SONG: According To Plan ARTIST: Danny Elfman From the movie, The Corpse Bride Intro: F Fdim F Fdim F Bbm/F F Bbm F F# C#/F F Bbm C#m F# F Bbm Bb [Mrs. VanDort] It's a beautiful day. F/A [Mr. VanDort] It's a rather nice day. F Bbm [Mrs. VanDort] A day for a glorious wedding. F# B [Mr. VanDort] A rehearsal, my dear, to be perfectly clear. Bbm F Bbm [Mrs. VanDort] A rehearsal for a glorious wedding. F# B F7/A Bbm [Mr. VanDort] Assuming nothing happens that we don't really know, Bbm/C# Ebm F Bbm [Mrs. VanDort] That nothing unexpected interferes with the show. Bbm F7 Bbm F# [Mr. And Mrs. VanDort] And that's why everything, every last little thing, C# Cdim C# Cdim F F7 every single tiny microscopic little thing must go... C# F#m [Mrs. VanDort] According to plan, Ab C# [Mr. VanDort] Our son will be married. Bbm F#m/Bb [Mrs. VanDort] According to plan, Ab F# [Mr. VanDort] Our family carried, Abm C# F# B [Mr. And Mrs. VanDort] We'll go right into the heights of society... Ab/C C# [Mrs. VanDort] To the costume balls, Ab/C C# [Mr. VanDort] In the hallowed halls. Eb/Bb Fm [Mrs. VanDort] Rubbing elbows with the finest. Em/B Fm/C [Mr. VanDort] Having crumpets with her highness. B E B C#m [Mr. And Mrs. VanDort] We'll be there, we'll be seen, having tea with the queen. A F#m C#m We'll forget everything...that we've ever ever been. C#m Bm Bm/D B Em7/G C Em/B Am Am [Mrs. Everglot] It's a terrible day E [Mr. Everglot] Now don't be that way Am E Am [Mrs. Everglot] It's a terrible day for a wedding. F Bbm/C# [Mr. Everglot] It's a sad, sad state of affairs we're in, Am E Am [Mrs. Everglot] That has led to this ominous wedding. F Bb/D E Am/E [Mr. Everglot] How could our family have come to this? F Bb/D E Am [Mr. and Mrs. Everglot] To marry off our daughter to the noveaux rich. F [Mrs. Everglot] They're so common, C/E [Mr. Everglot] So coarse. F E [Mrs. Everglot] Oh, it couldn't be worse! [Mr. Everglot] It couldn't be worse? I'm afraid I disagree. Dm It could be land rich bankrupt aristocracy, E F E without a penny to their name...just like you...and me. [Mrs. Everglot] Oh, dear. Am E7 Am E7 [Mr. and Mrs. Everglot] And that's why everything, every last little thing, C Bdim C Bdim E7 D(#13) E (11 fr.) E7 every single tiny microscopic little thing must go... Am F [Mrs. Everglot] According to plan, E/G# Am [Mr. Everglot] Our daughter will wed. Am Fm [Mrs. Everglot] According to plan, G F [Mr. Everglot] Our family lead, G/D E F Bbm Bbm/F [Mr. and Mrs. Everglot] From the depths of deepest poverty, Bbm/C# Bbm/F G C [Mrs. Everglot] To the noble realm, G C [Mr. Everglot] Of our ancestors. Bm Em Bm Em E Am [Mr. and Mrs. Everglot] And who'd have guessed in a million years that our daughter, with the face E Am [Mr. Everglot] of an otter in disgrace, E F G Fm Bbm [Mr. and Mrs. Everglot] Would provide our ticket to our rightful place? Fm C#maj7 C#maj9 Bbm C# [Victoria (speaking)] What if Victor and I don't...like each other? C Cm [Mrs. Everglot (speaking)] Do you suppose your father and I like each other? G [Victoria (speaking)] Surely you must...a little... Ab C# [Mr. and Mrs. Everglot (speaking)] Of course not! F E/B D G Gm [Mrs. Everglot (speaking)] Get those corsets laced properly...I can hear you speak without gasping. Bb Adim Gm D7 Marriage is a partnership. A little tit for tat. Bb Abm Eb You'd think a lifetime watching us (singing) might have taught her that. Abm Might have taught her that. [Mr. Everglot] Everything must be perfect [Mrs. Everglot] Everything must be perfect Eb [Mr. and Mrs. Everglot] Everything must be perfect, perfect, Abm Eb7 Abm Eb7 [The VanDorts and the Everglots] That's why everything, every last little thing, B Bbdim B Bbdim Eb Eb7 Abm every single tiny microscopic little thing must go...According to plan! Eb Abm