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War Paint - Back On Top by Soundtracks 🎦

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Dm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
It's so wonderful to be back in Manhattan!

Gb  E  Bb  F
Gb  C  Abm
Db  Bb

Verse 1:
Dm        Bb               A        Bm      A
The daily press is here to meet my boat
Dm            Db     C       F          E
There simply are no words, and you may qu....ote
Gm            Dm        Db
America, your wait is through!
Gm              F           C
At this, my new New York debut
Bb               E               A
I cannot wait to re-instate my shop
     Db
Back on top!

Interlude:
(narrated)
Dm     Db
    Why it's wicked, you opening up your new
Bb                                C
salon right down the street from Elizab-

(narrated)
         Dm
WE DON'T SPEAK-A THAT NAME!
     Db
That name is verboten.

(narrated)
       Dm                 C
From the 'American Beauty Rose'?

(narrated)
              Bb                    Dm              Bm      Bb    F
You know what every garden needs, Harry? A little wandering Jew

Verse 2:
Dm            Gm         E     A     Dm    E  A
The sad fact is that Europe's gone insane
Dm          C                        Gm     Eb
To add to this, I have such family strai.....n
Gb
My sons don't call, my husband cheats
             Bm              Dm
Now they can pay their own receipts
Bm  E         A         Bm      Dm
I'm back ...  on ...    top!

Verse 3:
Gm            Eb  Gm  Bb
Up high
Gm          Db  C      A     Dm  A
In Bauhaus lettering am
A
So modern you could die!
E                    Eb     Abm
The stainless steel, chic decor
Bm             Db
Black terrazzo on the floor
C               Bm    A    Bm
Top to bottom glamour I supply
Bb       Db  A
Right?

Verse 4:
Dm                 E       C           Dm       Db
The lucky thing before the Wall Street crash
Dm    A      C         F         Gm   Eb
My intuition told me, 'take the caa...aa...sh!'
Dm             Gm       Db
So I sold out,   made a mint
Gb         Bb              Dm
But I like more my name in print
Gm         Bm Eb      Bm  Dm  Gm
Right back on top!

Verse 5:
    Eb    Gm
The skin
             Bb       Gb       A     F  A
I chart from hairline down to chin
Gb              A
Find out which group you're in:
                    Eb   C
The normal, dry, or oily zone
Bm               E
Flaky, dry, or blemish-prone
C
Beauty, science
Gb         Bm  F  E   Bb
Like it's ne.....ver  been!

Verse 6:
Gb                   A              Eb     Db  Bm  Bb
The face of progress overtakes the past
Gb                     A           Gm        Abm    Db
The constant change of life comes fierce and fast
    Abm      E       F
And speaking of your change of life:
               Gb        Db
Your men won't seek a younger wife
    Abm          F       Db
With epidermal firming crme
Db
Your timeless youth will dazzle them
  Abm                    F
A month from now they'll stand in line
    Eb
And dammit!
     Gb         Abm      Db   Bb  Db   Bb  F
You'll see Rubinstein is back     on

Outro:
A
I'm back!
Bb Eb  Gb
Oooooooon!
Abm  Eb Gb A  Eb  Gb  Gm
Toooooooooooooooooooooop!
E       Gm  Eb
Right?