Intro: Ab

Verse 1:
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One night out under the stars
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One night out under the stars
                   Eb
With Romeo and Juliet
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One night out under the stars
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One night out under the stars
                        Eb
Have you seen this one yet?

Pre-chorus:
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Shakespeare makes me happy
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Shakespeare makes me happy
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So happy, and I'm happy to be with you
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Shakespeare makes me happy
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Shakespeare makes me happy
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So happy, and I'm happy to be with you

Chorus:
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We may be
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Garden variety
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But we can step inside
        Bbm
Of his immortal mind
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We get a wider view
        Cm
Some universal truth
             Db
And when we step inside
               Bbm Eb
That's when we realize
  Ab
This is your life

Verse 2:
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We lay down in the grass
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We lay down in the grass
                      Eb
For Henry the IV part 1
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And it feels so lovely to laugh
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And it feels so lovely to cry
                        Eb
Like a personal battle won

Pre-chorus:
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Hamlet makes me happy
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Falstaff makes me happy
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So happy, and I'm happy to be with you
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Rosalind makes me happy
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Beatrice makes me happy
                           Eb
So happy, and I'm happy to be with you

Chorus:
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We may be
          Cm
Quite ordinary
            Db
But we can step inside
        Bbm
Of his immortal mind
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We gain some empathy
           Cm
Some perspicacity
           Db
It happens every time
             Bbm      Eb
He makes me want to write

Outro:
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This is your life
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This is your life
  Bdim
This is your life
    Db       Eb
On opening night

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