Prima Donna – Phantom of the Opera

One of my favourites from Phantom of the Opera, “Prima Donna” is the bit where they’re trying to keep Carlotta happy and some of the lyrics are just silly 😛

A lovely tune which is great fun to play – i’m not sure i’ll ever master the fast Andre/Firmin bit at the end, perhaps you can?! Enjoy!

 

[ANDRE & FIRMIN]

^C-^E ^D-^C     B    A-G   C    E      A
Prima Donna, first lady of the stage

G            E-D-E      A     E     D         E
Your devotees are on their knees

C       E-G       G
To implore you…

D          E       F     G
Can you bow out

A                 B            B-^C        G          E
When they’re shouting your name?

^C        B      A       B    ^C    C-D    D
Think of how they all adore you…

 

^C-^E  ^D-^C      B – A     G     C     E-A
Prima Donna, enchant us once again

G           E      D       E
Think of your muse

A       E      D          E               C        E    ^C-^C
And of your queues ’round the theatre!

D         E     F-G    A    B      B-^C    G      E
Can you deny us the triumph in store?

C         G-D      D-D        E         C
Sing Prima Donna once ​more!

 

[CARLOTTA]

^F-^A  ^G-^F
Prima Donna

^E       ^D     ^C     E    A-^D
Your song shall live again

^C      A    G    A
You took a snub

^D         A      G    A-F     A      ^C     ^C
But there’s a public who needs you…

 

G         A    Bb   ^C
Think of their cry

^D  ^E-^E-^F  ^C-A
Of undying ​support

^F-^E       ^D    ^E      ^F – E         G       G
Follow ​where the ​limelight leads you

 

^F-^A  ^G-^F
Prima Donna

^E      ^D     ^C      E     A-^D
Your song shall never die

^C         A     G-A
You’ll sing again

^D    A     G-A-F   A-^F-^F
And to unending ovation

G             A      Bb      ^C
Think how you’ll shine

^D  ^E   ^E-^F  ^C-A
In  that  ​final  encore

F       ^C-G      G-G       A        F
Sing Prima Donna ​once more…

 

[ANDRE & FIRMIN]

D            D#-F   G   F-G
Who’d believe a diva

F-G   A   Bb-^C ^D
Happy to relieve a

^D#-^D  ^D#  ^D   ^C
Chorus girl whose gone

Bb    ^C     Bb     A      G-F-D#
And slept with the patron?

 

D             E       F        G – F
Raoul and the soubrette

G – F           G      A     Bb-^C
Entwined in love’s duet!

^D-^D#   ^D  ^D#  ^D-^C
Although  he  may  demur

Bb   ^C      Bb        A       G       F
He must have been with her!

 

D#      C-D    D#   F-D#
You’d never get away

F       D#    F   G  A   Bb
With all this in a play

^C ^D ^C ^D-^C ^D
But if it’s loudly sung

^C   Bb  A   Bb-A      G
And in a foreign tongue

A     Bb     A    Bb   A   G-A
It’s just the sort of story

Bb-A-Bb      F-D
Audiences adore

Bb ^D# ^D ^D#-^F ^F-^C
In   fact   ​a   perfect   opera!

 

[CROWD]

Bb-^D ^C-Bb
Prima Donna,

A          G      F   .Bb   D    G
The world is at your feet!

F     D-C      D
A nation waits

G         D    C      D   .Bb  D   Bb-Bb
And how it hates to be cheated!

^C    ^D   ^D#  ^F
Light up the stage

^G      ^A   ^A-^Bb  ^F *D-*C-^Bb-^A
With that age-old rapport  ~    ~    ~  !

Bb   ^F-^C  ^C-^C    ^D    ^Bb
Sing Prima Donna, once more!