Chords with lyrics
Intro:
Eb9Eb9 Eb MajorEb (repeat as needed)
Verse 1:
Eb MajorEb
Every day for a week I would try to
Bb/DBb/D
Feel the motion
Bbm7/Db Ab/C
Feel the motion
Eb MajorEb
Down the hill
Eb MajorEb
Every day for a week we would try to
Bb/DBb/D
Hear the wind rush
Bbm7/Db Ab/C
Hear the wind rush
Eb MajorEb
Feel the chill
Pre-chorus 1:
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
So I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
To see what I had inside
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Yes I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
FF Bb majorBb
and I tried, I tried
Monologue 1:
(Vamp DbDb Eb MajorEb)
And everyone was going whoosh! Whoosh! I feel
the snow! I feel the cold! I feel the air! And
Mr. Karp turns to me and says, "Okay Meralise,
what do you feel?"
Chorus 1:
AbAb Bb majorBb
And I said nothing
BbM7Bbm7 C majorC
I'm feeling nothing
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
And he said nothing could get a girl transferred
AbAb
They all felt something
BbmBbm C majorC
But I felt nothing
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb9Eb9 Eb MajorEb
Except the feeling that this bullshit was absurd
Monologue 2:
Vamp Eb9Eb9 Eb MajorEb
But then I said to myself, hey it's only the first week.
Maybe it's genetics. They don't have bobsleds in San Juan.
Verse 2:
Eb MajorEb
Second week, more advanced and we had to
Bb/DBb/D
Be a table
Bbm7/Db Ab/C
Be a sports car
Eb MajorEb
Icecream cone
Eb MajorEb
Mr. Karp, he would say, "Very good
Bb/DBb/D
except Meralise
Bbm7/Db Ab/C
Try Meralise"
Eb9Eb9
All alone
Pre-chorus 2:
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
So I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
To see how an icecream felt
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Yes I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
FF Bb majorBb
And I tried to melt
Chorus 2:
AbAb Bb majorBb
And the kids yelled nothing
BbM7Bbm7 C majorC
They called me nothing
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
And Karp allowed it, which really makes me burn
AbAb Bb majorBb
They were so helpful
BbM7Bbm7 C majorC
They called me hopeless
F minorFm Bb majorBb Em9Em9 E minorEm
Until I really didn't know where else to turn
Monologue 3:
Vamp Eb9Eb9 Eb MajorEb
And Karp kept saying, "I really think you should
transfer to Girl's Highschool. You'll never be an
actress. Never." (Music stops, pause) Jesus Christ.
Verse 3:
E MajorE
Went to church, praying Santa Maria
B/Eb
Send me guidance
Bm7/D A/Db
Send me guidance
E MajorE
On my knees
E MajorE
Went to church, praying Santa Maria
B/Eb
Help me feel it
Bm7/D A/Db
Help me feel it
E MajorE
Pretty Please
Pre-chorus 3:
E MajorE BB
And a voice from down at the bottem of my sould
E MajorE BB
Came up to the top of my head
E MajorE BB
Yes a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
FF BB
Here is what it said
Chorus 3:
A augmentedA BB
This man is nothing!
B minorBm DbDb
This course is nothing!
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
If you want something, go find a better class!
A augmentedA BB
And when you find one
B minorBm DbDb
You'll be an actress
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
And I assure you that's what finally came to pass
Outro:
(Slowly)
B minorBm E MajorE
6 months later I heard that Karl had died
B minorBm Bm7Bm7 F# minorF#m A/EA/E B/Eb A/EA/E
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul, and cried
(pause) E MajorE