Biography:
Jeanine Tesori (formerly known as Jeanine Levenson) is a composer of musicals. She is perhaps best known for the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie; she composed eleven new songs for the show and added them to three from the movie version; four previously written songs from the 1920s were also added to the musical's score. She also composed the music for the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change, with lyrics by Tony Kushner. She contributed music to the 1998 Broadway production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Gb Gbsus4 Gb Gbsus2
Gb Gbsus4 Gb Gbsus2
Db/Ab
[Shrek]
Gb Db/F Ebm
I guess I'd be a hero, with sword and armor clashing
Gb/Bb Ab/C Db
Looking semi-dashing, a shield within my grip
Db/F Gb(add2) Db/F Ebm
Or else I'd be a Viking, and live a life of derring
GbMaj7/Bb Ab/C Gbsus2
While smelling like a herring, upon a Viking ship
Db(add2)/F Gbsus2
I'd sail away, I'd see the world
Fm7 Gbsus2
I'd reach the farthest reaches
Db/F Gb(add2) Gb F7/A
I'd feel the wind, I'd taste the salt and sea
Bbm(add2) Bbm Ab(add2)/C Ab/C Gbsus2
And may-be storm some beaches
Db
That's who I'd be, that's who I'd be
Db/F Gb Db/F Ebm7
Or I could be a poet, and write a different story
Gb/Bb Ab/C Db
One that tells of glory, and wipes away the lies
Db/F Gbsus2 Db/F Ebm7
Into the skies I'd throw it, the stars would do the telling
Gb/Bb Ab/C Gbsus2
The moon would help with spelling and night would dot the 'I's
Db(add2)/F Gbsus2
I'd write a verse, recite a joke
Fm7 Gbsus2
With wit and perfect timing
Db(add2)/F Gb(add2) Gb F7/A
I'd share my heart, confess the things I yearn
Bbm Ab/C Gbsus2
And do it all while rhyming
But we all learn, but we all learn
Cbsus2 Gb/Bb
An ogre always hides
Cbsus2 Gb/Bb
An ogre's fate is known
Cbsus2 Gb/Bb
An ogre always stays
Ab/C Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb D
In the dark and all alone
D/F# G D/F# Em
So yes, I'd be a hero, and if my wish was granted
G/B A/C# D
Life would be enchanted, or so the stories say
G/B G D/F# Em7
Of course, I'd be a hero, and I would scale a tower
G/B A/C# A Gsus2
To save a hot-house flower, and carry her away
D(add2)/F# Gsus2 F#m7 Gsus2
But standing guard would be a beast, I'd somehow overwhelm it
D(add2)/F# Gsus2 F#m7
I'd get the girl, I'd take a breath, and I'd remove my helmet
Gsus2 D/F#
We'd stand and stare
Gsus2 D/F#
We'd speak of love
Gsus2 D/F#
We'd feel the stars ascending
Gsus2 D/F#
We'd share a kiss
G F#
I'd find my destiny
Bm(add2) Bm Asus2 A Gsus2
I'd have a he- ro's ending
Bm A Gsus2
A perfect happy ending
That's how it would be
Em7 D/F# Gsus2 A7sus
A big, bright, beautiful world
A7sus
But not for me
[Fiona]
Gsus2/B D/A
An ogre always hides
Gsus2/B D/F#
An ogre's fate is known
D/F#
An ogre always stays in the dark
D/F#
[Donkey]
D/F#
You're all alone
D/F#
[Shrek & Fiona]
D/F#
All alone!
N.C.
(Counterpoint Section, just Shrek's part listed)
[Shrek]
Eb/G Ab Eb/G Fm7
So yes, I'd be a hero. And if my wish were granted
Ab/Eb Bb/D Bb Eb
Life would be enchanted. Or so the stories say
Ab Eb/G Fm7
Of course, I'd be a hero. And I would scale a tower
Bb
To save a hot-house flower
Absus2/C
And carry her away
[All]
Bb/D Cm Bb/D Ab
A perfect happy ending
Fm7 Bbsus2 Eb EbMaj7/G Ab Eb/Bb Eb
That's how it should be!
