Intro (JEFF) F Gm7 We can either follow our instinct Gb F C Or take advice from every joker F C Gm7 We can either be distinct Gm7 Or wind up merely mediocre A7 F Bb But not me, F Not me Verse Bb F Bb When we set out to write this musical Bb F We said we’d write a show that we wanna see F C We knew we’d never please everyone C Remember that day at Cristitine’s? Bb Gb7 You said to me, You said to me Chorus Bb F Bb Eb I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing Eb Bb F Than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing F Bb Nine peoples favorite thing Eb F Bb Than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing Verse (HUNTER) G C Yeah, you’re right, Jeffy let’s not compromise C G Let’s keep making something we’ve never seen G A risk was taken with “On the Town” G And look what happened Betty and Adolph burst C G Onto the scene Verse (JEFF AND HUNTER) G A shout out to Comden and Green Eb Gb7 Bb And when Bock and Harnick were writing “Tenderloin” Bb Ebmaj7 They were taking a risk to write a show about whores Ebmaj7 G When Kander and were working on the Rink G Ebmaj7 F7 G I’d like to think at some point; John looked at Fred and said Chorus G C7 F I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing F C G Than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing (JEFF, HUNTER, SUSAN, AND HEIDI) G C Bb Nine people’s favorite thing than a hundred Fm Bb G people’s ninth favorite thing Verse (HEIDI) B E When you handed me the first draft of this show E B I’ll admit I was a little bit “what the f*ck?” B Bmaj7 But I’m not giving up on you guys until Bmaj7 all of us have learned to knit E B On the bus and truck, B On the bus and truck Verse A E And who says four chairs and a keyboard G D Can’t make a musical F C We’re enough with only that keyboard C Bb C We’re okay with only four chairs Bb C Bb We’ll be fine with only four chairs Bb C We’ll rock hard with only four chairs Refrain (ALL) Am G Ahhh-ah F E Oooo-ah Am G Ahhh-ah F E Oooo-ahhhhhhh Bridge (SUSAN) Bbdim B I am eight years old in Ohio A F#m A It is time for the annual church bazaar E There’s a cake-baking contest A B I am going to be the big star A Emaj7 But I don’t want to make a German chocolate Amaj7 E And a seven-layer I’ll never complete E A E So I show up with pride this morning A B With a tray of rice-crispie treats Dbm B And they try to push them aside Bm Gb7 Say that they are too strange to compete Bm G9/B A7 Gm Bbmaj7 Eb And sure, most of the judges award the red velvet F A But one picks the rice-crispie treats Gdim Bbmaj7 Let our show be the rice-crispie treat Chorus A D G C I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing C G D Than a hundred peoples ninth favorite thing (SUSAN AND HEIDI) D G Nine people’s favorite thing C D Than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing Verse (ALL) G C7 Those nine people will tell nine people C7 Then we’ll have eighteen people loving the show G Bm G Then eighteen people could grow into D C Five-hundred and twenty-five-thousand, six-hundred people G Loving our show Verse (JEFF AND HUNTER) Bbm B And maybe someday if we’re lucky enough Bb We’ll all be in a studio recording the show (ALL) Eb G And ten years from now when we play the cast album G This track on the CD Ebmaj7 Gm Will remind us of why we’d rather be Chorus C Nine peoples favorite thing F C G Than a hundred peoples ninth favorite thing C G Nine people’s favorite thing F C G Than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing Outro (JEFF AND HUNTER) C So the decision’s made G And we’re on our way Fmaj7 And we may lose or maybe we might G Fmaj7 C Be nine people’s favorite thing (HEIDI AND SUSAN) Db Bb Nine people’s favorite (ALL) Gm C Ab Dbmaj7 When we open tonight G Cm C Tonigh
