Nowadays lyrics by Chicago Stage Musical
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Song Title * Nowadays
Performed By * Chicago Stage Musical
Composer(s) * John Kander/Fred Ebb
Publisher * . Unauthorised copying is illegal
Programmer * � Bespoke Music
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ROXIE
It's good, isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell, isn't it?
Fun, isn't it?
Nowadays.
There's men everywhere, jazz everywhere
Booze everywhere, life everywhere.
Joy everywhere
Nowadays.
You can like the life you're livin'.
You can live the life you like.
You can even marry Harry,
But mess around wiht Ike
And that's good, isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell.
ANNOUNCER(Spoken)
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vickers Theatre, Chicago's finest, finest home of famile
entertainment, is proud to announce a first. The first time, anywhere, there has been
an act of this nature. Not only one little lady but two! You've read about them in the
papers and now here they are- a double header! Chicago's own killer dillers - those
two scintillating sinners - Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly.
ROXIE AND VELMA
You can like the life you're livin'.
You can live the life you like.
You can even marry Harry,
But mess around wiht Ike,
And that's good, isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell, isn't it?
Fun, isn't it?
But nothing stays.
In fifty years or so,
It's gonna change, you know,
But, oh, it's heaven nowadays.
ANNOUNCER
Okay, you babes of jazz. Let's pick up the pace. Let's shake the blues away. Let's
make the parties longer. Let's make the skirts shorter and shorter. Let's make
the music hotter. Let's go to hell in a fast car and KEEP IT HOT!
* Dance routine
* Coda ROSIE AND VELMA
And all that jazz.
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Time * 4:36
Length * 168 bars
Tempo * Constantly-changing tempo, ralls and accelerandos, 216 bpm for dance routine
Key * E flat major, F major, G major for dance routine
Ch 1 * Piano 1
Ch 2 * Acoustic Bass
Ch 3 * Banjo
Ch 4 * Trombone
Ch 5 * Muted Trumpet/Brass 1
Ch 6 * Tuba
Ch 7 * Soprano Sax
Ch 8 * Alto Sax
Ch 9 * Tenor Sax
Ch 10 * Drums (Brush Kit/Standard Kit)
Ch 11 * Baritone Sax
Ch 12 * Clarinet
Ch 13 * Violin
Ch 14 * Glockenspiel
Ch 15 * Xylophone
Ch 16 * Timpani
