Intro Bbmaj7 It's Olivia Keating of Broadway Mania, and we're here for the opening night of Eleanor, the Eleanor Roosevelt musical, starring the incomparable Dee Dee Allen and Barry Glickman Verse 1 F Let's talk process Bbmaj7 When I'm in character I go insane C I stagger, I stammer, I sob F I make the audiences feel my pain Bb G7 C F F7 And if they don't leave depressed, then I've not done my job Bbmaj7 Each time I find a role like Elanor C The artist inside of me thrives Ebmaj7 Edim7 Bb G7 I put on that wig and those prosthetic teeth C F Bb E And know I'm changing lives Eb Bb G By the time I get tuberculosis in Act Two Ebmaj7 Edim7 Bb G Even the people who are dead inside C7 F7 F7sus Will shout "Bravo!" on cue! Verse 2 N.C. Barry: The first review is in! N.C. Dee Dee: Don't tell me... what does it say? N.C. Barry: It says we're a hit! Bb C D D7 F F# C A7 D7 G7 C F We're a hit, and I think we deserve it C A7 That's for sure Fmaj7 F#dim7 C A Also it means that this tour de force D7 G7 G Will not be forced to tour G To Elanor! May she run for eternity! Ab To Elanor! Verse 3 Db Cheers to a show that's so inspiring Eb It's almost too much to sit through Ab And, if we run that might mean one more thing: Db Bb7 Eb7 Ab7 That in ten years or so, we'll do Elanor Two! Dbmaj7 I can predict what the reviews will say Eb Eb7 Before the next notice arrives Gb It's groundbreaking A7 Earthshaking Db Life-affirming Gdim7 Breathtaking Gb Gut-wrenching A7 Heart-aching Db A7 In two words it's history-making Db Db7 Cb7 Bb That's why every actor strives Eb For adulation A And compensation Eb Ab Dbmaj7 Gbm Ab That comes from nightly changing lives Db It's just what we do!
