Something Rotten - God I Hate Shakespeare chords by Soundtracks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Verse:
BB  E MajorE            N.C.
 Oh God, I hate Shakespeare! *gasp* That’s right, I said it!
   BB              N.C.
No! I do! I hate Shakespeare! Why? I just don’t get it
   E MajorE    BB      E MajorE       A minorAm
How a mediocre actor from a measly little town
  BB
Is suddenly the brightest jewel in England’s royal crown


🎸 Verse 2:
  E MajorE
Oh God I hate Shakespeare his plays are wordy but
  BB
Oh no! The “great” Shakespeare! That little turd
     E MajorE        BB      E MajorE         A minorAm
He has no sense about the audience he makes them feel so dumb
  BB
The bastard doesn’t care that my poor ass is getting numb

🎸 Chorus:
G+G      D MajorD     E MajorE      D#D#
How can you say that? How can you say that?
   C majorC      G+G         A augmentedA     D MajorD
It’s easy, I can say it cause it’s absolutely true!
G+G     D MajorD     E MajorE    D#D#
Don’t be a penis, the man is a genius!
  C majorC       BB       E MajorE
His genius is he’s fooling all of you!

🎸 Interlude:
     E MajorE       A augmentedA    F#F#       BB
But he’s brilliant what majesty flows from his pen
  B7B7   C# minorC#m     A augmentedA    BB
His poetry soars like a sweet violin
   E MajorE    A augmentedA      BB       C# minorC#m
God’s own inspiration like lightning doth strike him
    A augmentedA
And he captures my soul! Ah! Jeez, you sound just like him! Really? Thaaanks…

🎸 Verse 3:
N.C.             E MajorE   N.C.                     BB
You should hate Shakespeare! *gasp* Well no I don’t, I try to emulate Shakespeare!
N.C.                 E MajorE       BB         E MajorE       A minorAm
Well there’s your problem! You’re so blinded by the bard who’s such a pompous little man
BB
Why is it a problem to admit that I’m a fan?
BB
Cause he’s a hack with a knack for stealing anything he can!

🎸 Chorus:
G+G      D MajorD     E MajorE      D#D#
How can you say that? How can you say that?
  C majorC     G+G      A augmentedA        D MajorD
The man really knows how to write a bitchin’ play!
G+G         D MajorD    E MajorE        D#D#
You wish you could pen one, we wish we were in one
C majorC               BB
I just wish that he would go away!
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Well that’s not gonna happen, because everyone I know says
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That he is the greatest writer that England has ever known!

🎸 Verse 4:
N.C.            E MajorE
And that’s ANOTHER thing I hate about Shakespeare!
             BB
Is all the twits who bloviate about Shakespeare!
N.C.           E MajorE        BB          E MajorE      A minorAm
And how they prattle on about his great accomplishments, well la-de-da-de-dah!
BB
And once they start their gushing there’s no stopping them

🎸 Verse 5:
             E MajorE
And then it’s “blah blah blah blah blah Shakespeare!”
               BB
And he walks in, it’s “dum da dum ta da Shakespeare!”
                 E MajorE
He’s holding court and they say “Will you’re such a genius and your writing is divine,
 BB             E minorEm  E MajorE
A augmentedA rose by any other name is such a clever line!”
         E MajorE          BB           E MajorE         BB
And they’re all “Ooh!” and he’s all “Stop” and they’re all “Yay” and I’m all “Ugh”
    BB
And I’m REALLY getting sick of it!

🎸 Verse 6:
        E MajorE
And oh, oh, oh, OH, I HATE SHAKESPEARE!
N.C.           BB             N.C.
I think by now we sort of know you hate Shakespeare! Shmakespeare!
  E MajorE       BB         E MajorE     BB
The way he feigns humility when all he does is gloat
  FF         C majorC      FF         C majorC
The way he wears that silly frilly collar ‘round his throat
  G+G        D MajorD         G+G     D MajorD
The poster child for why no one should ever procreate
    G+G       D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD
Let me make a shorter list and I will give it to you straight:
D MajorD                       G+G
Every little thing about Shakespeare is what I hate!
                          G+G
(He hates! He hates! He clearly surely really truly hates Shakespeare!)
      G+G
Don’t hate!