Key: G
Introduction:
G G7+
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 Am7+
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 G7+
They can sing, they can dance
G6 G
After all, miss, this is France
G7+ G7 C6
And a dinner here is never second best
B F#m7/C# D#º
Gºon,
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#7+
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#m7+
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#7+
We tell jokes! I do tricks
G#6 G#
With my fellow candlesticks
G#7+ 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 A7+
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 Bm7+
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 A7+
I'll get warm, piping hot
A6 A
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
A7+ 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 B7+
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#m7+
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 C7+
Course by course, one by one
C6 C
'Til you shout, "enough! I'm done!"
C C7+ 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
G13
Our
C C7+ C6 C
Guest!
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