Am
Daddy always thought that he married beneath him
AmEm
That's what he said, that's what he said
Am
When he proposed he informed my mother
AmA
He was probably her very last chance
DmAm
And though she was twenty-two
GmAm
Though she was twenty-two
GmA
Though she was twenty-two
D
She married him
F
Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic
Em
More like a "come as you are."
F
When I was five I remember my mother
Em
Dug earrings out of the car
Fm7
I knew they weren't hers, but it wasn't
Gm7
Something you'd want to discuss
FEmDmEmAm
He wasn't warm. Well, not to her. Well, not to us ! (Come to think of it)
BC#m7BC#m7
But everything was beautiful at the ballet
BC#m7BC#m7
Graceful men lift lovely girls in white
BmDGC#7-5
Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet. Hey !
B9C#mBF#7DC#-5/BBmAGF#mEmDC#-5/BBmA
I was happy... at the ballet (That's when I started class)
(Together:)
BmF#m
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
GF#m
To the voice like a metronome
BmF#m
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
(Barbra Streisand:)
G
It wasn't paradise
(Daisy Ridley:)
F#m
It wasn't paradise
(Anne Hathaway:)
Em
It wasn't paradise
(Together:)
Em6BmF#7Bm
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:)
Am
Yes, yours.
(Daisy Ridley:)
She lied to me.
(Auditioner:)
She lied to you?
(Daisy Ridley:)
Am
Mother always said I'd be very attractive
AmEm
When I grew up, when I grew up
Am
"Diff'rent, " she said, "With a special something
AmA
And a very, very personal flair."
DmAm
And though I was eight or nine
A#Am
Though I was eight or nine
GmA
Though I was eight or nine
D
I hated her
F
Now, "Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty
Em
"Pretty" is what it's about
F
I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"
Em
Who couldn't figure that out
FAm
So beautiful I'd never lived to see
Fmaj7sus4 F Fmaj7sus4 FAm
But it was clear If not to her Well then to me
(Together:)
DEm7DEm7
That everyone is beautiful at the ballet
DEm7DEm7
Every prince has got to have his swan
DmGF
Yes, everyone is beautiful at the ballet
D#
Hey!
(Daisy Ridley:)
D
I was pretty
EmDA7FEm-5/DDmCA#AmGmFEm-5/DDmC
At the ballet
(Together:)
DmAm
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
A#A-9sus4 A
To the voice like a metronome
DmAm
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
A#C
It wasn't paradise
(Barbra Streisand:)
AmF
It wasn't paradise
(Anne Hathaway:)
GmGm
It wasn't paradise
(Together:)
A7 DmMaj7 ADm
But it was home
- Spoken -
(Auditioner:)
Dm
Alright, Number Six.
(Anne Hathaway:)
DmGDD
Number Six that's me, Maggie. Can I tell you about my parents?
GAm
I don't know what they were for or against, really, except each other
GC
I mean, I was born to save their marriage
GAm
But when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital he said
G
"Well, I thought this was going to help
G
But I guess it's not."
GmC
Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life
D#A7-9
I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this
C#9C#G#7sus4G#7
My fantasy was that it was an Indian Chief
G#7sus4G#7C#9C#
And he'd say to me: "Maggie, do you wanna dance?"
G#7sus4G#7
And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance."
C#m
Do do do do But it was clear
D#m7
Do do do do When he proposed
C#mD#m7D#m7
Do do do do That I was born to help their marriage and when
(Barbra Streisand:)
C#m
Do do do do That's what he said
(Daisy Ridley:)
D#m7
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#m
Do do do do He wasn't warm
(Daisy Ridley:)
F#
Do do do do Not to her
(Anne Hathaway:)
AD
Do do do do It was an Indian chief and he'd say
C#9C#G#7
"Maggie, do you wanna dance?"
G#7C#9C#G#7G#7
And I'd said, "Daddy, I would love to"
(Barbra Streisand:)
DEm7DEm7
Everything was beautiful at the ballet
DEm7DEm7
Raise your arms and someone's always there
DmGA#
Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet
(Daisy Ridley:)
Em7
At the ballet
(Together:)
GEmF#mGEmF#mGABmA7-9
At the ballet!
InstrumentalDEm7DGDEm7DEm7
(Together:)
DmGA#
Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet.
D#
Hey!
(Barbra Streisand:)
D
I was pretty
(Anne Hathaway:)
Bbmaj7+5
I was happy
(Daisy Ridley:)
G
"I would love to..."
(Together:)
EmDA7FEm-5/DDmCA#AmGmFEm-5/DDmCA#CD
At the ballet
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.