William Shakespeare The Quills - Horrible Histories Chords

Chords: C, Dm, G, E, A7, D7, D, B, Bb, A

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Genre: comedy, parody, ukulele

[Verse 1]

C
My name is Shakespeare, William

Dm G
I owned a feather quill, I am

Dm G C
The writer most familiar to you

C
My way with words amazes me

Dm G
Came up with so many phrases me

Dm G E A7
That still the number dazes me too

D7 G
Oh, “You’ve got to be cruel to be kind”

E A7
“If truth were known”, “Love is blind”

D G
Yet each of these quotes you will find

C
It’s what I do

[Chorus 1]

C B Bb A7
“Seen better days” (That’s one of his)

A D D7
Ah, “Salad days” (He is the biz)

G
“All the world’s a stage”

C E7 A7
They call me Billy Whizz

D7*
May seem kind of scary

G*
I’m a walking dictionary

G#* G7* B C
Sturdy with the wordy Shakespeare

[Verse 2]

C
“Quality of mercy is not strained”

Dm G
“Such stuff as dreams are made”

Dm
“Off with his head”

G C
My phrases you’ll note

C
“This is the short and long of it”

Dm G
“Brevity is the soul of wit”

Dm
“As good luck would have have it”

G E A
You can quote

D G
Oh you suffered “Green-eyed jealousy”

E7 A7
Please do not “Stand on ceremony”

D
I wrote “The Queen’s English”

G* C
Queen’s English I wrote

[Chorus 2]

C B Bb A7
“It’s Greek to me” (That’s a Shakespeare line)

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