Something Rotten - God I Hate Shakespeare chords by Soundtracks

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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


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

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

🎸 Interlude:
         E              A       F#             B
But he’s brilliant what majesty flows from his pen
    B7     C#m          A        B
His poetry soars like a sweet violin
      E        A           B              C#m
God’s own inspiration like lightning doth strike him
       A
And he captures my soul! Ah! Jeez, you sound just like him! Really? Thaaanks…

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

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

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

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

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