From: “Camelot”
Then You May Take Me To the Fair by FREDERICK LOEWE Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER
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THEN YOU MAY TAKE ME TO THE FAIR Words by ALAN J AY LERNER Allegro con brio ( G7 Guenevere:
Music by FREDERICK LOEWE = 156 )
C
a tempo
Do you re - call
the oth
-
er
night
that I dis - tinct - l y said
you
a tempo leggiero
Csus
might
F
serve as my
es - cort at
F/E
fraid there’s some - one cho - sen one, I
the
Dm7(4)
G7
next
town
C
C/B
C/A
fair?
F/D
F/C
F
who know,
I must in - vite but it’s tra - di
Well, I’m a -
F/E
-
C/G
F/D
in place tion it
of you, should go
C
some -one who to the un -
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2
( C6
C dim7
plain - ly is ques - tioned champ
G7
=
Am7
)
G/B
be - yond com - pare. ion in the hall.
-
C
E/F
F
The French man’s pow’r And I’m con - vinced
is that
()
E/F
F
more splen
tre did
-
G7
F/A
F6
-
men French
G/B
where, all,
-
dous man
than can
I have eas - ’ly
C Cmaj7 C7
Fdim7
F
Fdim7
and when a and best -ing
man all
is our
that lo
D7
D9
Dm6
e’er con
seen quer
an one
-
F
-
stu cal
Am Bm/A
-
pen - dous, hench - men,
D7
-
y and
-
D9 F dim7
he he
by should
()
(
= C/G
right, sit
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) B/F
should take be - side
me me
G7sus
G7
C
to at
the the
fair. ball.
N.C.
Lionel: Your Sagramore: I
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E
F/E
ma-jes - ty, let me tilt beg of you, ma’am, with - hold
G/B
E
Bm7( 5)
with him and smite your in - vi - ta
-
him; tion;
don’t
E
Bm7( 5)
re - fuse me so I swear to you
3
a this
()
E
Bm7( 5)
E
N.C.
brupt - ly, I im - plore. chal - lenge will be met.
G
Oh, And
A /G
B /D
give me the op - por - tu - ni - ty when I have fin - ished up the op
-
to er -
()
8vb
G
Dm7( 5)
fight a
him, tion,
-
and I’ll
G
Gaul serve
Dm7( 5)
will be him to
G
F7
G7/D
di - vi - ded once more. Your High-ness en - bro - chette!
() 8va
rit.
(
=
) N.C.
Guenevere:
You will bash and trash him? You’ll pierce right through him?
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G7 N.C.
F/G N.C. Guenevere:
Lionel: I’ll smash and mas h him! Sagramore: I’ll barbecue him!
You’ll give him trouble? A wicket thurst!
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4 G7 N.C.
F/G N.C.
G7 N.C.
Guenevere:
Lionel: He will be rubble! Sagramore: ’Twill be dust to dust!
Guenevere:
A mighty whack! From fore to aft?
C(9)
Lionel: His s kull will crack! Sagramore: He’ll feel a draft!
F/E
C/G
Cmaj7
C7
F
me me
to at
the the
fair ball
Well, Well
then,
Dm7
a tempo
then you may you may sit
take by
if if
you you
do de -
a tempo
Fmaj7
G7
all mol
the ish
-
C(9)
heart know
will I’d
things him
G7( 5)
Cdim7
you in
prom bat
C
-
ise. tle.
In In
Cmaj7
C7
F
F/E
Dm7
A 7
C/G
break cry
should were
you you
not not
take by
me me
to at
fact, fact,
my I
() () l.h.
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5 (
=
)
G7
C
the the
fair. ball.
l.h.
1.
A 7
D 6
D 6/C
D 6/B
B 6/A
D 6
D 6/C
a tempo
Sir Sagramore?
I have some
rath - er pain - ful
news
rel - a-tive
to
the sub - ject
a tempo
D 6/B
who’s
D 6/A
to
2. C N.C.
Sir Dinadan?