Gb Gbsus4 Gb Gbsus2
Gb Gbsus4 Gb Gbsus2
Db/Ab
[Shrek]
Gb Db/F Ebm
I guess I'd be a hero, with sword and armor clashing
Gb/Bb Ab/C Db
Looking semi-dashing, a shield within my grip
Db/F Gb(add2) Db/F Ebm
Or else I'd be a Viking, and live a life of derring
GbMaj7/Bb Ab/C Gbsus2
While smelling like a herring, upon a Viking ship
Db(add2)/F Gbsus2
I'd sail away, I'd see the world
Fm7 Gbsus2
I'd reach the farthest reaches
Db/F Gb(add2) Gb F7/A
I'd feel the wind, I'd taste the salt and sea
Bbm(add2) Bbm Ab(add2)/C Ab/C Gbsus2
And may-be storm some beaches
Db
That's who I'd be, that's who I'd be
Db/F Gb Db/F Ebm7
Or I could be a poet, and write a different story
Gb/Bb Ab/C Db
One that tells of glory, and wipes away the lies
Db/F Gbsus2 Db/F Ebm7
Into the skies I'd throw it, the stars would do the telling
Gb/Bb Ab/C Gbsus2
The moon would help with spelling and night would dot the 'I's
Db(add2)/F Gbsus2
I'd write a verse, recite a joke
Fm7 Gbsus2
With wit and perfect timing
Db(add2)/F Gb(add2) Gb F7/A
I'd share my heart, confess the things I yearn
Bbm Ab/C Gbsus2
And do it all while rhyming
But we all learn, but we all learn
Cbsus2 Gb/Bb
An ogre always hides
Cbsus2 Gb/Bb
An ogre's fate is known
Cbsus2 Gb/Bb
An ogre always stays
Ab/C Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb D
In the dark and all alone
D/F# G D/F# Em
So yes, I'd be a hero, and if my wish was granted
G/B A/C# D
Life would be enchanted, or so the stories say
G/B G D/F# Em7
Of course, I'd be a hero, and I would scale a tower
G/B A/C# A Gsus2
To save a hot-house flower, and carry her away
D(add2)/F# Gsus2 F#m7 Gsus2
But standing guard would be a beast, I'd somehow overwhelm it
D(add2)/F# Gsus2 F#m7
I'd get the girl, I'd take a breath, and I'd remove my helmet
Gsus2 D/F#
We'd stand and stare
Gsus2 D/F#
We'd speak of love
Gsus2 D/F#
We'd feel the stars ascending
Gsus2 D/F#
We'd share a kiss
G F#
I'd find my destiny
Bm(add2) Bm Asus2 A Gsus2
I'd have a he- ro's ending
Bm A Gsus2
A perfect happy ending
That's how it would be
Em7 D/F# Gsus2 A7sus
A big, bright, beautiful world
A7sus
But not for me
[Fiona]
Gsus2/B D/A
An ogre always hides
Gsus2/B D/F#
An ogre's fate is known
D/F#
An ogre always stays in the dark
D/F#
[Donkey]
D/F#
You're all alone
D/F#
[Shrek & Fiona]
D/F#
All alone!
N.C.
(Counterpoint Section, just Shrek's part listed)
[Shrek]
Eb/G Ab Eb/G Fm7
So yes, I'd be a hero. And if my wish were granted
Ab/Eb Bb/D Bb Eb
Life would be enchanted. Or so the stories say
Ab Eb/G Fm7
Of course, I'd be a hero. And I would scale a tower
Bb
To save a hot-house flower
Absus2/C
And carry her away
[All]
Bb/D Cm Bb/D Ab
A perfect happy ending
Fm7 Bbsus2 Eb EbMaj7/G Ab Eb/Bb Eb
That's how it should be!
Jeannie Lein
Jeannie Seely
Jeannie Zelaya
Jeans
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