Madonna Does Shakespeare

(lr) = (let ring)


Robbie: On this particular week, Madonna said she wanted to do Shakespeare.
        Wil and Adam wanted to hear the word \"forsooth\" in a song ten times.
        As for Tripod, they just do it for the music, man.

Scod:   One, two, three, four-sooth!

        A# Gm D# A# F

Yon:    That's one!
        A#                Gm   D#            A#              F            A#            Gm
Gatesy: Do you believe in love? Well, Willie Shakespeare had something to say about it.
                    D#             A# (stop)
        And it goes something like this:

                 A#           Gm
Tripod: I worked hard to be a star,
                     A#                     Gm
        Who do these young folks think they are?
             A#              D#         C#
        If Nicole Kidman can sing,
                        F#      A#
        I can do Shakespeare.

        A#    Gm         D#            A# F
Yon:    I can see myself standing on a battlement,
        A#      Gm
        Wearing a...
                    D# A# F
Tripod: ... conical bra.
        A#       Gm              D#       A#      F
Yon:    Eight muscle men surround me as I descend the stairs,
        A#  Gm           D# A# F
        And play Henry I Vee.

        D# (lr)                     F (lr)
Scod:   And when I read the morning news,
                                    D# (lr)
Y & G:  And when I read the morning news,
                                  F (lr)
Scod:   My show will open to... reviews.

                 A#           Gm
Tripod: I worked hard to be a star,
                     A#                     Gm
        Who do these young folks think they are?
             A#              D#    C#
        If Nicole Kidman can sing,
                        F#      A#
        I can do Shakespeare.

        A#        m                D#          A#       F
Gatesy: Then I'll break new ground - the first white female,
        A#
        To play...
            Gm             D# A# F
Tripod: ... the role of Othello.
        A#      Gm              D#            A#      F
Gatesy: I could add a plot point involving an antique shotgun,
        A#    Gm      D#  A#  F
        And a diamond heist.

        D# (lr)                 F (lr)
Scod:   Full of Cockneys for effect,
                                D# (lr)
Y & G:  Full of Cockneys for effect,
                                 F (lr)
Scod:   Just so my husband can direct.

           A#   Gm           D#        F
Tripod: Oh, Gu___y, will you direct my play for me?
       A#         Gm              D#    F
        You'll be perfect for the bard-man.
           A#  Gm                    D#      F
        As lo___ng as it involves an antique shotgun,
       A#          Gm         D#    F
        And Vinnie Jones as a hard man.

                 D# (lr)
Yon:    We'll be laughing all the way to the Banquo...

        (tacet)
Gatesy: I could make a book of nudie pictures of myself,

        As all the various characters.
        A#      Gm                  D#                A#  F
        Picture Macbeth hitchhiking, with a dagger in one hand,
       A#       Gm          D#  A#  F
        And his arse in the other.

        D# (lr)                 F (lr)
Scod:   A documentary, just for truth,
                                D# (lr)
Y & G:  A documentary, just for truth,
                                  F (lr)
Scod:   And now I have to say \"forsooth\".

                 A#           Gm
G & S:  I worked hard to be a star,

Yon:    (In the background) Forsooth... forsooth... forsooth... forsooth..
                     A#                     Gm
G & S:  Who do these young folks think they are?

Yon:    Forsooth... forsooth...
             A#              D#         C#
G & S:  If Nicole Kidman can sing,

Yon:    Forsooth... forsooth... that's eleven.

G & S:  I can do Shakespeare.
        F# (lr)               A# (lr)
Yon:    One, two, three, four-sooth...