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) A D D7 “Meat and drink to me” (He was the first to combine) G “Infinite variety” C E7 A7 Yeah, that was one of mine D7* Don’t call me flakey G* I’m William Shakey G#* G7* B C Not lazy with the phrasey Shakespeare [Bridge] F Fm I was the greatest, I was ace C E7 A7 To find a better writer, that’s “A wild goose chase” D7 I was truly brilliant which is why I sing F F F F G# G# G# G# You can’t have “too much of a good thing” N.C. “If music be the food of love, play on” [Chorus 3] C B Bb A7 “Et tu, Brute” (Did you ever know?) A D D7 “Forever and a day” (From a Shakespeare show) G “Good riddance”, “Fair play” C E7 A7 “Pure as the driven snow” D7* “High time”, “Lie low” G* “Wherefore art thou Romeo” G#* G7* B C The nation’s favourite bard Shakespeare [Outro] D7* Dooby, dooby, dooby G “To be or not to be” G#* G7* B C Schooby, dooby, dooby Shakespeare