Intro
Ma chère mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonightAnd now, we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair As the dining room proudly presents: Your dinner
Hook 1
| G Gmaj7 | G6 G |Be our guest, be our guest Put our service to the test | G G#dim7 | Am7 D7 |Tie your napkin 'round your neck, chérie And we provide the rest | Am Ammaj7 | Am7 Am6 |Soupe du jour, hot hors d'oeuvres Why, we only live to serve | Am7 A#dim7 | Bm7 Bbm7 Am7 D7 |Try the grey stuff, it's delicious Don't believe me? Ask the dishes | G Gmaj7 | G6 Gmaj7 |They can sing, they can dance After all, miss, this is France | G G7 | C |And a dinner here is never second best | B7 | Em7 A7 |Go on, unfold your menu Take a glance and then | Am7 D7 | G Eb7 |You'll be our guest Oui, our guest, be our guest
Hook 2
key up to Ab| Ab Amaj7 | Ab6 Ab |Beef ragout, cheese soufflé Pie and pudding, en flambé | Ab Adim7 | Bbm7 Eb7 |We'll prepare and serve with flair A culinary cabaret | Bbm Bmmaj7 | Bbm7 Eb7 |You're alone and you're scared But the banquet's all prepared | Bbm7 Bdim7 | Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7 Eb7 |No one's gloomy or complaining While the flatware's entertaining | Ab Amaj7 | Ab6 Ab |We tell jokes, I do tricks With my fellow candlesticks | Ab Ab7 | Db |Und it's all in perfect taste, that you can bet | C7 | Fm7 Bb7 |Come on and lift your glass You've won your own free pass | Bbm7 Eb7 | Cm7 F7 |To be our guest If you're stressed, it's fine dining we suggest | Bbm7 Eb7 | Ab C7 |Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest
Bridge
| Fm7 | C7/E |Life is so unnerving For a servant who's not serving | Ebdim7 | Bb/D |He's not whole without a soul to wait upon| Dbdim7 | Cm7 Fm7 |Ah, those good old days when we were useful | Bbm7 | C7sus4 C7 |Suddenly those good old days are gone | Fm | C/E |Ten years we've been rusting Needing so much more than dusting | Ebdim7 | Bb |Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills | Gdim7 | Cm7 Fm7 |Most days, we just lay around the castle | Bbm7 | Eb7 E7 |Flabby, fat, and lazy You walked in and oops-a-daisy
Hook 3
key up to A| A Amaj7 | A7 A |It's a guest, it's a guest Sake's alive, well I'll be blessed | A A7 | Bm7 E7 |Wine's been poured and thank the Lord I've had the napkins freshly pressed | Bm Bmmaj7 | Bm7 E7 |With dessert, she'll want tea And my dear, that's fine with me | Bm7 Cdim7 | C#m7 Cm7 Bm7 E7 |While the cups do their soft-shoein' I'll be bubblin', I'll be brewin' | A Amaj7 | A7 A |I'll get warm, piping hot Heaven's sakes, is that a spot? | A A7 | D |Clean it up, we want the company impressed | C#7 | F#m7 |We've got a lot to do, is it one lump or two? | Bm7 E7 | C#m7 F#7 |For you, our guest She's our guest She's our guest Be our guest
Hook 4
key up to B| B Bmaj7 | B6 B |Be our guest, be our guest Our command is your request | B Cdim7 | | C#m7 F#7 |It's ten years since we've had anybody here And we're obsessed | C#m C#mmaj7 | C#m7 F#7 |With your meal, with your ease Yes, indeed, we aim to please | F# | G7 | G7 | [ritard...]While the candlelight's still glowing Let us help you, we'll keep going
Ending
key up to C| C Cmaj7 | C6 C |Course by course, one by one 'Til you shout, "Enough, I'm done" | C C7 | F |Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest | E7 | Am7 D7 |Tonight, you'll prop your feet up But for now, let's eat up | Dm7 | Em7 | F |Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest | Gsus4 G7 | [ritard..]Please be our guest
Ending [a tempo]
| C | C | C | C |
