Misc Musicals – War Paint - Back On Top (Guitar)

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[Intro] It's so wonderful to be back in Manhattan! Gb E Bb F Gb C Abm Db Bb [Verse 1]
Dm        Bb               A        Bm      A
The daily press is here to meet my boat

Dm            Db     C       F          E
There simply are no words, and you may qu....ote

Gm            Dm        Db
America, your wait is through!

Gm              F           C
At this, my new New York debut

Bb               E               A
I cannot wait to re-instate my shop

     Db
Back on top!
[Interlude] (narrated)
Dm     Db
    Why it's wicked, you opening up your new

Bb                                C
salon right down the street from Elizab-
(narrated)
         Dm
WE DON'T SPEAK-A THAT NAME!

     Db
That name is verboten.
(narrated)
       Dm                 C
From the 'American Beauty Rose'?
(narrated)
              Bb                    Dm              Bm      Bb    F
You know what every garden needs, Harry? A little wandering Jew
[Verse 2]
Dm            Gm         E     A     Dm    E  A
The sad fact is that Europe's gone insane

Dm          C                        Gm     Eb
To add to this, I have such family strai.....n

Gb
My sons don't call, my husband cheats

             Bm              Dm
Now they can pay their own receipts

Bm  E         A         Bm      Dm
I'm back ...  on ...    top!
[Verse 3]
Gm            Eb  Gm  Bb
Up high

Gm          Db  C      A     Dm  A
In Bauhaus lettering am

A
So modern you could die!

E                    Eb     Abm
The stainless steel, chic decor

Bm             Db
Black terrazzo on the floor

C               Bm    A    Bm
Top to bottom glamour I supply

Bb       Db  A
Right?
[Verse 4]
Dm                 E       C           Dm       Db
The lucky thing before the Wall Street crash

Dm    A      C         F         Gm   Eb
My intuition told me, 'take the caa...aa...sh!'

Dm             Gm       Db
So I sold out,   made a mint

Gb         Bb              Dm
But I like more my name in print

Gm         Bm Eb      Bm  Dm  Gm
Right back on top!
[Verse 5]
    Eb    Gm
The skin

             Bb       Gb       A     F  A
I chart from hairline down to chin

Gb              A
Find out which group you're in:

                    Eb   C
The normal, dry, or oily zone

Bm               E
Flaky, dry, or blemish-prone

C
Beauty, science

Gb         Bm  F  E   Bb
Like it's ne.....ver  been!
[Verse 6]
Gb                   A              Eb     Db  Bm  Bb
The face of progress overtakes the past

Gb                     A           Gm        Abm    Db
The constant change of life comes fierce and fast

    Abm      E       F
And speaking of your change of life:

               Gb        Db
Your men won't seek a younger wife

    Abm          F       Db
With epidermal firming crme

Db
Your timeless youth will dazzle them

  Abm                    F
A month from now they'll stand in line

    Eb
And dammit!

     Gb         Abm      Db   Bb  Db   Bb  F
You'll see Rubinstein is back     on
[Outro]
A
I'm back!

Bb Eb  Gb
Oooooooon!

Abm  Eb Gb A  Eb  Gb  Gm
Toooooooooooooooooooooop!

E       Gm  Eb
Right?