Chords for BLOOD IN THE WATER - LEGALLY BLONDE COVER

[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Now, when you choose a law career, the moment you embark,
There is that joke you're bound to [Db] hear,
A lawyer is a shark.
_ [Bm] Ignore that, it's simplistic and it's dumb. _
[Bbm] [Abm] Only [Eb] some of you [Gb] will turn out [Dbm] sharks, just some.
_ [Fm] _ The rest are chum.
_ [Eb] _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ [G] Our [Gb] topic [Fm] is blood in the water.
[G] _
_ Kids, it's time you faced.
[C] _
_ _ [Eb] Law school is a waste.
_ Oh [E] yes, [Cm] unless you acquire [Gb] a taste [F] for [Ab] blood [G] in [Am] the [F] water.
[E] _ [Gbm] _ [Cm] Dark and [Bbm] red [Ab] and raw, _ you're nothing until
The thrill of the kill becomes your only law.
_ Mr.
_ Schultz, hypothetical question.
[Eb] Would you be willing to [Fm] defend the [Ab] following banker due to fraud?
A [E] kind old grandma [Eb] took her savings [Abm] and she [G] sent it.
[E] Off to your client, [G] all she'd saved [F] since she was born.
[Em] Well, he [Bb] promised he'd invest [Gb] it, but he spent [B] it.
On [G] prostitutes and heroin [Eb] and porn.
No, [Bbm] I would [Ab] not want to take that case.
Wrong!
[G] This one's a win unless [Abm] you're lazy.
_ [Gbm] Grandma's broke, she'll have some hack [Gb] from legal aid.
[Bm]
[Ebm] Put her on the stand [Gm] and call [Cm] her old and crazy.
Your [Db] guy goes free and he can [E] get you high and [Eb] laid.
_ [Fm] Look [Em] [Ebm] for that _ [F]
blood in the water.
_ Read your Thomas [C] Hobbes.
_ [Bbm] _ Only [G] spineless snobs _ [Fm] [Eb] will quarrel with the morally [Cm] dubious [Ebm] jobs.
[F] Yes, [N] blood in the water.
_ [B] [Bbm] Your scruples [Gb] are a [Ab] flaw.
[Gbm] _ Miss [Em] Hoopes, hypothetical question.
Would you be [A] the right lawyer for the following client?
_ Say they offer you a [Ab] bundle [Gb] for defending.
[C] [Am] A [Dm] famous hitman [Ab] for the mafia [Am] elite.
_ [Fm] Seems he missed his [B] chosen prey, [G] killed a nun and drove [Cm] away.
[E] Running over [G] three cute puppies [E] in the street.
_ So you think I wouldn't [G] defend him just [Gb] because he's a [Abm] typical man?
[Eb] Oh, you lesbians [Am] think you're [A] so [Ab] tough.
[N] _ _ _
What?
_ _ [E] Oh [F] dear, I fear [Ab] my [Gb] comment has offended.
[Ab] [A] Hard [Gm] to argue though when you're [G] too mad to speak.
[Cm] [Gb] Your employment [Cm] will be very [Dbm] quickly ended.
[D] When they see [F] how your emotions make you [E] weak.
[C] So what's my [Ab] point?
I run a billion [F] dollar law firm [Gm] [G] and [C] I hire four new [F] interns every year.
[Gm]
[G] From [Db] this class I will select [Fm] four young sharks whom I [Bbm] respect.
And [D] those four will have [F] a guaranteed [E] career.
Do you [Eb] follow [E] me?
_ [A] [Ab] So I want [Em] to see what?
[E] _ Blood in the water.
[Gb] Exactly.
[B] Let the [D] games begin.
_ [Db] _ [Gbm] Four of you will win.
[Abm] But just [A] those four with the [E] door so thin.
[Cm] Yes, [Dbm] blood [Dm] in [Ebm] the [Fm] water.
[Gbm]
[Bm] So [Bb] fight [Bm] and [A] scratch and claw. _ _
[Dbm] Yes, Miss?
[Em] Woods.
[A] Elwood.
Someone's had their morning [E] coffee.
[A] Would you summarize the case of State of Indiana be heard from your reading please?
Oh, _ I wanted to answer the puppy question.
But I'm asking about the assigned reading.
_ Okay, who signs a reading for the first day of class?
You have guts, Miss Woods. _
Miss Kensington.
_ Let's say you teach a class at Harvard Law School.
[G] A position [Eb] you are justly proud about.
[Em] But a girl on whom you call hasn't read [Dm] the case at all.
Should you let it [E] go?
No, I'd throw her out.
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] All [Dm] right, then.
[Ebm] _ You heard [Abm] your [A] classmate.
What?
_ [Ebm] _ [A] You have just been killed.
No, please.
_ She [Dbm]
cut your throat.
[Gbm] So [Bb] grab your coat.
[B] Yes, you've got [Gbm] guts.
[Dm] But now [G] they're spilled.
[Ab] Your [Gb] blood's in [Bm] the water.
[Ab] _
So would [Dbm] you [A] please withdraw? _
[B] And if you [Abm] return, be ready to learn.
Nor [Ab] is it unfair.
Oh, wait, [Abm] I don't care.
That's just [Gm] how I [G] rule in life and in school.
[Abm] With fear and shock and [Gb] awe.
You're nothing [Abm] _ until_
The thrill of the [Gm] _ _ [Abm] kill_
[C]
Becomes [Abm] [Gm] your [G] only [Abm] law. _
[G] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [B] _ Now get out.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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