Something Rotten - Bottoms Gonna Be On Top chords by Soundtracks

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

Nick Bottom:
C
 No more Mr. Anonymous
D7
 No more world that is Nick Bottom-less
E7                               Am7   D7      G
 My name will be synonymous with being on the top

C
 I can see it now
C
 I'm the cat's meow
C

 It's a hit, pow!
      Bb              F
It's gonna be great, gonna be great

C
 Everywhere I go
C
 They will love me so
C
 Hail my name
          Bb              F
Oh, it's gonna be great, gonna be great

Ensemble:
 E                                      Am
Master Bottom, you're such a wonderful writer

Nick:
You really think so?

Ensemble:
Bb                                   F
And your talent is talent beyond compare

Nick:
Why thank you

Ensemble:
Bm7                E7                         Am
You're a star, you are, and you couldn't be brighter

Nick:
Now you're just embarrassing me!

Ensemble:
Em             Ebm
You're a real visionary

Nick:
Dm7                  G7
Thank you Jesus and Hail Mary!

All:
      C                    D
This Bottom's gonna be on top
      C                    D
This Bottom's gonna be on top

Nick:
C
Man, I'm gonna sizzle
                   Dm
Man, I'm gonna pop

All:
D                       G
And this Bottom's gonna be on top

C

Nick:
C
 This is heaven sent
C
 Feeling confident
C
 Money well spent
      Bb              F
It's gonna be great, gonna be great
C
 Throw a big parade
C
 Praises will be made
C
 Compliments paid
      Bb              A
It's gonna be great, gonna be great

Bea:
E7                            Am
Me and baby are so eternally grateful

Nick:
You're who I'm doing it for

Bea:
G7                 C7             F
Thank you for our cottage in the woods

Nick:
You deserve it!

Nigel:
    Bm7              E7                  Am
If gratitude were a food I'd have a big plateful

Nick:
Nice metaphor, bro

Lord Clapham:
Em7
You're the greatest
Shylock:
Ebm
You're the man

Nick:
   Dm7                         G7
I really shouldn't say it, but yes I am!

All:
      C                    D
This Bottom's gonna be on top
      C                    D
This Bottom's gonna be on top

Nick:
 C                             D
Once I get going, never gonna stop

All:
 C
Yeah, this Bottom's gonna be on top

Intrumental:
Abm Abm
Db C F Bb7
Eb7 Ab

Renaissance Writers:
Fm                                      Bbm
We are the royalty of the Renaissance writers
Abm7               Db7              Gb
Now we're handing down the crown to you
Cm                 F            Bbm                  Em              Ebm
You were a nobody but then overnight you're someone better than the rest of us
Dm               G
Now you are the best of us

N.C.

Will:
Not. So. Fast

Nick:
Hello, Will. I knew you wouldn't go down without a fight

Will:
The top sir, nay, thou surely doth jest
I say on my honour here I doth protest

Nick:
Yawn
Rhyming couplet? That is so 1580’s

Will:
Oh yeah?
Well

Tap Break:

Will:
If you want to make it to the top
Then you're gonna have to go through me
Cause on the top is where I live
And I will not be giving up that easily
So there

Nick:
Oh man I have been waiting for this moment for so long
I'm gonna enjoy it when I knock you off your perch

Will:
Oh no you won't

Nick:
Oh yes I will

Will:
Oh no you won't

Nick:
Oh yes I will

Will:
Oh no you won't

Nick:
Oh yes I will

Will:
Oh no you won't
My accomplishments are much more accomplished than yours

Nick:
In your dreams
I am the best

Will:
You can't be the best because I am the best
I have written 12 plays and each one is a testament to my great skill
I am the Will
And I wrote the Taming of the Shrew and Richard III and Richard II and Henry's IV, V, VI
And Titus Andronicus
And oh did I forget Romeo and Juliet

Nick:
Well I have just written the thing that the critics are calling the greatest thing they've ever seen
The people are loving it
Can't get enough of it
Everyone, even including the Queen
She recently invited me to her castle where she knighted me
And privately she told me that you're not any good, not any good, not any good, not any good
And she told me that all of your plays make her vomit
And none of them's as good as my musical Omelette

C

Will:
N.C.
Wait a minute
You wrote Omelette?

Nick:
Yes

Will:
   E                                  Am
I never thought that I would meet my equal
         Gm                   C7            F
But I concede that I've been bested by the best
Bm              Em           Am
Maybe we could partner on a sequel

Nick:
Em              Ebm
Oh my, how the tide has turned
Em
Let's review
      Ebm
What have we learned
     Em
See, you were here
     Ebm
But now we've swapped
N.C.
So kiss this Bottom
               G#m
I'm on the top

G#m G#m

All:
Dbm  Dm  Abm
He's on top
Cb   Bbm Abm
He's on top
Db
Wah-wah-wah-wah
Ab                             Dbm
Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top

D    Dm  Em  Am
He's on top
D        Em  Am
He's on top
D        Em
Wah-wah-wah-wah
Bm                       Dm
Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top
Bm                       Dm
Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top
Bm                       Am    Dm
Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top

Nick - Dialogue:
A

A
Bottom's up
A          G                    D
Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top