The Little Mermaid, 1989, 2023.
Jodi Benson. Halle Bailey.
Writer: Howard Ashman
Composer: Alan Menken
Producer: Ashman, Menken
Label: Walt Disney
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Bb
C/Bb
Bb
C/Bb
Bb
Look at this stuff
C/Bb
Isn’t it neat?
Bb
Wouldn’t you think my
co
C/Bb
llection’s
complete?
Am7
Wouldn’t you think I’m the girl
Dm7
The girl who has
G7sus
everything?
G7
Bb
Look at this trove
C/Bb
Treasures
untold
Bb
How many wonders can
C/Bb
one cavern hold?
Am7
Looking around here you’d think
Dm7
Sure,
F/G
she’s got everything
G7
I’ve got
Bbmaj7
gadgets and gizmos a-
Am7
plenty
F/A
I’ve got
Dm7
whozits and whatzits ga
G7sus
lore
G7
You want
Bbmaj7
thingamabobs?
I’ve got
Am7
twenty!
F/A
But who
Dm7
cares?
No big
F/G
deal
G7
I want
Bb/C
more
Am/C
Bb/C
C7
F
I wanna be where the
Am7
people
are
Bb(add2)
I wanna see,
wanna
Bb/C
see ’em dan
C
cin’
Dm
Walking around on those,
Am
what do you call ’em?
Oh,
C7sus
feet
C
F/C
C
F
Flippin’ your fins,
you don’t
Fmaj7
get too far
Bb(add2)
Legs are required for
Bb/C
jumpin’,
dan
C
cin’
Dm
Strollin’ along down the,
Am
what’s that
F/A
word again?
Bb/C
Street
C
Up where they
F
walk,
up where they
F/Eb
run
Up where they
Bb(add2)/D
stay all day in the sun
Bbm/Db
Wanderin’
F/C
free,
wish I could
C7
be
C
Part of that
F
world
What would I
Bb
give
if I could
Cadd2
live
out of these
Am
waters?
Dm
What would I
Bb(add2)
pay
to spend a
C(add2)
day warm on the
Am
sand?
F7sus
F7
Bet’cha on
Bb(add2)
land
they under
C(add2)
stand
Bet they don’t
Gm/A
repri
A/C#
mand their
Dm
daughters
Dm/C
Bright young
F/G
women,
G
sick of
F/G
swimmin’
G
Ready to
Ebmaj7
stand
Bb/C
C7
Bb/C
C7
And
F
ready to know what the
F/A
people
know
Bbmaj7
Ask ’em my questions and
Bb/C
get some an
C7
swers
Dm
What’s a fire and
Am
why does it,
Bb/A
what’s the
F/A
word?
Gm7
Burn?
C
C7
When’s it my
F
turn?
Wouldn’t I
F/Eb
love,
love to ex
Bb/D
plore that shore up
a
Bbm/Db
bove?
Out of the
F
sea
Wish I could
C7sus
be
C7
Part of that
Bb
world
C/Bb
Bb
C/Bb
F
Fadd2