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The Guy Who Didnt Like Musicals - Show Stoppin Number

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Tom: Am

A7     A
It's...a...
D
Show stoppin' number
  Bm
A real show stopper
  D                          E  A7
A show stoppin' number, come on
D
Something to shock 'em
   Bm
To bring them a-crawlin'
  D                   Em    A
A big time box office draw
         G
With the press and the glamour
      Bb           C
We'll kill the reviews
     D               F   G
Spotlight on Mr. Ingénue
   Em
So fill up your Tumblr
      A                         D
Got a show stoppin' number for you

[DIALOGUE]
C  G  Bb

[VERSE 2]
  D
A show stoppin' number
   Bm
Is something you die for
  D                     Em   A7
A real catchy earwormy tune
   D
An award winning score
     Bm
That seeps in and out of your pores
  G                 D            F   G
A ditty to make the chorus girls swoon
      G
It'll unify humanity
     Bb         C
In a thundering chorus
   D                           F   G
No exits from this Broadway venue
   G
So splash those shiny cymbals
      Em            A          D
Got a show stoppin' hymnal for you

[DIALOGUE]
F  G

[CHORUS]
Bm                                   E7
Business calls, I'm up to my ass in shit
E7
What is this business?
Bm                                             E7
Markets are crashing and I'm at the edge of my wits
E7
I just can't take it
     G             E
When all I want to do
    G         D
Is spend the day with
A
Greg...
    G
And Steve...
    C
And Stu...
    F
And Mark...
    G
And Leighton...
    Am7
And Chad...

[DIALOGUE]
Am

[CHORUS]
G             E
All I want to do
    G        D        F     G
Is spend the day with Steve and -
 D
Five o'clock can't come soon enough
 E
Five o'clock can't come soon enough
 F
Five o'clock can't come soon enough
  C                            Am   A
I can't wait to get home to my boys!

[VERSE 3]
   D
A show stoppin' number
  Bm
A real show stopper
   D                 F    E
An aria to rule them all
         G
They'll throw us their money
   Bb           C
At full price admission
    D                        F  G
The world will come tumblin' down
Em
Hamilton move over
     A                     D
Your new competition's in town

[DIALOGUE]
G  Am  C  F  G  Am  Am7  Am  A

[CHORUS]
D                                    E
Workin' boys, we're up in our ass in shit
E
What is this business?
 D
Five o'clock can't come soon enough
 E
Five o'clock can't come soon enough
 F
Five o'clock can't come soon enough
  C                 Bb         F
I can't wait to get home to my boys