Biography:
Tim Minchin (born 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist, musical director and a self proclaimed rock 'n' roll megastar.
He was born in Northampton, England, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He attended UWA (University of Western Australia) before launching onto the world stage at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival by winning the Best Newcomer Perrier Comedy Award.
His eccentric appearance (wild unkempt hair
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Other songs:
- Canvas Bags
- Darkside
- Drowned
- F Sharp
- F*ck The Poor
- Lullaby
- Naughty
- Not Perfect
- Peace Anthem For Palestine
- Prejudice
- Rock 'n' Roll Nerd
- When I Grow Up
- White Wine In The Sun
- 10 Foot Cock And A Few Hundred Virgins
- 15 Minutes
- 5 Poofs And 2 Pianos
- Beauty
- Brain Cum
- Come Home Cardinal Pell
- Confessions
- Cont
- Dark Side
- Enviromentalism
- Fancy That
- Fat Children
- Fuck The Poor
- Hello
- Hope From Groundhog Day
- I Love Jesus
- If I Had My Time Again From Groundhog Day
- If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out
- If You Really Loved Me
- Inflatable You
- Its Not Perfect
- Leaving La
- Loud
- Lust Or Outstanding Woman
- My House
- Night Will Come Groundhog Day
- Nothing Can Stop Us Now
- Nothing Changes
- Nothing Ruins Comedy
- Playing Nancy
- Quiet
- Rock N Roll Nerd
- Second Encore
- Seeing You
- So Long As We Are Together
- Some People Have It Worse Than I
- Song For Wossy
- Summer Romance
- Thank You God
- The Fence
- The Good Book
- The Guilt Song
- The Pope Song
- The Song For Phil Daoust
- There Will Be Sun
- Three Minute Song
- White Wine In The Sun Christmas Song
- Woody Allen Jesus
- You Grew On Me
- Youtube Lament
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[Intro]
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
A Fm/C
Somewhere along the way, my dear
Bm E7
You've made an awful error
C#m Cm
You oughtn't blame yourself now
Bm E
Come along
A Fm/C
You seem to think that people
Bm7 Dm
Like people, what are clever
Bm E
It's very quaint, it's very sweet
A
But wrong!
D
People don't like smarty pants
C# Cm Bm
What go round claiming
That they know stuff
A
We don't know
Now, here's a tip
Bm E7
What you know matters less
C#m
Than the volume with which
G F#
What you don't know's expressed!
Bm B7/D#
Content has never been less important
E E7
So you have got to be ...
[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD (ENSEMBLE)]
Am
Loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
F7
Girl, you've got to learn to stand out
E7 Am F7
And stick out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)
[Verse]
E7 Dm
A little less flat!
N.C
(Flat!)
N.C
A lot more heel!
(Heel!)
Am
A little less fact!
N.C
(Fact!)
N.C
A lot more feel!
(Feel!)
Bdim
A little less brains!
N.C
(Brains!)
N.C
A lot more hair!
(Hair!)
E7
A little less head!
(Head!)
E7 F E7
A lot more derriere!
(Derriere!)
[Verse]
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
Am
No-one's going to tell you when to shake your tush well
You've got a light, don't hide it under a bushel!
E
Oh, no-one's going to look if you don't stand out!
N.C
No-one's going to listen if you don't shout out!
[MRS. WORMWOOD & RUDOLPHO]
F
No-one's going to care if you don't care!
So go and put some highlights in your hair!
E7
Cause you've gotta highlight what you've got!
F E
Even if what you've got is not a lot!
[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
Am
You've gotta be loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
F7
You've gotta give yourself a mission to shine
E7
To stand out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)
[Verse]
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
G7
A little less bzz!
A lot more zing!
Am
A little less pshh!
A lot more schwing!
Bdim
A little less dressing like your Mum!
E
A little more bum-ba-bum-bum ba-da-bum
N.C
(spoken)
N.C
Oh, I look nice!
N.C
You Don't!
(sung)
Am
No-one's going to tell you when to wiggle your bum-ba!
N.C
[RUDOLPHO]
N.C
No-one's going to love you if you don't know the rhumba!
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
E
Everyone loves a little something exotic!
N.C
[RUDOLPHO]
N.C
But learning a language is over the top, it
[MRS. WORMOOD]
Dm
Doesn't really matter if you don't know nowt!
