Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: DmDm
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
It's so wonderful to be back in Manhattan!
GbGb E MajorE Bb majorBb FF
GbGb C majorC AbmAbm
DbDb Bb majorBb
Verse 1:
DmDm Bb majorBb A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA
The daily press is here to meet my boat
DmDm DbDb C majorC FF E MajorE
There simply are no words, and you may qu....ote
G minorGm DmDm DbDb
America, your wait is through!
G minorGm FF C majorC
At this, my new New York debut
Bb majorBb E MajorE A augmentedA
I cannot wait to re-instate my shop
DbDb
Back on top!
Interlude:
(narrated)
DmDm DbDb
Why it's wicked, you opening up your new
Bb majorBb C majorC
salon right down the street from Elizab-
(narrated)
DmDm
WE DON'T SPEAK-A THAT NAME!
DbDb
That name is verboten.
(narrated)
DmDm C majorC
From the 'American Beauty Rose'?
(narrated)
Bb majorBb DmDm B minorBm Bb majorBb FF
You know what every garden needs, Harry? A augmentedA little wandering Jew
Verse 2:
DmDm G minorGm E MajorE A augmentedA DmDm E MajorE A augmentedA
The sad fact is that Europe's gone insane
DmDm C majorC G minorGm Eb MajorEb
To add to this, I have such family strai.....n
GbGb
My sons don't call, my husband cheats
B minorBm DmDm
Now they can pay their own receipts
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA B minorBm DmDm
I'm back ... on ... top!
Verse 3:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb G minorGm Bb majorBb
Up high
G minorGm DbDb C majorC A augmentedA DmDm A augmentedA
In Bauhaus lettering am
A augmentedA
So modern you could die!
E MajorE Eb MajorEb AbmAbm
The stainless steel, chic decor
B minorBm DbDb
Black terrazzo on the floor
C majorC B minorBm A augmentedA B minorBm
Top to bottom glamour I supply
Bb majorBb DbDb A augmentedA
Right?
Verse 4:
DmDm E MajorE C majorC DmDm DbDb
The lucky thing before the Wall Street crash
DmDm A augmentedA C majorC FF G minorGm Eb MajorEb
My intuition told me, 'take the caa...aa...sh!'
DmDm G minorGm DbDb
So I sold out, made a mint
GbGb Bb majorBb DmDm
But I like more my name in print
G minorGm B minorBm Eb MajorEb B minorBm DmDm G minorGm
Right back on top!
Verse 5:
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
The skin
Bb majorBb GbGb A augmentedA FF A augmentedA
I chart from hairline down to chin
GbGb A augmentedA
Find out which group you're in:
Eb MajorEb C majorC
The normal, dry, or oily zone
B minorBm E MajorE
Flaky, dry, or blemish-prone
C majorC
Beauty, science
GbGb B minorBm FF E MajorE Bb majorBb
Like it's ne.....ver been!
Verse 6:
GbGb A augmentedA Eb MajorEb DbDb B minorBm Bb majorBb
The face of progress overtakes the past
GbGb A augmentedA G minorGm AbmAbm DbDb
The constant change of life comes fierce and fast
AbmAbm E MajorE FF
And speaking of your change of life:
GbGb DbDb
Your men won't seek a younger wife
AbmAbm FF DbDb
With epidermal firming crme
DbDb
Your timeless youth will dazzle them
AbmAbm FF
A augmentedA month from now they'll stand in line
Eb MajorEb
And dammit!
GbGb AbmAbm DbDb Bb majorBb DbDb Bb majorBb FF
You'll see Rubinstein is back on
Outro:
A augmentedA
I'm back!
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb GbGb
Oooooooon!
AbmAbm Eb MajorEb GbGb A augmentedA Eb MajorEb GbGb G minorGm
Toooooooooooooooooooooop!
E MajorE G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Right?