been in?

    C#m      G#7                 B6     F#
Am I finally shedding a well-worn shawl?

     C#m  C#m/B
Am I more my-

 Amaj7 N.C.        C#m   C#m/B   D9  A  E  F#m  A
-self now that i’m not myself at all?

A     E
If I’m a girl again

         F#m              E              A
Would he care what I have to say anymore?

   E                           F#7
Or would I just be a prize for him to win?

                  A          E      F#m
Would I even be a woman he’d adore?

E                    F#m7b5
Would I be enough in my own skin?

           C#m       B           Emaj7 Emaj7/F#
Or was the old me only a costume too?

C#m                                 Emaj7
Who am I besides how I look to you?

B                                   F# G#7
Who am I besides how I look to you?

       C#m  Emaj7  Badd9  F#
Who am I?

      C#m          G#7
Oh disguise you are the devil’s blessing

       B6               F#        G#            C#m  G#
You’ve left me undressed and second-guessing how

                      B6       G#   N.C.
I’ve seen myself from both sides now

      C#m     G#                  B6    F#
Is it half of each bringing love my way?

      C#m   G#
Oh disguise

N.C.               C#m  Emaj7  B
Maybe just one more day