A                 Fm/C
Somewhere along the way, my dear
Bm                    E7
You've made an awful error
     C#m                Cm
You oughtn't blame yourself now
Bm         E
Come along

    A                  Fm/C
You seem to think that people
      Bm7             Dm
Like people, what are clever
     Bm                E
It's very quaint, it's very sweet
    A
But wrong!

 D
People don't like smarty pants
     C# Cm     Bm
What go round claiming

That they know stuff
         A
We don't know


Now, here's a tip
 Bm                   E7
What you know matters less
          C#m
Than the volume with which
         G            F#
What you don't know's expressed!

Bm                     B7/D#
Content has never been less important
E  E7
So you have got to be ...

[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD (ENSEMBLE)]
Am
Loud!

(Loud, loud, loud)

F7
Girl, you've got to learn to stand out
E7                     Am      F7
And stick out from the crowd!

(Crowd, crowd, crowd)

[Verse]
E7            Dm
A little less flat!
N.C
(Flat!)
N.C
A lot more heel!

(Heel!)
              Am
A little less fact!
N.C
(Fact!)
N.C
A lot more feel!

(Feel!)
              Bdim
A little less brains!
N.C
(Brains!)
N.C
A lot more hair!

(Hair!)
              E7
A little less head!

(Head!)
           E7 F E7
A lot more derriere!

(Derriere!)

[Verse]
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
Am
No-one's going to tell you when to shake your tush well

You've got a light, don't hide it under a bushel!
     E
Oh, no-one's going to look if you don't stand out!
N.C
No-one's going to listen if you don't shout out!


[MRS. WORMWOOD & RUC LPHO]
 F
No-one's going to care if you don't care!

So go and put some highlights in your hair!
                                         E7
Cause you've gotta highlight what you've got!
F                              E
Even if what you've got is not a lot!

[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
                Am
You've gotta be loud!

(Loud, loud, loud)

             F7
You've gotta give yourself a mission to shine
E7
To stand out from the crowd!

(Crowd, crowd, crowd)

[Verse]
[MRS. WORMWOOD]
G7
A little less bzz!

A lot more zing!
              Am
A little less pshh!

A lot more schwing!
               Bdim
A little less dressing like your Mum!
              E
A little more bum-ba-bum-bum ba-da-bum

N.C
(spoken)
N.C
Oh, I look nice!
N.C
You Don't!


(sung)
Am
No-one's going to tell you when to wiggle your bum-ba!

N.C
[RUC LPHO]
N.C
No-one's going to love you if you don't know the rhumba!


[MRS. WORMWOOD]
E
Everyone loves a little something exotic!

N.C
[RUC LPHO]
N.C
But learning a language is over the top, it


[MRS. WORMOOD]
Dm
Doesn't really matter if you don't know nowt!


[RUC LPHO]
Am
As long as you don't know it with a bit of clout!

[Pre-Chorus]
[BOTH]
F
The less you have to sell, the harder you sell it!
 F#dim
The less you have to say, the louder you yell it!
G
The dumber the act, the bigger the confession!
    G#dim
The less you have to show, the larger you dress it!

A
You gotta get up!
Bbdim
You gotta get up and be

[Chorus]
[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
Bm
Loud!

(Loud, loud, loud)

[Instrumental]

[MRS. WORMWOOD & ENSEMBLE]
 C#m/E              C#dim/E  Cdim
You gotta be loud!

(Loud, loud, loud)


(spoken)

You're gorgeous!

                   C#m/E
Stand out from the crowd!

(Crowd, crowd, crowd)


[MRS WORMWOOD, spoken]

Are you listening?


(sung)
                 Dm               Ddim  C#dim
You've got to be loud, loud, loud

Oooh!

                Dm                          Ddim  C#dim
Stand up and be proud, proud, proud, proud!

Dm    Eb    E     F     F#     G     Gb    A     Bb    B     C     C#
Loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud!

 A7                   Dm
Ohhh, you gotta be loud!