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According To Plan

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SONG: According To Plan
ARTIST: Danny Elfman

From the movie, The Corpse Bride


Intro:

F   Fdim   F   Fdim  
F   A#m/F   F   A#m
F   F#   C#/F    F   
A#m   C#m   F#   F   A#m  

       A#  
Mrs. VanDort
It's a beautiful day.
       F/A  
Mr. VanDort
It's a rather nice day.
  F                  A#m  
Mrs. VanDort
A day for a glorious wedding.
    F#                      B  
Mr. VanDort
A rehearsal, my dear, to be perfectly clear.
    A#m           F        A#m  
Mrs. VanDort
A rehearsal for a glorious wedding.
  F#             B               F7/A         A#m   
Mr. VanDort
Assuming nothing happens that we don't really know,
     A#m/C#      D#m         F              A#m   
Mrs. VanDort
That nothing unexpected interferes with the show.
    A#m        F7          A#m        F#   
Mr. And Mrs. VanDort
And that's why everything, every last little thing,
C#           Cdim      C#            Cdim       F   F7  
every single tiny microscopic little thing must go...
  C#         F#m   
Mrs. VanDort
According to plan,
    G#          C#   
Mr. VanDort
Our son will be married.
  A#m        F#m/A#   
Mrs. VanDort
According to plan,
    G#     F#   
Mr. VanDort
Our family carried,
         G#m            C#           F#  B 
Mr. And Mrs. VanDort
We'll go right into the heights of society...
       G#/C    C#   
Mrs. VanDort
To the costume balls,
       G#/C     C#   
Mr. VanDort
In the hallowed halls.
        D#/A#           Fm  
Mrs. VanDort
Rubbing elbows with the finest.
       Em/B              Fm/C  
Mr. VanDort
Having crumpets with her highness.
         B               E            B            C#m   
Mr. And Mrs. VanDort
We'll be there, we'll be seen, having tea with the queen.
         A                           F#m            C#m  
We'll forget everything...that we've ever ever been.


C#m
Bm   Bm/D  
Bm/F#   Em7/G  
C   Em/B   
Am


       Am  
Mrs. Everglot
It's a terrible day
    E  
Mr. Everglot
Now don't be that way
       Am       E         Am  
Mrs. Everglot
It's a terrible day for a wedding.
       F/C                     A#m/C#  
Mr. Everglot
It's a sad, sad state of affairs we're in,
         Am          E       Am  
Mrs. Everglot
That has led to this ominous wedding.
F             A#/D        E       Am/E   
Mr. Everglot
How could our family have come to this?
   F             A#/D            E       Am   
Mr. and Mrs. Everglot
To marry off our daughter to the noveaux rich.
           F   
Mrs. Everglot
They're so common,
   C/E   
Mr. Everglot
So coarse.
       F           E
Mrs. Everglot
Oh, it couldn't be worse!

Mr. Everglot
It couldn't be worse? I'm afraid I disagree.
            Dm
It could be land rich bankrupt aristocracy,
                         E                F   E   
without a penny to their name...just like you...and me.

Mrs. Everglot
Oh, dear.
    Am         E7          Am         E7   
Mr. and Mrs. Everglot
And that's why everything, every last little thing,
C            Bdim      C             Bdim       E7    D(#13)    E    E7    
every single tiny microscopic little thing must go...
  Am         F   
Mrs. Everglot
According to plan,
    E/G#          Am   
Mr. Everglot
Our daughter will wed.
  Am         Fm   
Mrs. Everglot
According to plan,
    G      F   
Mr. Everglot
Our family lead,
         G/D       E       F    A#m    A#m/F   
Mr. and Mrs. Everglot
From the depths of deepest poverty,

A#m/C#    A#m/F   

       G     C   
Mrs. Everglot
To the noble realm,
       G    C   
Mr. Everglot
Of our ancestors.
    Bm         Em           Bm      Em             E                  Am   
Mr. and Mrs. Everglot
And who'd have guessed in a million years that our daughter, with the face
      E           Am   
Mr. Everglot
of an otter in disgrace,
         E        F             G        Fm   A#m     
Mr. and Mrs. Everglot
Would provide our ticket to our rightful place?


Fm   C#maj7   C#maj9


A#m                          C#  
Victoria (speaking)
What if Victor and I don't...like each other?
C                          Cm  
Mrs. Everglot (speaking)
Do you suppose your father and I like each other?
G  
Victoria (speaking)
Surely you must...a little...
G#        C#  
Mr. and Mrs. Everglot (speaking)
Of course not!
F                 E/B                         D                 G   Gm      
Mrs. Everglot (speaking)
Get those corsets laced properly...I can hear you speak without gasping.
A#       Adim     Gm           D7   
Marriage is a partnership. A little tit for tat.
                      A#                     G#m                   D# 
You'd think a lifetime watching us (singing) might have taught her that.


                      G#m
Might have taught her that.

Mr. Everglot
Everything must be perfect

Mrs. Everglot
Everything must be perfect
                   D#  
Mr. and Mrs. Everglot
Everything must be perfect, perfect,
G#m        D#7         G#m        D#7   
The VanDorts and the Everglots
That's why everything, every last little thing,
B            A#dim     B             A#dim      D#     D#7        G#m
every single tiny microscopic little thing must go...According to plan!

D#   G#m

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