- Spoken - (Daisy Ridley:) I really need this job. (Barbra Streisand:) Not more than I do. Believe me. Hi, I'm Shelia. What's your name? (Daisy Ridley:) Phoebe. And this is Maggie. (Barbra Streisand:) Hi, Maggie. (Anne Hathaway:) Hi. (Barbra Streisand:) Hi. (Anne Hathaway:) Gosh, there's a lot of people here. (Barbra Streisand:) Yeah, it's a cattle call. (Daisy Ridley:) But you'll get the job for sure, Maggie. You're so pretty. (Anne Hathaway:) Haha! Oh believe me looks are overrated. Just a different set of problems. (Auditoner:) Okay ladies. Line up. We'll start with you. You. Number 24. (Barbra Streisand:) My name is Sheila. What do you wanna know? (Auditioner:) Why don't you tell me why you're in this business? (Barbra Streisand:) I wanted to be a ballet dancer. What else? The light, by the way, is a very funny color. Do you have anything softer? (Auditioner:) Don't-don't worry about the lights. (Barbra Streisand:) It's very harsh. (Auditioner:) So tell me, do you always come on like this? (Barbra Streisand:) No. Sometimes I'm aggressive. (Auditioner:) Just-just bring it down. (Barbra Streisand:) Bring what down? (Auditioner:) Your attitude, miss. (Barbra Streisand:) It's Sheila. (Auditioner:) Okay, Sheila. Why don't you tell me about your parents. (Barbra Streisand:) My parents? (Auditioner:) Yeah. (Barbra Streisand:) Well, my mother was a ballerina until my father made her quit. (Auditioner:) Really? (Barbra Streisand:) Really. (Auditioner:) Am9 Tell me more. (Barbra Streisand:) Tell you more? Am9 Daddy always thought that he married beneath him Am7 Em7sus4 That's what he said, that's what he said Am9 When he proposed he informed my mother Am7 A9 He was probably her very last chance Dm7 Am7 And though she was twenty-two Gm7 Am7 Though she was twenty-two Gm7 A9 Though she was twenty-two D9 She married him Fmaj7 Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic Em7 More like a "come as you are." Fmaj7 When I was five I remember my mother Em7 Dug earrings out of the car Fm7/Bb I knew they weren't hers, but it wasn't Gm7/Eb Something you'd want to discuss F Em Dm Em Am9 He wasn't warm. Well, not to her. Well, not to us ! (Come to think of it) B9 C#m7/B B9 C#m7/B But everything was beautiful at the ballet B9 C#m7/B B9 C#m7/B Graceful men lift lovely girls in white Bm7 D/A Gmaj7 C#7-5 Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet. Hey ! B9/F# C#m/F# B/F# F#7 D/B C#-5/B Bm A/B G/B F#m/B Em/B D/B C#-5/B Bm A/B I was happy... at the ballet (That's when I started class) (Together:) Bm7 F#m9 Up a steep and very narrow stairway Gmaj7 F#m9 To the voice like a metronome Bm7 F#m9 Up a steep and very narrow stairway (Barbra Streisand:) Gmaj7 It wasn't paradise (Daisy Ridley:) F#m7 It wasn't paradise (Anne Hathaway:) Em7 It wasn't paradise (Together:) Em6/F# Bm/F# F#7 Bm9 But it was home - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Okay Number Eighteen. (Daisy Ridley:) I'm BB, sir. (Auditioner:) And what's your story? (Daisy Ridley:) I don't know what you mean. (Auditioner:) Okay. On the subject of mothers what about yours? (Daisy Ridley:) My mother? (Auditioner:) Am9 Yes, yours. (Daisy Ridley:) She lied to me. (Auditioner:) She lied to you? (Daisy Ridley:) Am9 Mother always said I'd be very attractive Am7 Em7sus4 When I grew up, when I grew up Am9 "Diff'rent, " she said, "With a special something Am7 A9 And a very, very personal flair." Dm7 Am7 And though I was