Chip On My Shoulder lyrics by Legally Blonde Cast
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Title * Chip On My Shoulder
In The Style Of * "Legally Blonde" Cast
Composer * BENJAMIN N/O'KEEFE L
Genre * Broadway
Producer * Damian Smith
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EMMETT
(spoken) Whoa, Elle? What's up, Doc?
ELLE
Love.
EMMETT
(spoken) Excuse me?
ELLE
I put my faith in love.
I followed where it led.
EMMETT
(spoken) Love led you here?
ELLE
To my personal circle of Hell.
It has not worked out well.
I wish that I were dead.
'Cause instead of a wedding in love, I'm flunking out of school,
A total laughing stock.
Someone he and his friends could just mock
So go on, here's my head.
Just hand over the rock!
EMMETT
(spoken) Wait, go back!
(sung) You came out here to follow a man.
Harvard law was just part of that plan.
Man, what rich romantic planet are you from?
ELLE
(spoken) Malibu?
EMMETT
Instead of lying outside by the pool
You stalk some guy to an Ivy League school?
That's the weirdest reason I have--
ELLE
(spoken) Oh, why'd you come?
EMMETT
(spoken) Okay
(sung) I grew up in the Roxbury slums w0ith my mom and a series of bums,
Guys who showed me all the ways a man can fail.
I got through law school by busting my ass, worked two jobs in addition to class,
So forgive me for not weeping at your tale.
ELLE
(spoken) Well excuse me,
just because you've got some kind of chip on your shoulder,
EMMETT
(spoken) You know what? You're right.
(sung) There's a chip on my shoulder and it's big as a boulder.
With the chance I've been given, I'm gonna be driven as hell.
I'm so close I can taste it, so I'm not gonna waste it.
Yeah, there's a chip on my shoulder.
You might wanna get one as well.
ELLE
(spoken) I'm sorry, but that sounds highly negative. Wait!
Two jobs PLUS law school! How do you do it?
EMMETT
Well, I don't go to parties a lot, not good use of the time that I've got.
Can't spend hours doing my hair and staying in shape.
ELLE
(spoken) I don't spend hours!
EMMETT
But I know it'll all be worthwhile when I win my first lucrative trial
And buy my mom that great big house out on the cape!
ELLE
(spoken) Oh, that's so sweet!
EMMETT
No! That's the chip on my shoulder
I hugged my mom and told her,
With the chance I've been given, I'm gonna be driven as hell.
Though I can't take the day off, I just think of the payoff.f
You need a chip on your shoulder, little Miss Woods comma Elle.
ELLE
(spoken) I just need to prove to everyone that I'm serious!
EMMETT
(spoken) What you need is to get to work! Where are your law books?
ELLE
(spoken) Ummm, well, I know they're here somewhere.
EMMETT
Ya know, this vanity's real picturesque, but it started its life as a desk.
Clear it off and find some room for books instead.
ELLE
(spoken) What are you doing?!
EMMETT
Can you live without this?
Can you live without that?
I don't know what this is.
ELLE
(spoken) It's for hair!
EMMETT
Wear a hat!
Spend some time improving what's inside your head!
Out, out, put it in storage, sell it on eBay, leave it behind.
Out, out, what, are you angry?
Good, so get angry! You may find the chip on your shoulder.
ELLE
(spoken) ARGH!
EMMETT
The room just got colder.
ELLE
(spoken) Hey!
EMMETT
But with the chance you've been given, why are you not driven as hell?
There's just no way around it
You gotta plow through til you've
ELLE
(spoken) Found it!
EMMETT
Been reading it hard, I can tell .
GIRLS
'Tis a gift to be simple
'Tis a gift to be free
Hmm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
ELLE
(spoken) Bye, Warner! Have a great Thanksgiving!
Say hi to your mom and dad for me! And Grandma Bootsie!
EMMETT
(spoken) Define malum prohibitum.
ELLE
(spoken) Malum prohibitum is, ummm . . .
EMMETT
(spoken) An act prohibited--
ELLE
(spoken) An act prohibited by law like jaywalking or chewing gum in Singapore.
EMMETT
(spoken) Therefore malum ensae?
ELLE
(spoken) Is an action. That is evil in itself.
Assualt, murder, white shoes after labor day.
EMMETT
(spoken) Good. Where are you going?
ELLE
(spoken) Home, of course! It's Thanksgiving break, remember?
EMMETT
(spoken) Interesting.
ELLE
(spoken) What?
EMMETT
Well, I predict you will probably pass
ELLE
(spoken) Yes!
EMMETT
In the bottom percent of your class.
ELLE
(spoken) What?
EMMETT
If you're going for mediocre, you've done great!
ELLE
(spoken) That's not fair!
EMMETT
Look, they laughed at me like they're laughing at you.
We can't win if we don't follow through!
Might I venture your vacation plans can wait?
