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(F7)Write what you know, so they say.
All I know is I don’t (Bb)know what to write or the right way to write it.
This is (F7)big, la dy, don’t screw it up!
This is not some lit tle (Bb)vaude (Gm)ville (Eb)I’m (Dm)re (Gm)view (C7)ing.
(F7)Poor lit tle kids ver sus rich, greed y so ur pus ses!
(Bb)Ha, it’s a cinch; it can prac ti cal’y write it self.
And (F7)let’s pray it does, ’cause as I may have men tioned, I have (Bb)no (Gm)clue (Eb)what (Dm)I’m (Gm)do (E)ing!
(A7)Am I in sane?
This is what I’ve been wait ing for!
Well, (D)that, plus the scream ing of half cra zy ed i tors: “A (A7)girl?” “It’s a girl?!
How the hell...” “Is that e ven le gal?” (D)“Look, (Bm)just (G)go (F#m)and (Bm7)get her!” (A7)Not on ly that there’s the sto ry be hind the sto ry: (D)thou sands of chil dren ex ploit ed, in vis i ble.
Speak (C7)up, take a stand, and there’s some one to write a bout it.
(F7sus)That’s how things get (F7)bet er.
(Bb)Give life’s lit tle guys some (F7sus)ink, and when it dries, just (Eb)watch what hap pens!
Those (Eb6/9)kids will live and (Bb)breathe right on the page and (F7sus)once they’re cen ter stage you (Eb)watch what hap pens!
And (Eb6/9)who’s there with her (Gm)cam ’ra and her pen as (Ab)boys turn in to men?
They’ll (Fm7)storm the gates and then just (F)watch what (Eb)hap pens when they (Bb5)do!
(Ab)just give in.
It (Gm)can’t be an y worse than (Ab)how it’s been.
And it (Bb)just so hap pens that we (Bb)just might (Eb)win, so what (Fsus)ev er hap pens,
let’s be (Bb)gin!
This page shows “Watch What Happens” by Alan Menken in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 164 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.