Chords for Glee - At The Ballet (Lyrics)

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Daddy always thought that he married beneath him.
[Am] That's what he said, [Dm] that's what he said.
[A] When he proposed he informed my mother, it was [C] probably her very [A] last chance.
[Eb] And though she was 22, [Fm] though she was [Gm] 22, though she was [D] 22, _ _ [G] _
she [C] married him.
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Life with my dad wasn't ever a [Dm] picnic, more like a come as you are.
[Eb] When I [Gm] was five I remember my mother, [Dm] dougie rings out of the car.
[Ebm] I knew that they weren't hers, but it [Ab] wasn't something you want to discuss.
_ [Eb] He wasn't warm, _ _ well not to her, [C] _ _ [Gm] _
well not to us.
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But everything was [D] beautiful [A] at the ballet.
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] Graceful men [D] lift lovely girls [A] in white. _ _
Yes, [E] everything [D] was beautiful [F] at the ballet.
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] I was happy [Dbm] _ at the [A] ballet. _
_ _ [Am] That's when I started ballet class.
Up a steep and very [Em] narrow _ stairway.
[Am] To the voice like a metronome.
_ [Am] Up a steep and very narrow [Em] stairway.
[F] It wasn't paradise, [Em] it wasn't paradise, it [Dm] wasn't paradise, [Am] but it was home.
_ Mother always said I'd be very [E] attractive when I grew up, when I grew up.
[Em] Different she said with a special something and a [Am] very, very personal [D] _
[A] flair.
And though I [Am] was eight or nine, [Gm] though I was eight or [Gm] nine, though I was eight or [A] nine, _ I [D] hated her. _ _ _
[F] Now different is nice, but it sure isn't [Em] pretty, pretty is what it's about.
[F] I never met anyone who was different, who couldn't figure that out.
So [F] beautiful, _ _ never [A] lived to [Am] see.
_ But it was clear, if not to her, _ _ well then to me.
_ _ _ [D] That everyone [G] is beautiful [D] at the ballet.
[G] _ _ _ [D] Every prince [G] has got to have [D] his war.
_ [G] _ _ [A] Yes, [D] everyone is [G] beautiful at [Dm] the ballet.
I [E] _ _ _ was pretty _ [A] at the [F] ballet.
[Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] I was born to save their marriage.
[C] _ But when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital, he [D] said,
well I [G] thought this was going to [Bb] help, but I guess not.
_ _ [C] _ A [Bb] few months later he left, [G] and he never came back.
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Anyway, I had this [G] fantastic fantasy life.
[C] I used to dance around the living room with [G] my arms up like this.
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And in my fantasy, [E] there was an Indian chief. _ _
[E] [A] And he would say to me, [E] Izzy, do you [A] want to dance?
And I would say, [Ab] Daddy, _ I would love to dance.
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But it was clear [Gb] _ when he proposed,
that [Eb] I was born to help their [Dbm] marriage and well.
[Ab] That's what she [Ebm] said, that's what he [Ab] said.
I used to dance [Ab] around the [Dbm] living room.
He [Gb] wasn't born, not [E] to her.
[Eb] It was an Indian chief, and he'd say, [Dbm] Izzy, do you want to [Ab] dance?
And I'd say, [Dbm] Daddy, I would _ [Ab] _ love to. _
[D] Everything [G] was beautiful [A] at the ballet.
_ [G] _ _ [D] Raise your arms, and [G] someone's [A] always there. _ _
[Dm] Yes, everything [G] was beautiful [Bb] at the ballet.
_ [Gm] _ _ The ballet. _ _
_ [A] The ballet. _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ Yes, [Dm] everything was [G] beautiful [Bb] at the ballet.
I [Gm] _ _ was [A] pretty.
I was happy.
I [G] would love to.
_ _ [A] _ _ The [D] ballet.
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