[RUDOLPHO]
Am
As long as you don't know it with a bit of clout!
[Pre-Chorus]
[BOTH]
F
The less you have to sell, the harder you sell it!
F#dim
The less you have to say, the louder you yell it!
G
The dumber the act, the bigger the confession!
G#dim
The less you have to show, the larger you dress it!
A
You gotta get up!
Bbdim
You gotta get up and be
[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
Bm
Loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
[Instrumental]
[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
C#m/E C#dim/E Cdim
You gotta be loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
(spoken)
You're gorgeous!
C#m/E
Stand out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)
[MRS WORMWOOD, spoken]
Are you listening?
(sung)
Dm Ddim C#dim
You've got to be loud, loud, loud
Oooh!
Dm Ddim C#dim
Stand up and be proud, proud, proud, proud!
Dm Eb E F F# G Gb A Bb B C C#
Loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud!
A7 Dm
Ohhh, you gotta be loud!
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
A Fm/C
Somewhere along the way, my dear
Bm E7
You've made an awful error
C#m Cm
You oughtn't blame yourself now
Bm E
Come along
A Fm/C
You seem to think that people
Bm7 Dm
Like people, what are clever
Bm E
It's very quaint, it's very sweet
A
But wrong!
D
People don't like smarty pants
C# Cm Bm
What go round claiming
That they know stuff
A
We don't know
Now, here's a tip
Bm E7
What you know matters less
C#m
Than the volume with which
G F#
What you don't know's expressed!
Bm B7/D#
Content has never been less important
E E7
So you have got to be ...
[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD (ENSEMBLE)]
Am
Loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
F7
Girl, you've got to learn to stand out
E7 Am F7
And stick out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)
[Verse]
E7 Dm
A little less flat!
N.C
(Flat!)
N.C
A lot more heel!
(Heel!)
Am
A little less fact!
N.C
(Fact!)
N.C
A lot more feel!
(Feel!)
Bdim
A little less brains!
N.C
(Brains!)
N.C
A lot more hair!
(Hair!)
E7
A little less head!
(Head!)
E7 F E7
A lot more derriere!
(Derriere!)
[Verse]
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
Am
No-one's going to tell you when to shake your tush well
You've got a light, don't hide it under a bushel!
E
Oh, no-one's going to look if you don't stand out!
N.C
No-one's going to listen if you don't shout out!
[MRS. WORMWOOD & RUDOLPHO]
F
No-one's going to care if you don't care!
So go and put some highlights in your hair!
E7
Cause you've gotta highlight what you've got!
F E
Even if what you've got is not a lot!
[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
Am
You've gotta be loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
F7
You've gotta give yourself a mission to shine
E7
To stand out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)
[Verse]
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
G7
A little less bzz!
A lot more zing!
Am
A little less pshh!
A lot more schwing!
Bdim
A little less dressing like your Mum!
E
A little more bum-ba-bum-bum ba-da-bum
N.C
(spoken)
N.C
Oh, I look nice!
N.C
You Don't!
(sung)
Am
No-one's going to tell you when to wiggle your bum-ba!
N.C
[RUDOLPHO]
N.C
No-one's going to love you if you don't know the rhumba!
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
E
Everyone loves a little something exotic!
N.C
[RUDOLPHO]
N.C
But learning a language is over the top, it
[MRS. WORMOOD]
Dm
Doesn't really matter if you don't know nowt!
[RUDOLPHO]
Am
As long as you don't know it with a bit of clout!
[Pre-Chorus]
[BOTH]
F
The less you have to sell, the harder you sell it!
F#dim
The less you have to say, the louder you yell it!
G
The dumber the act, the bigger the confession!
G#dim
The less you have to show, the larger you dress it!
A
You gotta get up!
Bbdim
You gotta get up and be
[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
Bm
Loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
[Instrumental]
[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
C#m/E C#dim/E Cdim
You gotta be loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
(spoken)
You're gorgeous!
C#m/E
Stand out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)
[MRS WORMWOOD, spoken]
Are you listening?
(sung)
Dm Ddim C#dim
You've got to be loud, loud, loud
Oooh!
Dm Ddim C#dim
Stand up and be proud, proud, proud, proud!
Dm Eb E F F# G Gb A Bb B C C#
Loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud!
A7 Dm
Ohhh, you gotta be loud!
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