C
My name is Shakespeare, William
Dm G
I owned a feather quill, I am
Dm G C
The writer most familiar to you
C
My way with words amazes me
Dm G
Came up with so many phrases me
Dm G E A7
That still the number dazes me too
D7 G
Oh, “You’ve got to be cruel to be kind”
E A7
“If truth were known”, “Love is blind”
D G
Yet each of these quotes you will find
C
It’s what I do
[Chorus 1]
C B Bb A7
“Seen better days” (That’s one of his)
A D D7
Ah, “Salad days” (He is the biz)
G
“All the world’s a stage”
C E7 A7
They call me Billy Whizz
D7*
May seem kind of scary
G*
I’m a walking dictionary
G#* G7* B C
Sturdy with the wordy Shakespeare
[Verse 2]
C
“Quality of mercy is not strained”
Dm G
“Such stuff as dreams are made”
Dm
“Off with his head”
G C
My phrases you’ll note
C
“This is the short and long of it”
Dm G
“Brevity is the soul of wit”
Dm
“As good luck would have have it”
G E A
You can quote
D G
Oh you suffered “Green-eyed jealousy”
E7 A7
Please do not “Stand on ceremony”
D
I wrote “The Queen’s English”
G* C
Queen’s English I wrote
[Chorus 2]
C B Bb A7
“It’s Greek to me” (That’s a Shakespeare line)
A D D7
“Meat and drink to me” (He was the first to combine)
G
“Infinite variety”
C E7 A7
Yeah, that was one of mine
D7*
Don’t call me flakey
G*
I’m William Shakey
G#* G7* B C
Not lazy with the phrasey Shakespeare
[Bridge]
F Fm
I was the greatest, I was ace
C E7 A7
To find a better writer, that’s “A wild goose chase”
D7
I was truly brilliant which is why I sing
F F F F G# G# G# G#
You can’t have “too much of a good thing”
N.C.
“If music be the food of love, play on”
[Chorus 3]
C B Bb A7
“Et tu, Brute” (Did you ever know?)
A D D7
“Forever and a day” (From a Shakespeare show)
G
“Good riddance”, “Fair play”
C E7 A7
“Pure as the driven snow”
D7*
“High time”, “Lie low”
G*
“Wherefore art thou Romeo”
G#* G7* B C
The nation’s favourite bard Shakespeare
[Outro]
D7*
Dooby, dooby, dooby
G
“To be or not to be”
G#* G7* B C
Schooby, dooby, dooby Shakespeare
