Bbm It's a beautiful day F/C It's a rather nice day Bbm F/C Bbm A day for a glorious wedding Bbm/C# B/Eb A rehearsal my dear, to be perfectly clear Bbm F/C Bbm A rehearsal for a glorious wedding Bbm B F Bbm Assuming nothing happens that we don't really know Bbm/C# F7 F/C Bbm That nothing unexpected interferes with the show [Chorus 1] Bbm F/C And that's why everything Bbm F/C Every last little thing Bbm F/C Bbm F/C F F/A F/C F Every single tiny microscopic little thing must go C# F#m According to plan Ab C# Our son will be married Bbm F#m According to plan Ab C#m Our family carried Ab C# F# B Elevated to the heights of society Ab C# To the costume balls Ab C# In the hallowed halls Eb Fm Rubbing elbows with the finest Em Fm Having crumpets with Her Highness B E We'll be there, we'll be seen B E Having tea with the queen A A/C# A/E A We'll forget everything Ab C#m That we've ever, ever been [Verse 2] Am It's a terrible day E Now don't be that way Am E Am It's a terrible day for a wedding F Bbm It's a sad, sad state of affairs we're in Am E Am That has led to this ominous wedding F Bb E Am How could our family have come to this? E Bb Bb E To marry off our daughter to the nouveau riche Am They're so common. So coarse N.C. Dm E Oh it couldn't be worse N.C. Couldn't be worse? I'm afraid I disagree Dm They could be land-rich, bankrupt aristocracy N.C. Without a penny to their name N.C. F E Just like you, and me N.C. Oh dear [Chorus 2] Am E And that's why everything Am E Every last little thing Am E Am E E E/F E/F# E/Ab Every single tiny microscopic little thing must go Am Bb According to plan E Am Our daughter will wed Am Bb According to plan G F Our family led G E Fm Bbm F F/C# Bbm From the depths of deepest poverty G C To the noble realm G G7 C Of our ancestry B Em B Em And who'd have guessed in a million years E Am That our daughter with a face E Am Of an otter in disgrace E F E Fm Would provide our ticket to a rightful place [Bridge] Gm Cm Gm Marriage is a partnership. A little tit-for-tat Cm You'd think a lifetime watching us Abm Eb Might have taught her that Eb Eb7/G Abm Might have taught her that Abm Abm Everything must be perfect Abm Abm Everything must be perfect Abm Abm Everything must be perfect Abm Abm Abm Everything must be perfect perfect [Chorus 3] Abm Eb7 That's why everything Abm Eb7 Every last little thing Abm Eb7 Abm Eb7 Eb7 Every single tiny microscopic little thing must go Eb7 Abm Abm Eb7 Abm According to plan