eight or nine Bbmaj7 Am7 Though I was eight or nine Gm7 A9 Though I was eight or nine D9 I hated her Fmaj7 Now, "Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty Em7 "Pretty" is what it's about Fmaj7 I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" Em7 Who couldn't figure that out Fmaj7 Am9 So beautiful I'd never lived to see Fmaj7sus4 Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus4 Fmaj7 Am9 But it was clear If not to her Well then to me (Together:) D9 Em7/D Dmaj7 Em7/D That everyone is beautiful at the ballet D9 Em7/D Dmaj7 Em7/D Every prince has got to have his swan Dm7 G/D F/Bb Yes, everyone is beautiful at the ballet Ebmaj7 Hey! (Daisy Ridley:) D/A I was pretty Em/A D/A A7 F/D Em-5/D Dm C/D Bb/D Am/D Gm/D F/D Em-5/D Dm C/D At the ballet (Together:) Dm7 Am7 Up a steep and very narrow stairway Bbmaj7 A-9sus4 A To the voice like a metronome Dm7 Am7 Up a steep and very narrow stairway Bbmaj7 C/Bb It wasn't paradise (Barbra Streisand:) Am7 F/A It wasn't paradise (Anne Hathaway:) Gm7 Gm6 It wasn't paradise (Together:) A7 DmMaj7 A Dm But it was home - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Dm Alright, Number Six. (Anne Hathaway:) Dm11 G/D Dsus4 D Number Six that's me, Maggie. Can I tell you about my parents? G Am/G I don't know what they were for or against, really, except each other Gmaj7 C/G I mean, I was born to save their marriage G Am/G But when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital he said Gmaj7 "Well, I thought this was going to help Gmaj7 But I guess it's not." Gm7 C/G Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life Ebmaj7 A7b5-9 I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this C#9/D# C# G#7sus4/C# G#7/C My fantasy was that it was an Indian Chief G#7sus4/C# G#7/C C#9/D# C# And he'd say to me: "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" G#7sus4/C# G#7/C And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance." C#m9 Do do do do But it was clear D#m7/C# Do do do do When he proposed C#m9 D#m7/C# D#m7/G# Do do do do That I was born to help their marriage and when (Barbra Streisand:) C#m9 Do do do do That's what he said (Daisy Ridley:) D#m7/C# Do do do do That's what she said (Anne Hathaway:) G#-9sus4 G#-9 Do do I used to dance around the living room (Barbra Streisand:) C#m7 Do do do do He wasn't warm (Daisy Ridley:) F#/C# Do do do do Not to her (Anne Hathaway:) Amaj7 Dmaj7 Do do do do It was an Indian chief and he'd say C#9/G# C#/G# G#7sus4 "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" G#7 C#9/G# C#/G# G#7sus4 G#7 And I'd said, "Daddy, I would love to" (Barbra Streisand:) Dmaj7 Em7/D Dmaj7 Em7/D Everything was beautiful at the ballet Dmaj7 Em7/D Dmaj7 Em7/D Raise your arms and someone's always there Dm7 G/D Bbmaj7 Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet (Daisy Ridley:) Em7b5 At the ballet (Together:) G/A Em/A F#m/A G/A Em/A F#m/A G/A A Bm/A A7-9 At the ballet! [Instrumental] D Em7/D Dmaj7 G/A Dmaj7 Em7/D Dmaj7 Em7/D (Together:) Dm7 G/D Bbmaj7 Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. Ebmaj7 Hey! (Barbra Streisand:) D/A I was pretty (Anne Hathaway:) Bbmaj7+5 I was happy (Daisy Ridley:) G/A "I would love to..." (Together:) Em/A D/A A7 F/D Em-5/D Dm C/D Bb/D Am/D Gm/D F/D Em-5/D Dm C/D Bb C9 D At the ballet - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Okay ladies. We will let you know. Next.
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