Key: D
Introduction:
G D7 G
Welcome to Duloc, such a perfect town
D7 G
Here we have some rules let us lay them down
D7 G
Don?t make waves, stay in line, and we?ll get along fine
D7 G
Duloc is a perfect place
D7
Please keep off of the grass,
Shine your shoes, wipe your face
G D7 G D7 G D7 G
Duloc is, Duloc is, Duloc is a perfect place
(Musical interlude when Lord Farquaad is introduced)
Ebm9 Ab13 Dm11 G9
Oh, its you! What a terrific surprise!
C7+ B7 Dm G6
Once upon a time, this place was infested
Em7(5-) A7 D7
Freaks on ev?ry coner, I had them all arrested
C9+ A9 Dm
Hey nonny, nonny, nonny no
C7+ B7 Dm7 G6
If you had a quirk, you didn?t pass inspection
Em7(5-) A7 D7 Dm7 G7 D7
We all have our standards, but I will have perfection
G7 F#7 D+ F#
And so, and so!
B6 Bb7 B6
Things are looking up here, in Duloc
C#m7 F#7
Just take a look!
B6 Bb7 C#m7
The things im cooking up here, in Duloc
F#7
He likes to cook!
E6 Em6 B/F# G#7
A model that amazes, a plan with seven phases
G#
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
C#m7 F#6 B
Things are looking up, here in Duloc
C#m7
They?re looking up
F#7 B G7
In Duloc!
C7+ B7
The ladies all look swell,
Dm7 G13
The men are so dashing
Em7(5-) A7
Thanks to my new dress code,
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
The fashion?s never clashing
C7+ A7 Dm7 G13
Hey nonny, nonny, nonny no
C7+ B7 Dm7 G13
This castle I had built, is taller than the cliff tops
Em7(5-) A7 D7
A city like a post card, a monorail and gift shops
G7 F#7
Farquaad: And so, And so, And so!
Citizens: And so, And so,
B6 Bb7 B6
No one from the gutter in Duloc
C#m7 F#7
Hes taking aim
B6 Bb7 C#m7
Embrace the cookie cutter in Duloc
F#7
We?re all the same
E6 Em6 B/F#
The upshot is enormous when you can shout
G#7
?Conform us!?
C#m7 C#m7(5-) B/F# F#7
Farquaad: Things are look - ing up!
Citizens: Things are looking up. Things are looking up. Things are looking up
B Cº7
Here in Duloc!
(Musical interlude where the citizens and Farquaad dance)
C#m7 F#7 D6/A Dº7/A Em7/A A13 D6 C#7 D6 E7 D6 C#7 D6 Am7 D9 G6
F Bb9(5-) C/G Caug/G#
There?s no sign of slow - ing, we?re grow - ing, we?re grow - ing
Am Am/G F#m
Look, hes growing, and growing, and growing
Aaug/F# Aaug/B Aaug/C# Aaug/D B7/D#
Look at him grow!
E6 Eb9
Things are looking up here
E6 Eb7
We practiced this part both forward and back
E6 Eb7
We make one mistake and we get the rack
E6 Eb7
Things im cooking up here
F#m7 B7
He taught us to dance with razzamatazz
F#m7 B7
Hes trained in ballet, flamenco and jazz
A6 Am6 E/B C#7 C#7sus4/B Em6 C#7
My hard work and my rigor have made me so much bigger
A6
Things are looking up
Am6
Things are looking up
F#9 B9 E E/D#
Things are looking up here in Duloc
E/C# E/B
Here in Duloc
C Eb/C F#/C A/CE
Up, up, up, up, up!