ARTIST: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
TITLE: Be Our Guest
From the movie, Beauty And The Beast
Intro:
F7 F7 (let ring)
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
And we'll provide the rest
Soup du jour
Cm(maj7)
Hot hors d'oeuvres
Why, we only live to serve
Try the grey stuff
It's delicious
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Don't believe me? Ask the dishes
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They can sing, they can dance
After all, Miss, this is France
And a dinner here is never second best
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Go on, unfold your menu
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Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest
Oui, our guest
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Be our guest!
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Beef ragout
Cheese souffle
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret!
You're alone
C#m(maj7)
And you're scared
But the banquet's all prepared
No one's gloomy or complaining
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While the flatware's entertaining
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We tell jokes! I do tricks
With my fellow candlesticks
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And it's all in perfect taste
That you can bet
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Come on and lift your glass
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You've won your own free pass
To be our guest
If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest
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Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Ah
Be our guest! Be our guest! Get your worries off your chest
Let us say for your entree
We've an array; may we suggest:
Em Em(maj7)
Try the bread! Try the soup!
When the croutons loop de loop
It's a treat for any dinner
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Don't believe me? Ask the china
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Singing pork! Dancing veal!
What an entertaining meal!
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How could anyone be gloomy or depressed?
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We'll make you shout "encore!"
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And send us out for more
So, be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Ah
Ah
It's a guest! It's a guest!
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed
Dm Dm(maj7)
With dessert, she'll want tea
And my dear that's fine with me
While the cups do their soft-shoein'
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I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing
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I'll get warm, piping hot
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
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Clean it up! We want the company impressed
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We've got a lot to do!
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Is it one lump or two?
For you, our guest!
She's our guest!
She's our guest!
She's our guest!
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Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Life is so unnerving
For a servant who's not serving
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
Ah, those good old days when we were useful...
Suddenly those good old days are gone
Ten years we've been rusting
Needing so much more than dusting
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills!
Most days we just lay around the castle
Flabby, fat and lazy
You walked in and oops-a-daisy!
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Our command is your request
It's been years since we've had anybody here
And we're obsessed
Dm Dm(maj7)
With your meal, with your ease
Yes, indeed, we aim to please
While the candlelight's still glowing
Let us help you, We'll keep going
Course by course, one by one
'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
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Tonight you'll prop your feet up
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But for now, let's eat up
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Please, be
our
guest!