Intro C C C# Nick Bottom: No more Mr. Anonymous D7 D7 D#7 No more world that is Nick Bottom-less E7 Am7 D7 G My name will be synonymous with being on the top Verse 1 C F I can see it now C F I'm the cat's meow C F It's a hit, pow! Bb F It's gonna be great, gonna be great C F Everywhere I go C F They will love me so C Hail my name F Bb F Oh, it's gonna be great, gonna be great Pre-Chorus E Am Ensemble: Master Bottom, you're such a wonderful writer Nick: You really think so? Bb F Ensemble: And your talent is talent beyond compare Nick: Why thank you Bm7 E7 Am Ensemble: You're a star, you are, and you couldn't be brighter Nick: Now you're just embarrassing me! Em Ebm Ensemble: You're a real visionary Dm7 G7 Nick: Thank you Jesus and Hail Mary! All C C/C# Dm7 This Bottom's gonna be on top C C/C# Dm7 This Bottom's gonna be on top C C/Bb Am D7 Nick: Man, I'm gonna sizzle, man, I'm gonna pop G All: And this Bottom's gonna be on top G7 C Verse 2 C F Nick: This is heaven sent C F Feeling confident C F Money well spent Bb F It's gonna be great, gonna be great C F Throw a big parade C F Praises will be made C F Compliments paid Bb F It's gonna be great, gonna be great Pre-Chorus E7 Am Bea: Me and baby are so eternally grateful Nick: You're who I'm doing it for! Bb C F Bea: Thank you for our cottage in the woods Nick: You deserve it! Bm7 E7 Am Nigel :If gratitude were a food I'd have a big plateful Nick: Nice metaphor, bro! Em7 Lord Clapham: You're the greatest! Ebm Shylock: You da man! Dm7 G7 Nick: I really shouldn't say it, but yes I am! Chorus C C/C# Dm7 All: This Bottom's gonna be on top C C/C# Dm7 This Bottom's gonna be on top C C/Bb Am D7 Nick: Once I get going, never gonna stop G C All: Yeah, this Bottom's gonna be on top Intrumental Db Gb Db Gb Db C5 B5 Bb5 Db7 Gb Db7 Pre-Chorus Renaissance Writers F7 Bbm7 We are the royalty of the Renaissance writers Bb Db7 Gb Now we're handing down the crown to you Cm7 F7 Bbm Em Ebm You were a nobody but then overnight you're someone better than the rest of us Dm7 G7 Now you are the best of us Break G G#5 A5 Will: Not. So. Fast G#5 A5 Nick: Hello, Will. I knew you wouldn't go down without a fight D#5 E5 Will: The top sir, nay, thou surely doth jest I say on my honour here I doth protest D#5 D5 Nick: Yawn rhyming couplet? That is so 1580’s Will: Oh yeah? Well... Tap Break Will N.C. If you want to make it to the top then you're gonna have to go through me, Cause on the top is where I live and I will not be giving up that easily, So there! Nick Oh man I have been waiting for this moment for so long I'm gonna enjoy it when I knock you off your perch Will Oh no you won't Nick Oh yes I will Will Oh no you won't Nick Oh yes I will Will Oh no you won't Nick Oh yes I will Will Oh no you won't my accomplishments are much more accomplished than yours Nick In your dreams I am the best Will You can't be the best because I am the best. I have written 12 plays and each one is a testament to my great sk*ll. I am the Will. And I wrote the Taming of the Shrew and Richard III and Richard II and Henry's IV, V, VI And Titus Andronicus and oh did I forget? Romeo and Juliet! Nick Well I have just written the thing that the critics are calling the greatest thing they've ever seen, The people are loving it can't get enough of it everyone, even including the Queen! She recently invited me, to her castle where she knighted me, And privately she told me that you're not any good, not any good, not any good, not any good! And she told me that all of your plays make her vomit And none of them's as good as my musical Omelette! C N.C. Will Wait a minute you wrote Omelette? Nick Yes Pre-Chorus E7 Am Will I never thought that I would meet my equal Gm C7 F But I concede that I've been bested by the best Bm7 E7 Am Maybe we could partner on a sequel Verse 3 Nick E5 Eb5 Oh my, how the tide has turned E5 Eb5 Let's review, what have we learned? E5 Eb5 See, you were here but now we've swapped Dm7 N.C. So kiss this Bottom G I'm on the top Instrumental G#7 G#sus4 G#7 G#sus4 G#7 G# G#7 All Dbm Dm Abm He's on top (Yeaahh!) Cb Bbm Abm He's on top (Right where I wanna be!) Db Wah-wah-wah-wah Ab Db Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top D Dm Em Am He's on top D Em Am He's on top D Em Wah-wah-wah-wah Bm Dm Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top Bm Dm Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top Bm Am Dm Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top Nick - Dialogue A A Bottom's up A G D Yeah this Bottom's gonna be on top
