At The Ballet by Barbra Streisand
Key: AmAm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Am9
Daddy always thought that he married beneath him
Am7                  Em7sus4
That's what he said, that's what he said
Am9
When he proposed he informed my mother
        Am7                     A9
He was probably her very last chance
     Dm7                    Am7
And though she was twenty-two
Gm7                    Am7
Though she was twenty-two
Gm7                     A9
Though she was twenty-two
     D9
She married him
Fmaj7
Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic
Em7
More like a "come as you are."
Fmaj7
When I was five I remember my mother
Em7
Dug earrings out of the car
Fm7/A#
I knew they weren't hers, but it wasn't
Gm7/D#
Something you'd want to discuss
             F Em               Dm Em             Am9
He wasn't warm.  Well, not to her.   Well, not to us ! (Come to think of it)
    B9             C#m7/B           B9      C#m7/B
But everything was beautiful at the ballet
B9                C#m7/B            B9   C#m7/B
Graceful men lift lovely girls in white
      Bm7            D/A             Gmaj7   C#7-5
Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet. Hey !
       B9/F#  C#m/F#  B/F#    F#7    D/B C#-5/B Bm A/B G/B F#m/B Em/B D/B C#-5/B Bm A/B
I was happy... at     the      ballet              (That's when I started class)
(Together:)
Bm7                         F#m9
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
Gmaj7                     F#m9
To the voice like a metronome
Bm7                         F#m9
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
(Barbra Streisand:)
   Gmaj7
It wasn't paradise
(Daisy Ridley:)
   F#m7
It wasn't paradise
(Anne Hathaway:)
   Em7
It wasn't paradise
(Together:)
Em6/F# Bm/F# F#7     Bm9
But    it    was    home
- Spoken -
(Auditioner:)
Okay Number Eighteen.
(Daisy Ridley:)
I'm BB, sir.
(Auditioner:)
And what's your story?
(Daisy Ridley:)
I don't know what you mean.
(Auditioner:)
Okay. On the subject of mothers what about yours?
(Daisy Ridley:)
My mother?
(Auditioner:)
  Am9
Yes, yours.
(Daisy Ridley:)
She lied to me.
(Auditioner:)
She lied to you?
(Daisy Ridley:)
Am9
Mother always said I'd be very attractive
Am7             Em7sus4
When I grew up, when I grew up
Am9
"Diff'rent, " she said, "With a special something
      Am7                   A9
And a very, very personal flair."
     Dm7                     Am7
And though I was eight or nine
A#maj7                   Am7
Though I was eight or nine
Gm7                      A9
Though I was eight or nine
   D9
I hated her
      Fmaj7
Now, "Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty
Em7
"Pretty" is what it's about
Fmaj7
I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"
Em7
Who couldn't figure that out
   Fmaj7                         Am9
So beautiful I'd never lived to see
              Fmaj7sus4 Fmaj7       Fmaj7sus4 Fmaj7           Am9
But it was clear         If not to her           Well then to me
(Together:)
      D9          Em7/D           Dmaj7  Em7/D
That everyone is beautiful at the ballet
D9              Em7/D             Dmaj7   Em7/D
Every prince has got to have his swan
     Dm7          G/D            F/A#
Yes, everyone is beautiful at the ballet
D#maj7
Hey!
(Daisy Ridley:)
      D/A
I was pretty
Em/A  D/A   A7    F/D Em-5/D Dm C/D A#/D Am/D Gm/D F/D Em-5/D Dm C/D
At    the   ballet
(Together:)
Dm7                         Am7
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
A#maj7                    A-9sus4 A
To the voice like a metronome
Dm7                         Am7
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
   A#maj7       C/A#
It wasn't paradise
(Barbra Streisand:)
   Am7         F/A
It wasn't paradise
(Anne Hathaway:)
   Gm7         Gm6
It wasn't paradise
(Together:)
A7  DmMaj7  A     Dm
But it      was home
- Spoken -
(Auditioner:)
 Dm
Alright, Number Six.
(Anne Hathaway:)
Dm11                      G/D                            Dsus4    D
Number Six that's me, Maggie. Can I tell you about my parents?
 G                                    Am/G
I don't know what they were for or against, really, except each other
 Gmaj7                               C/G
I mean, I was born to save their marriage
             G                                                   Am/G
But when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital he said
                                   Gmaj7
"Well, I thought this was going to help
                  Gmaj7
But I guess it's not."
    Gm7                      C/G
Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life
                   D#maj7                        A7b5-9
I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this
               C#9/D# C#            G#7sus4/C# G#7/C
My fantasy was that it was an Indian Chief
     G#7sus4/C# G#7/C                    C#9/D# C#
And he'd say to me: "Maggie, do you wanna dance?"
                        G#7sus4/C# G#7/C
And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance."
   C#m9
Do do do do    But it was clear
   D#m7/C#
Do do do do    When he proposed
   C#m9                           D#m7/C#            D#m7/G#
Do do do do    That I was born to help their marriage and when
(Barbra Streisand:)
   C#m9
Do do do do    That's what he said
(Daisy Ridley:)
   D#m7/C#
Do do do do    That's what she said
(Anne Hathaway:)
   G#-9sus4                      G#-9
Do do          I used to dance around the living room
(Barbra Streisand:)
   C#m7
Do do do do    He wasn't warm
(Daisy Ridley:)
   F#/C#
Do do do do    Not to her
(Anne Hathaway:)
     Amaj7                      Dmaj7
Do do do do    It was an Indian chief and he'd say
C#9/G#           C#/G# G#7sus4
"Maggie, do you wanna  dance?"
    G#7        C#9/G#         C#/G# G#7sus4   G#7
And I'd said, "Daddy, I would love          to"
(Barbra Streisand:)
Dmaj7          Em7/D            Dmaj7   Em7/D
Everything was beautiful at the ballet
Dmaj7                Em7/D             Dmaj7   Em7/D
Raise your arms and someone's always there
     Dm7            G/D              A#maj7
Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet
(Daisy Ridley:)
       Em7b5
At the ballet
(Together:)
       G/A Em/A F#m/A G/A  Em/A F#m/A G/A A Bm/A A7-9
At the ballet!
Instrumental
D   Em7/D   Dmaj7   G/A
Dmaj7   Em7/D   Dmaj7   Em7/D
(Together:)
    Dm7            G/D              A#maj7
Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet.
D#maj7
Hey!
(Barbra Streisand:)
      D/A
I was pretty
(Anne Hathaway:)
      Bbmaj7+5
I was happy
(Daisy Ridley:)
          G/A
"I would love to..."
(Together:)
Em/A  D/A  A7    F/D Em-5/D Dm C/D A#/D Am/D Gm/D F/D Em-5/D Dm C/D A#  C9  D
At    the  ballet