Chords for Little Shop of Horrors - The Meek Shall Inherit

_ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
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_ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] There he is, girls!
I found him!
[C] _ Seymour, can we have your autograph?
We [F] saw you on Channel 5 [G] News!
You look [C] so handsome!
And you're gonna be so [F] rich!
Please, girls, not now.
[G] Is it true Audrey 2 [C] is Grand Marshal for the Rose Bowl?
Is it true the shop [F] is decorating the Senior [G] Prom?
It's all true, now please.
There's [Am] another big hot shot [F] looking for you, Seymour.
From [Fm] uptown, he's been asking all over where [F] can he find you.
You're famous, Seymour!
[D] _ _ _ [Am] Is that him?
That's him, Mr.
Bernstein.
Thank you, girls.
_ Seymour, Crellvon, [E] sweetie, honey, baby, [Am] pussycat!
Do I know you?
Of course not, but are you gonna be happy when you do?
_ _ _ Seymour, sweetheart, _ dollface, vuvula!
Hey, Seymour Crellvon, you prince, you.
My name [Fm] is Bernstein, I'm with [Em] NBC.
I came down here to convince you
[C]
to do a [E] weekly [Am] TV show for me.
_ _ _ [C]
Seymour Crellvon's [Bb] Gardening Tips.
You'll like it, I love it.
For [E] half an hour on [Am] Sundays at 4.
_ _ [C] TV's first home [Bb] gardening program.
_ [Am] You'll make a mint and our ratings will _ soar.
[C] They say [F] the meek shall inherit.
[G] You [C] know the book doesn't lie.
It's not a question [F] of merit.
[G] It's not [C] demand and supply.
They say the [F] meek gonna get [G] it.
And you're a meek little [Dm] guy.
You know the meek are coming [G] to a buy.
[C] _ _ [F] _ Your [G] own TV [C] show, Seymour.
Coast to coast.
Your name [F] in lines.
Your face [G] on screen.
Sign [C] it, sign it, sign that [Am] contract.
Isn't it [F] exciting?
[Fm] Here he is, Mrs.
Luce.
We found him.
He's [F] right here.
Oh, my darling, [D] my precious, my [Am] sweet, sweet thing.
_ I'm so delighted to make your acquaintance.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Cutie, sweetness, _ Seymour, baby doll.
I'd like a word with you, lover.
I'm sure you know me, the [Em] editor's wife.
We want your face on the cover [F] of the December 3rd [Am] issue of Life.
_ _ [C] Yes, the front of Life [Bb] magazine.
_ _ [Am] Now [E] that's an honor we so [Am] seldom grant.
_ _ [C] We'll send someone [Bb] down, let's say Thursday,
_ [Am] for shots [E] of you and [Am] your beautiful blonde.
_ [C] They say the meek shall [F] inherit.
[C] You know the book doesn't lie.
It's not a question [F] of merit. _
It's not [C] demand and supply.
They say the meek gonna get it.
[Ab] And you're a meek little [Am] guy.
[Dm] You know the meek are coming to a [G] bar.
[C] Yeah!
_ _ [F] Magazine!
Oh, [C] my goodness, Seymour.
You're gonna make it straight to the top.
[F] How did you do it?
[Am] Here he is, sir.
The incredible [Fm] Seymour Krelborn, owner of [C] the fabulous Audrey [Am] II,
America's most [Fm] amazing and largest unidentified planet.
_ [Am] This is Seymour Krelborn.
_ We've been trying to reach you, baby.
Have your lines been busy?
Did you get our telegram?
I don't think so.
Well, it's a good thing I came down in person.
Pleased to meet you, kid.
Skip Snip, William Morris Agency.
_ _ Forget the cable we sent you.
It's nice to meet me.
[Em] The pleasure is yours.
Now let my firm represent you.
[F] We want to [E] book you on lecturing tours. _
[B] _ [C] College campus [Bb] Rotary Club. _ _
[Am] The kind of bookings my office can do.
[A] _ _
[C] Show the plant, then talk, [Bb] answer questions. _
[E] It's educational [Am] lucrative, too.
My future's starting.
I've got to let it.
Stick with that plant and gee, my bank account [F] will thrive.
What am I saying?
Norway, forget [Am] it.
[E] It's much [B] too dangerous to keep that [E] plant alive.
_ [Am] I take these offers.
That means more killing.
Who knew success would come with messy, [F] nasty strings?
I sign these contracts.
That [Am] means I'm willing to [B] keep on doing bloody, awful, [E] evil _ things.
No! _
[Am] No!
There's only so far you [C] can bend.
No!
No!
This nightmare must come to an end.
_ _ [B]
No!
No!
You've got no alternative, [E] Seymour, oh boy.
Though it means you'll be broke again and unemployed.
It's the only solution that can't be avoided.
The vegetable must [A] be destroyed. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ But then _ [E] there's _ [A] _ Audrey. _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] Lovely [Gbm] Audrey. _ _ _
If [Em] life were tawdry [D] and impoverished [Dbm] as before,
[Gb]
she might [B] not like me.
[Db] She might not want [Dbm]
me.
_ Without my [B] plant, she [E] might not love me _ [A] anymore.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] They say the meek shall inherit.
Where do I [E] start?
You know the book [A] doesn't lie.
Right on the line.
It's not a question [D] of merit.
[E] It's not a [A] man of supply.
You make a fortune, we swear it.
[F] All this [Gbm] life you rely.
[Bm] You know the meek are gonna get [D] _ _ _
what's _ _ _ [B] [E] coming your way.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _