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Be Our Guest

Alan Menken

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ARTIST: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
TITLE: Be Our Guest

From the movie, Beauty And The Beast

Intro:

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A/F A/F
Eb/F Eb/F
F7 F7 (let ring)


       Bb            Bbmaj7
Be our guest! Be our guest!
        Bb6            Bb
Put our service to the test
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Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
    Cm7               F7
And we'll provide the rest
        Cm
Soup du jour
         Cm(maj7)
Hot hors d'oeuvres
        Cm7          F
Why, we only live to serve
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Try the grey stuff
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It's delicious
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Don't believe me? Ask the dishes
F7   -   Bb             Bbmaj7
They can sing, they can dance
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After all, Miss, this is France
              Bbmaj7-Bb7          Eb6
And a dinner here is never second best
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Go on, unfold your menu
D7/F#- Gm7           C7
Take a glance and then you'll
       Cm7
Be our guest
         F7
Oui, our guest
       Bb - F#7 - F#7/Ab -
Be our guest!


F#/A#- B
Beef ragout
            Bmaj7
Cheese souffle
        B6              B
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
                             Cdim
We'll prepare and serve with flair
      C#m7     F#7
A culinary cabaret!
        C#m
You're alone
           C#m(maj7)
And you're scared
        C#m7             F#7
But the banquet's all prepared
         C#m          Ddim
No one's gloomy or complaining
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While the flatware's entertaining
F#7  -  B           Bmaj7
We tell jokes! I do tricks
        B6           B
With my fellow candlesticks
                Bmaj7 - B7
And it's all in perfect taste
             E6
That you can bet
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Come on and lift your glass
       Eb7/G  - Abm7        C#7
You've won your own free pass
          C#m
To be our guest
          F#7
If you're stressed
          Ebm7         Ab7
It's fine dining we suggest
       C#m7          F#9sus-F#7  - Badd9
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!


Badd9 Bmaj7 Bmaj7

Emaj7 Emaj7 C#m7/B C#m7/B
Ah

Em/A A G/A F#m7/A

G6/A G6/A A7sus4 A7


       D             Dmaj7           D6               D
Be our guest! Be our guest! Get your worries off your chest
                      D#dim7
Let us say for your entree
           Em7            A7
We've an array; may we suggest:
        Em             Em(maj7)
Try the bread! Try the soup!
         Em7              A
When the croutons loop de loop
       Em            Fdim
It's a treat for any dinner
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Don't believe me? Ask the china
A7   -  Dadd9-D  -  Dmaj7
Singing pork! Dancing veal!
        D6           D
What an entertaining meal!
          D7                    G6 - F#6 - G6
How could anyone be gloomy or depressed?
               F#7 -  C#m7/Ab - Am6 -
We'll make you shout "encore!"
    F#7/A#- Bm9  -  E7
And send us out for more
           Em
So, be our guest!
       A7
Be our guest!
       Bb7
Be our guest!


Bb7 
Eb Eb/F F# F#/Ab
Eb/Bb Cm7 

F#/C# Ab/Eb F F/G
Ah

Ab Ab/Bb F Dm7

Ab/Eb Bb/F G7sus4 G7sus4
Ah

G7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4
G7sus4 G7


       C             Cmaj7
It's a guest! It's a guest!
       C6                 C
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed!
                                 C#dim7
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
             Dm7             G7
I've had the napkins freshly pressed
        Dm                Dm(maj7)
With dessert, she'll want tea
       Dm7                   G
And my dear that's fine with me
          Dm                 Ebdim
While the cups do their soft-shoein'
        Em7   -   Eb13  - Dm7 -
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing
G13  -   C            Cmaj7
I'll get warm, piping hot
         C6               C
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
                Cmaj7 -  C7        F6
Clean it up! We want the company impressed
            E  -  Bm7/F# - Gm6 -
We've got a lot to do!
   E7/G#- Am7       D7
Is it one lump or two?
             Dm
For you, our guest!
          G7
She's our guest!
          Em
She's our guest!
          A7
She's our guest!
       Dm            Gsus4 - G7  -  C    E     
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!


Am
Life is so unnerving
      E/G#
For a servant who's not serving
         Gdim7                         D/F#
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
Fm6                                  C      Am7
Ah, those good old days when we were useful...
Dm7                              E7sus4 E7
Suddenly those good old days are gone
Am              
Ten years we've been rusting
        E/G#
Needing so much more than dusting
        Gdim7                         D/F#
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills!
Fdim7                            C/E   Am7
Most days we just lay around the castle
Dm7
Flabby, fat and lazy
           G
You walked in and oops-a-daisy!


       C             Cmaj7
Be our guest! Be our guest!
       C6             C
Our command is your request
                                C#dim   Dm7
It's been years since we've had anybody here
            G
And we're obsessed
          Dm              Dm(maj7)
With your meal, with your ease
       Dm7             G
Yes, indeed, we aim to please
          G7sus4               G
While the candlelight's still glowing
       G#7sus               Ab7
Let us help you, We'll keep going
          C#             C#maj7
Course by course, one by one
         C#6                 C#
'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
                           C#7          F#6
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
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Tonight you'll prop your feet up
F/A  -  Bbm9         Eb7
But for now, let's eat up
       Ebm
Be our guest!
       Fdim
Be our guest!
       Ebm/F# 
Be our guest! 
        Fm/Ab
Please, be 
Ab13
our 
C# C#maj7 C#6 C#
guest!

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Be Our Guest

Alan Menken