ELLE
(spoken) Why do you always have to be right?
GIRLS
Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ria! In excelsis Deo.
ELLE
(spoken) Bye, Warner! Merry Christmas! Enjoy Bayo!
EMMETT
(spoken) Ho-ho-ho!
ELLE
(spoken) Emmett!
EMMETT
(spoken) For you! Not as good as going home for Christmas, but . . .
ELLE
(spoken) You are too sweet.
EMMETT
(spoken) It's a real time saver. Shampoo and conditioner in one!
ELLE
(spoken) Ah! (giggles) Thank you. You are so adorable to think of me.
WARNER
(spoken) Elle, hey!
ELLE
(spoken) Warner!
WARNER
(spoken) Have you seen Vivienne? I've been looking for her everywhere!
ELLE
(spoken) Yeah.., I-I mean no.
WARNER
(spoken) Great! We're gonna miss our flight!
EMMETT
(spoken) Um, Elle?
(sung)I don't know if you've noticed before, but each time Warner walks in the door,
Your IQ goes down to 40, maybe less.
ELLE
(spoken) Huh?
EMMETT
Though it's hardly my business to say, could it be the real thing in your way
Is the very guy you're trying to impress?
ELLE
Yes! I've been smiling and sweet and thoroughly beaten blowing my chance
Let's not chase him away.
Let's face him and say, "Hey punk, let's dance!"
This chip on my shoulder makes me smarter and bolder.
No more whining or blaming.
I am reclaiming my pride.
Grab that book and let's do this instead of doodling hearts all through this.
Now there's a chip on my shoulder!
Let's see him knock it aside!
GIRLS
Ah-ah-ah-ah, daughter of Delta Nu.
Show him that you're no fool.
Daughter of Delta Nu,
Go back to school with a big chip on your shoulder!
WARNER
(spoken) Mr. Ladimer was clearly within his rights to ask for visitation.
Without his sperm, the child in question wouldn't exist!
CALLAHAN
(spoken) Now you're thinking like a lawyer!
Yes, Miss Woods.
ELLE
(spoken) Mr. Huntington makes an excellent point,
but did the defendant keep a log of every sperm emission made throughout his life?
CALLAHAN
(spoken) Interesting. Why do you ask?
ELLE
(spoken) Well, unless the defendant attempted to contact every sexual encounter
to find out if a child resulted from those unions,
he has no parental claim over this child whatsoever.
Why now? Why this sperm?
CALLAHAN
(spoken) I see your point.
ELLE
(spoken) And by Mr. Huntington's standards,
all masturbatory emissions where the sperm was clearly not seeking an egg would
be called reckless abandonment.
CALLAHAN
(spoken) Miss Woods, you just won your case.
ELLE
Ohmigod . . .
GIRLS
Wait, hold on, we just won the case!
ELLE
Omigod . . .
GIRLS
Elle got all up in Warner's face
ELLE
Omigod . . .
GIRLS
I am starting to like this place! Yes! Omigod!
CALLAHAN
(spoken) Miss Woods, excellent work today.
I assume you're applying for my internship. Do you have a resume?
ELLE
(spoken) I am one step ahead of you.
Here you go, and thanks in advance for your consideration.
CALLAHAN
(spoken) Dear God, it's scented.
Three months ago, I would have recycled this. Make sure to put it on file.
EMMETT
Guess she got a chip on her shoulder,
Maybe some wise man told her,
With the chance we've been given, we gotta be driven as hell.
She was something to see there.
I'm just happy I could be there.
First big test and she aced it.
She's so close she can taste it.
She got a chip on her shoulder.
Guess you never can tell
With little Miss Woods comma Elle!
GIRLS
Elle Woods.
Woods comma Elle.
Chip on her shoulder.
Elle Woods.
Woods comma Elle.
Chip on her shoulder.
EMMETT
No you never can tell.
GIRLS
Elle Woods.
Woods comma Elle.
Chip on her shoulder.
ALL
With little Miss Woods comma Elle!
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Key * Bb major
Time * 8:50
Length * 212 bars
Tempo * 120 BPM
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MIDI Channel/Track Assignment:
Ch 1 * Piano 1
Ch 2 * Electric Bass
Ch 3 * Electric Piano 1
Ch 4 * Melody Guide (Saxophone)
Ch 5 * Steel-String Guitar
Ch 6 * Clean Guitar/Muted Guitar
Ch 7 * Flute/Alto Sax
Ch 8 * Oboe/Tenor Sax
Ch 9 * Bassoon/Baritone Sax
Ch 10 * Drums
Ch 11 * Trombone
Ch 12 * Trumpet
Ch 13 * Strings (Low)/Tremolo Strings/Pizzicato Strings
Ch 14 * Strings (High)/Tremolo Strings
Ch 15 * Cello/Synth Strings 1
Ch 16 * Vibraphone/Marimba/Xylophone/Glockenspiel/Timpani
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