E m7
be be - side
A7
A 6
me at
the next
N.C.
a tempo
Did-n’t
G /A
I
D6
A 7
D
court
ball.
D6/C
prom - ise that
D6/B
you
may
D /C
D /B
N.C.
You were the
D6/A
D6
guide me to
Lon - don on
D6/C
the
a tempo
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6 D6/B
D6/A
day
that
F
quite
Em7
I go
F/E
a nas - ty
up
A6
G/A
to judge
the
F/D
F/C
ride,
there must be
cat
from beast
G7/D
and
Am7
D
tle
show?
-
F
F/E
some - one at
( F 7( 9)/C
A7
=
D/C
F/D
my
side
D/B
F/A
As it is
C
C6
C
who’ll be de - fend - ing me
)
G/B
C
foe.
So w hen I
E/F
F
E/F
F
choose
whom
I
pre
-
()
F6
fer
D7
go,
I
take
the
strong
-
D9
Dm6
D7
est
knight
I
G7
F/A
know,
()
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7 G/B
C
Cmaj7 C7 Fdim7
and young Du
(
=
B/F
take
me to
lieve
Fdim7
seems
strong
F
-
Am
est,
Bm/A
D9
F dim7
go,
he
should
er -
)
C/G
F/E
Lac
F
G/B
G7sus
the
cat
-
G7
C
N.C.
tle
show.
E
this blus - t’ring prat
Your
Bm7
-
E
Dinadan:
tle!
Let
E
him p rove
maj -es - ty can’t
Bm7
it with
E
a
be -
Bm7
sword
or lance in -
()
E
N.C.
stead.
G
I
prom-ise y ou when
A /G
I’m
done
B /D
the gor
-
y
()
8vb
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8 G
Dm7( 5)
bat
-
tle,
G
his
Dm7( 5)
shoul - ders will
G
be
F7
G7/D
lone -some for
his
head!
() rit.
(
=
) N.C.
G7 N.C.
Guenevere:
You’ll disconnect him?
G7 N.C.
You’ll open wide him?
F/G N.C.
G7 N.C. Guenevere:
I’ll subdivide him!
Then you may
Guenevere:
I’ll vivisect him!
Dinadan:
a tempo
F/G N.C.
Dinadan:
Oh,
dear,
dear,
dear,
C(9)
C/G
Cmaj7
C7
F6
guide
me
to
the
show,
dear,
F6/E
dear!
Dm7
if
you
can
a tempo
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9 Fmaj7
car
G7
-
ry
G7( 5)
out
your
Cdim7
pro
C
-
gramme.
In
fact, I’d
C(9)
C
grieve
in
Cmaj7
C7
F
F/E
Dm7
A 7
C/G
G7
side
should
you
not
guide
me
to
the
-
() ()
C/G
All Knights:
show.
Mi - la - dy,
F96
we
C2/F
shall
F96
that
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Gal - lic
bag
of
noise
and
C(9)
put
an
end
to
C
C/B
C/A
C/G
nerve.
When we
do
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10 F96
C(9)
all
that
we
in
Am7
D7
G7
French
hors
d’oeuvres!
-
G/D
tend
to,
he’ll
do
a
C(9)
Guenevere:
I
be
ap - plaud
your
plate
of
Cmaj7
C7
no
-
ble
8va
() () 8va
F6
F6/E
Dm7
goals;
now
let
us
C(9)
And
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if
you
do,
then
Fmaj7
G7
see
if
G7( 5)
you
a
-
Cmaj7
C7
F6
A/E
F6
you
will
be
the
three
Cdim7
C
chieve
them.
Dm7 C m7 Dm7
who will
go
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11 F6
E
F6
to
the
ball,
F/A G dim7
to
the
F/A
A 13
A 7
show,
and
A 7( 11)
C/G
G7
me
to
the
take
() 8va
()
(
=
)
C
fair!
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