Chords for Beauty and the Beast, with Angela Lansbury | The Tabernacle Choir

When Howard Ashman and Alan Menken first sent me the demo tape of Alan singing the title song
Beauty and the Beast I
Thought to myself my goodness.
[Db] Can I ever do this beautiful lyric justice?
_ _ But when Disney showed me the drawings for the snugly beaming little mrs.
Potts
I said to myself
I knew this kind of little cockney lady when I was growing up in London and from that memory is
Exactly where I found her voice _ _
Tale [Ab] as old as time _ true _ as it can _ _ be
[Db] _ _ _ Barely [Fm] even _ _ Somebody [Gb] _ _ bends _ [Db] _ _ Unexpectedly _ _ _
Just a little [Ab] _ change _ _
[Db] _ _ Small to [Abm] say the least
[Db]
Both a [Gb] little scared neither one [Ebm]
prepared
_ [Db] beauty and the _ beast
_ _ [Ab] Ever just [Fm] the _ same
_ [Gb] _ _ ever [Fm] a surprise
_ [Gb] _ _ _
Ever as [Fm] _ before but [Bbm] just as sure as the [B] sun will _ rise
[Db] [Eb] As _ _ _ old as time
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _
Tune as [Bb] old as _ song
[Eb] _ _
_ Bittersweet [Gm] that's strange and [Ab] _ change learning [Bb] you are _ _ wrong
[Eb] _ _ _ Certain [Bb]
as the sun
_ [Eb] _ _ Rising in [Bbm] the East
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Beauty and the [Bb] Beast
[Cm] _ _ As _ _ [Bb] _
old as [Cm] time
_ _ Song [Gm] as old as _ [Eb] _ rhyme
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Into _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ the cupboard with a chip is past your bedtime
_ Good night, love
_ [Eb] Just _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ a [Ab] little change _ _
[Db] Small to [Abm] say the least
[Db]
Both a [Gb] little scared neither one [Ebm]
prepared
_ [Db] beauty and the beast