Alan Menken – Belle chords

ARTIST: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
TITLE: Belle

From the movie, Beauty And The Beast

F#m6 244242
D#(add9) xx3343
A#maj7 x13231

Intro:

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Em/A -- D/A -- Em/A -- D/A --
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       Em/D              DLittle town it's a quiet village.
     Em/D               DEveryday like the one before.
       F#m                 F#m6        Little town full of little people, 
       A7suswaking up to say.


   D - E/D -Bonjour!
   D - E/D -Bonjour!
   A                        DBonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!


                     A7       D  - A  - D-A - BmThere goes the baker with his tray like always.
                       A/C#  -  DThe same old bread and rolls to sell.
      F   -   G    -   CEvery morning just the same 
          D#(add9)-F   -  A#since the morning that we came,
        Gm  -   Am7  -  A#maj7 -To this poor provintial town.


     A7   -  D[Baker]
Good Morning Belle!

[Belle]
Morning, Monsieur!
                    A7sus[Baker]
Where are you off to?
A[Belle]
The book shop...
DI just finished the most wonderful story,
        A7sus                 A7About a beanstalk and an ogor and an...
       D(add9)[Baker]
That's nice. Marie! The bagettes! Hurry up!


D                        A7      D   -   A -D - A - Bm[Group of Women]
Look there she goes that girl is strange no question.
                      A/C#  -   DDazed and distracted, can't you tell?
      F    -  G - C[Woman #1]
Never part of any crowd.
           D#(add9) -F   -   A#[Man #3]
'Cause her head's up on some cloud.
     Gm  - Am7  -  A#maj7-A7   -   D      G - [Villagers]
No denying she's a funny girl that Belle.


   A/G - G -[Man #1]
Bonjour!
     A/G - G -[Woman #1]
Good day!
    A7/G  - D/F#  G -[Man #1]
How is your family?
   A/G - G -[Woman #1]
Bonjour!
     A/G - G -[Man #4]
Good day!
    A7/G - D/F#  A# -[Woman #1]
How is your wife?
  C/A#-A# -C/A# - A# -[Woman #2]
I need six eggs!
       C7/A#-F/A[Man #2]
That's too expensive.
      Dm7     E7        A7sus      A7 - D [Belle]
There must be more than this provincial life.


            A7sus[Book Shop Clerk]
Ah! Belle!
            A7                                  D         A7sus[Belle]
Good Morning! I've come to return the book I've borrowed!
                 A7[Book Shop Clerk]
Finished already?
                     D                              A7sus[Belle]
Oh I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new?
          A7               D[Book Shop Clerk]
Ha, ha. Not since yesterday!
                           A7sus       A7[Belle]
That's alright. I'll borrow...this one!
                          F[Book Shop Clerk]
That one?! But you've read it twice!
             C7sus C7 F[Belle]
Well it's my favorite! Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells,
C7sus                D a prince in disguise!
                   A7sus                    A7 D[Book Shop Clerk]
Well if you like it all that much, it's yours.
[Belle]
But sir!
        A7sus[Book Shop Clerk]
I insist.
                                   A5 A7 - D[Belle]
Well thank you! Thank you very much!


                          A7   -  D -A-D-A - Bm[Group Of Men]
Look, there she goes that girl is so peculiar. 
                  A/C#  - DI wonder if she's feeling well.
       F   -  G   -   C[Group Of Women]
With a dreamy far off look.
        D#(add9) - F  - A#[Group Of Men]
And her nose stuck in a book.
       Gm  -  Am7  - A#maj7-A7   -    D[Villigers]
What a puzzle to the rest of us, this Belle.


G Gmaj7 G6[Belle]
Oh! 
      A7sus-A7/G-F#m B7susIsn't this amazing? 
        B7       D/E  E7 Em7/A A9It's my favorite part because 
       C6/D D C/D D7you'll see. 
G Gmaj9/F# Em7Here's 
          A7           F#m7 B7sus        B9       D/Ewhere she meets prince charming. But she won't discover
          E7               Fmaj7 - F6 - Fmaj7 - F6 - Em7 A5 Dthat it's him till chapter three.


                   A7   -   D  - A  -  D - A - Bm[Woman #3]
Now It's no wonder that her name means beauty, 
                      A9 - D her looks have got no parallel.
      F    -    G   -  C[Man #1]
But behind that fair facade, 
     D#    -     F   -  A#I'm afraid she's rather odd.
     Gm9   -   Am7  -   A#maj7- A7sus -Very different from the rest of us.
      Gm   -  Am7  -   A#maj7- A7sus - [Villigers]
She's nothing like the rest of us. Yes, 
Gm    -   Am   -   A#   -  A7  - D     different from the rest of us is Belle.


D A7sus A7 D 
D A7sus A7 C
C C Gm - A#maj7 - C

                      Gm7  - C            Gm - Am[Gaston]
Right from the moment when i met her, saw her, 
                      G/B - CI said she's gorgeous and I fell.
        D#(add9)  -  F -  A#Here in town there's only she, 
       C#(add9)-D#- G#who is beautiful as me. 
       Fm  -  Gm7   -  G#maj7- G7  - C      F - So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle.

     G/F - F -[Gaston Groupies]
Look there 
   G/F - F -he goes, 
  G7/F - C/E   F -isn't he dreamy? 
   G/F - F -Monsieur 
   G/F - F -Gaston! 
   G/F    C/E - C - G#Oh he's so cute!
   A#/G# - G# -Be still 
   A#/G# - G# -my heart! 
    A#7/G#-D#/GI'm hardly breathing. 
     Cm     D7          G7sus      G7       D -He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute.

[Woman #1]
Bonjour!

E/D-D -[Gaston]
Pardon
       
       E/D -[Belle]
Good day

     D -[Woman #2]
Mais oui!

    E7/D  -   A/C#[Woman #3]
You call this bacon?

            D -[Woman #4]
What lovely grapes!

     E/D -[Man #1]
Some cheese

    D -[Woman #5]
Ten yards!

    E/D -[Man #1]
one pound

       D -[Gaston]
'scuse me!

     E7/D -  A[Cheese Merchant]
I'll get the knife

              F -[Gaston]
Please let me through!

     G/F -[Woman #6]
This bread -

      F -[Woman #7]
Those fish -

      G/F -[Woman #6]
it's stale!

     F -[Woman #7]
they smell!

  G/F   -   C/E[Men]
Madame's mistaken.

            Am[Women]
Well, maybe so

              B7                Am/E-E- Esus - E - [Townsfolk]
[Belle]
              Good              Morn    ing
There must be more than this provincial life!

     G/A                               A7   D[Townsfolk]
[Gaston]
     Oh,        good          morn     ing
Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!

                      A7    -     D   -   A - D- A - Bm[Townsfolk]
Look there she goes, a girl who's strange but special
                A9- DA most peculiar mad'moiselle!

       F  - G  -  C[Women]
It's a pity and a sin

    D#   -  F    -    A#[Men]
She doesn't quite fit in

           Gm9  - Am7-A#maj7-A7sus -[Townsfolk]
'Cause she really is a funny girl
  Gm  -  Am7 -  A#maj7-A7sus -A beauty but a funny girl
    Gm7 - Am7 - A#  - AsusShe really is a funny girl
A -  D -That Belle!

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