Key: G
Introduction:
G G7M
Be our guest! Be our guest!
G6 G
Put our service to the test
G#º
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
Am7 D7(9)
And we'll provide the rest
Am Am7M
Soup du jour, hot hors d'oeuvres
Am7 D
Why, we only live to serve
Am7
Try the grey stuff
A#º
It's delicious
Bm7 A#m7 Am7
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes
D7(9) G G7M
They can sing, they can dance
G6 G
After all, miss, this is France
G7M G7 C6
And a dinner here is never second best
Em7 A7
Take a glance and then you'll
Am7
Be our guest
D7
Oui, our guest
G D#7 D#7/F
Be our guest!
G#
Beef ragout
G#7M
Cheese souffle
G#6 G#
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
Aº
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A#m7 D#7(9)
A culinary cabaret!
A#m
You're alone
A#m7M
And you're scared
A#m7 D#7(9)
But the banquet's all prepared
A#m7 Bº
No one's gloomy or complaining
Cm7 Bm7 A#m7
While the flatware's entertaining
D#7(9) G# G#7M
We tell jokes! I do tricks
G#6 G#
With my fellow candlesticks
G#7M G#7
And it's all in perfect taste
C#6
That you can bet
C Gm7/D Eº
Come on and lift your glass
Fm7 A#7
You've won your own free pass
A#m
To be our guest
D#7
If you're stressed
Cm7 F7
It's fine dining we suggest
A#m7 D#7(9) D#7 G#9
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Fm
Life is so unnerving
C/E
For a servant who's not serving
Cº A#/D
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
Eº Cm7
Ah, those good old days when we were useful...
A#m7 C7
Suddenly those good old days are gone
Fm
Ten years we've been rusting
C/E
Needing so much more than dusting
D#º A#/D
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills!
C#º G#/C Fm7
Most days we just lay around the castle
A#m7
Flabby, fat and lazy
D#7
You walked in and oops a daisy!
A A7M
It's a guest! It's a guest!
A6 A
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed!
A#º
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
Bm7 E7(9)
I've had the napkins freshly pressed
Bm Bm7M
With dessert, she'll want tea
Bm7 E7(9)
And my dear that's fine with me
Bm7 Cº
While the cups do their soft shoein'
C#m7 Bm7
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing
E7(9) A A7M
I'll get warm, piping hot
A6 A
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
A7M A7 D6
Clean it up! We want the company impressed
C# G#m7/D# Fº
We've got a lot to do!
F#m7 B7
Is it one lump or two?
Bm
For you, our guest!
E7
She's our guest!
C#m
She's our guest!
F#7
She's our guest!
B B7M
Be our guest! Be our guest!
B6 B
Our command is your request
Cº C#m7
It's been years since we've had anybody here
F#7(9)
And we're obsessed
C#m C#m7M
With your meal, with your ease
C#m7 F#7(9)
Yes, indeed, we aim to please
F#4/7 F#
While the candlelight's still glowing
G4/7 G7
Let us help you, we'll keep going
G6 G7 C C7M
Course by course, one by one
C6 C
'Til you shout, "enough! I'm done!"
C C7M C7 C7/E F6
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
E Bm7/F# G#º
Tonight you'll prop your feet up
E/G# Am9 D7
But for now, let's eat up
Dm
Be our guest!
Eº
Be our guest!
Dm7/F
Be our guest!
Em/G
Please, be
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Our
C C7M C6 C
Guest!