Chords for Barry Manilow - God Bless the Other 99 (from Live on Broadway)

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_ _ [F] I learned more from _ failure than [Em] I learned from success.
_ [E] _ _ _ [C] I learned from no thank you so much [Em] more than from yes.
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] I learned to [Gm] be willing [A] to lead with my [Am] chin.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
And if I were willing to [E] lose, _ _ [Db] I could win. _ _
_ _ [F] _ I learned from the losers who [Em] got right back in [A] _
[E] line.
_ _ [F] _ The dimmer their future, _ [Eb] then the brighter they'd [D] shine.
_ _ [Bb] Three cheers for the [A] one, the one in [Dm] a hundred. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] But God, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] the other _ 99. _ _ _
_ The other 99, they were _ _ uninhibited, [B] _ free-spirited, [Em] and outrageous.
They were everything that I wasn't.
I'd never met people like [Am] that.
[Em] I'd never even seen people like that.
Of course, I don't [B] think they'd ever seen [D] anybody quite like me either.
_ Really, compared to them, [A] I must have been Mr.
Uptight.
I remember I used to get to the theater in my uptight [G] black suit and my tie [Fm] and my horn-rimmed [C] glasses
_ _ and my briefcase [G] full of music.
And, oh yeah, I had to slick back my hair with [A]
Brylcreem or Dippity-Doo.
Remember [Dm] Dippity-Doo? _ _
Today we call it [G] Moose. _ _ _ _
Five [Dm] bucks more, same crap. _ _ _ _
_ Let me put it this way.
I was a [Gm] real geek.
_ They must have thought [Bbm] that I was a creature from another planet,
which is _ [Fm]
exactly what I thought they were.
They were such characters.
[N] I remember this one girl who came on with the longest arrangement of
There's No Business Like Show Business I had ever seen in my life.
It was so complicated, she had to give me detailed instructions as to how to play this thing.
And I remember she was pretty pushy, too.
I remember she said,
Okay, kid, I paid a lot of money for this arrangement, so I want you to play it right.
Now, you give me a big introduction, and you go to letter A.
When you get to letter B, I want you to slow it down and play it softer, because I'm going to talk.
Trust me, it's a moment, and it works.
Now, when you get to letter C, I'm going to give [Ab] you a verbal cue.
I'm going to say,
Because the show must go on, Papa.
That's your cue to go back to letter A, only this time change the keys.
And when you get to letter D this time, cut from letter D to letter F,
and I'll meet you at letter G, where I'm going to hold the last note for 16 bars.
It always gets me the job.
Get it?
[G] Got it?
Hit it.
[C] _ _
_ [Am] So I gave her this big introduction, and then she got all warmed up, and [G] _ then_ [N] Thank you!
Never even got a chance to sing one note.
But I remember before she left, she collected all of her music, and then she said,
That's okay, no problem, but did you get my name?
It's Bette Midler.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bette was a tall black girl back in those days when I played for her.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ I think that the _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ auditions that really inhibited me the most, [C] though, were the [Em] divas.
The divas from the opera.
They would always [Am] sweep on with such [Em] attitude. _ _
They were very serious [Em] about their music, and before they could begin, they would have to [Am] warm up.
And then they would warm up. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And then_
_ [N] _ _ _ And then they [E] would give me the signal.
_ And then [Gm] they would sing. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [C] Thank [E] you! _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Up yours!
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ And that was one of the nicest things they sang.
_ But the divas never gave [Db] up either.
None of them [F] ever gave up.
I remember this one guy.
I even remember this guy's name.
His name was Archie.
[C] Archie Ames.
He used to say, Archie Ames, [A] great with [F] the names.
And he wasn't.
_ _ He wasn't very good at [C] anything.
He couldn't sing very well, he couldn't dance very well.
But I used to love [C] this kid because he would do anything to get the job. _ _
_ _ Archie Ames, great with the names.
Hit it, kid!
[Dm] First he would sing in his [Eb] legitimate [C] _ voice.
[F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ Thank [Ab] you!
And then if that [N] didn't work, he'd pull [Gm] out all the stops.
One, [F] two, three, [Eb] four.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Nothing but a brick wall stopped [Eb] Archie. _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] So you see, _ [Fm]
working with all of these _ _ uninhibited people really _ made me stop and take a [G] good look at myself.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Oh, brother.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
And I didn't like what I saw, really.
I mean, here I was trying [G] so hard to stick to the rules.
These people seemed to be having much more fun [Eb] breaking them.
[Ab] I decided that I wanted to be more like them.
_ [Gm] But I was scared.
I [Cm] was scared to take [C] the risk.
It's so much [G] easier playing it [Dm] safe.
_ _ But there was this little [Bbm] voice [Bb] inside my head that just would not go away. _
And it kept saying, _ _ _
[Cm] Come on, man, a little lighten up.
[Bb] Let go.
Take a chance.
Take a risk.
What are you gonna do?
Be uptight all your life?
What have you got to lose?
_ _ _ _ What did I have to lose?
_ Nothing.
_ _ Absolutely nothing.
[Ab] _ _ [F] So I decided that the [Cm] first thing I'd do would be to get rid of the [Bm] uptight [Cm] jacket. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ And then [Gm] the [Ab] tie.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] And then [E] the glasses. _ _ _
_ _ _ And don't forget the brill [Abm] cream.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ And I kissed the geek goodbye.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C] So you see, I learned more from failure than [Em] I learned [G] from [A] success.
_ _ [F] I learned from no thank [C] yous so much [G]
more than yes.
_ I [Bb]
learned to be _ willing [Em] to [A] lead with [D] my chin.
[Dm] _ _ [G] And if I were _ willing [Bb] to lose, I [Dbm] could _ win.
[B] I've got a lot to [B] read and write.
Thank you.
[D] Everything's coming up roses.
Thank you.
I [C] believe in your love.
I [F] believe in you.
Thank you.
[F] _ [C] Next.
I learned from [F] the [C] losers [Em] who thought [Bm] right back [A] in line.
I kissed the [C] big, the little, _ _ the [Eb] little, the brighter, [D] the _ shine.
[Bb] Three cheers for the one, [A] the one [Dm] in a hundred.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
But God_
[C] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
All of us up here tonight on this stage [Db] are [C] here because [Db] of the courage that we learned from the other [Gb] 99.
_ [Db] We'll be forever grateful.
Right, Billy?
Right.
_ [Gb] I learned more from failure _ _ [Fm] than I learned [Ab] from [Bb] success.
How about you, Vanessa?
[Gb] I learned from no thank [Bbm] yous so [Ab] much more [Eb] than from yes.
And you, Debra?
[B] I learned to be willing _ [Fm] to [Bb] lead with my [Eb] chin.
Larry, [Ebm] Dana, everyone.
[Ab] And if we were _ willing [Dbm] to lose, we [Dm] could _ _ _ _ [Gb]
win.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] We learned from the _ losers who [Gbm] thought right [A] back [B] in line.
_ [Bm] The little, the little, the little, [B] the brighter, [E] the shine.
_ [C] Three cheers for the one, [B] the one [Em] in a _ hundred.
_ [A] _ _ [D] But _ [G] God_
_ _ _ _ _ We're back up, coming through.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Nothing can stop me now.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank [B] you.
No.
_ _ Thank you.
[D] _
_ _ _ The other _ [G]
99. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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