Surface Pressure, Encanto
Jessica Darrow, 2021
Writer: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Producer: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Label: Walt Disney
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Em
I’m the strong one, I’m not nervous,
D
I’m as tough as the
C
crust of the Earth is.
Em
I move mountains, I move churches,
D
and I glow, ’cause I
C
know what my worth is.
Em
I don’t ask how hard the work is
D
got a rough indes
Cm
tructible
surface.
B
Diamonds and platinum, I find ’em, I flatten ’em
I
B/D#
take what I’m handed, I break what’s demanded.
But
Em
under the surface,
I feel berserk as a
D
tightrope walker in a
C
three-ring
circus.
Em
Under the surface, was Hercules
D
everlike, “Yo, I don’t
C
wanna fight Cerberus?”
Em
Under the surface, I’m pretty sure I’m
D
worthless if I can’t be of
C
service.
A
B
flaw or a crack, the straw in the stack,
that
B7/D
breaks the camel’s back, what breaks the camel’s back?
It’s
Em
pressure like a drip, drip, drip
that’ll never stop,
C
whoa.
D
Em
Pressure that’ll tip, tip, tip
’til you just go pop,
G/D
whoa,
D/F#
oh,
oh.
Em
”Give it to your sister, your sister’s older,
C
give her all the heavy things we can’t shoulder.”
Who
G/D
am I if I can’t run with the ball?
B
If I fall to
Em
pressure like a grip, grip, grip,
and it won’t let go,
C
whoa.
D
Em
Pressure like a tick, tick, tick
’til it’s ready to blow,
G
whoa,
D
oh,
oh.
Em
”Give it to your sister, your sister’s stronger,
C
see if she can hang on a little longer.”
Who
G/D
am I if I can’t carry it all?
B
If I
B/D#
falter
Em
Under the surface, I hide my nerves and it
D
worsens,
I worry some
C
thing is gonna hurt us.
Em
Under the surface, the ship doesn’t
D
swerve,
has it heard how big
C
the iceberg is?
Em
Under the surface, I think about my
D
purpose,
can I somehow pre
C
serve
this?
Line
B
up the dominoes, a light wind blows,
you
B/D#
try to stop it tumbling, but on and on, it goes.
But
G
wait, if I could shake
Bm
the crushing weight
Bm7b5
of
expecta
C
tions,
would that free
Cm7
some room up for
G
joy
or relax
Bm/F#
ation, or simple plea
G7/F
sure?
Instead, we mea
C
sure
Cm7/Eb
this growing
Em
pressure
Keeps
G/D
growing, keep
Am
going
Cause
B7
all… we… know… is…
Em
Pressure like a drip, drip, drip
that’ll never stop,
C
whoa.
D
Em
Pressure that’ll tip, tip, tip
’til you just go pop,
G
whoa,
D
oh,
oh.
Em
”Give it to your sister, it doesn’t hurt, and
C
see if she can handle every family burden.”
Watch
G
as she buckles and bends but never breaks,
B
no
mistakes.
Just
Em
pressure like a grip, grip, grip,
and it won’t let go,
C
whoa.
D
Em
Pressure like a tick, tick, tick
’til it’s ready to blow,
G
whoa,
D
oh,
oh.
Em
”Give it to your sister and never wonder
if
C
the same pressure would’ve pulled you under.”
Who
G
am I if I don’t have what it takes?
B
No
B/D#
cracks, no
B7
breaks,
no mistakes, no
Em
pressure.