ALMOST NEARLY PERFECT from CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Music by MARC SHAIMAN

Lyrics by SCOTT WITTMAN
and MARC SHAIMAN

B F /A F B
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Cheerfully
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CHARLIE:

Look at this: bent um - brel - la. Hard - ly know why he’d

Here’s a coin; well, it once was, now it’s a smashed pen - ny

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throw it a - way. I’ve a trick with some wire ’n’ stick, so I’ll
to - ken. But I know that my grand - pa Joe would say,

G m C F B F 7 /A F 7

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save it for a rain - y day. Here’s a glove with no part - ner;

“This is on - ly bare - ly bro - ken.” Here’s a tin; let me at it!

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B F 7 /A F 7 B
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it’s got lost so she tossed you a - side, but I’ve a date for ya,
When I run, ev - ’ry - one is a fan. Hear the roar as I

F 7 /A F 7 G m7 C 7 F 7sus F 7

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wool - y mate, and the half o’ heav - en you pro - vide.

kick and I score; then my pic - ture’s on the la - bel of the can! It’s

B 7( 9) E/B Em/B B

Al - most near - ly per - fect; yes, it’s near e - nough to new.

al - most near - ly per - fect;

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D 7 G m C 7 B/F G7 Em 6 /G F 7

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Your trash is my treas - ure; your “good - bye” is my “how d’ja

1.B F 7 /B B

do.” How d’ja do? How d’ja do a - gain? How d’ja do?

F 7 /B 2.B F 7 /B B

Ver - y well, then... do.”

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F 7 /B Bm F 7 /B Bm

Found a book with miss - ing pag - es; not a prob - lem,

F 7 /B D/A Em/G

I know how it ends: Good King Char - lie in his king - dom,

cresc. poco a poco

C 7 /G C 7 F sus F
4fr

N.C.

lots of choc - ’late, lots of friends!

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B
Maestoso F 7 /B B

70
Shouted:

How d’ja do, loy - al sub - jects! Bring me sweets, roy - al

F 7 /B B F 7 /B

Sung:

treats for a king! Must be pure for a con - nois - seur, or the

G7 F sus F F sus C 7sus

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N.C.

ex - e - cu - tion - er’s ax shall swing!

dim.

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F sus2/4 F B F /A F
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But till then, I’m just Char - lie,

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full of talk but no choc - o - late bars. But some - day when I

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have my say, Mis - ter Won - ka will de - cree ev - ’ry can - dy shall be free! There’ll be

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G m G m/C C F sus F
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N.C.

Won - ka choc - ’lates fall - ing from the stars! And that - ’ll be

cresc. rall.

F dim/A
Tempo I E/G Em/G

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ab - so - lute - ly per - fect, just e - nough to make you

B/F D 7 /G D 7 G m C 7

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cry. Hear the whis - tle blow - ing: “How d’ja

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B/F G7 F 7 B F 7 /B

do” has to be “good - bye.” Good -

B F 7 /B B

Calling out:

-bye. I’m home!

rit. e dim.

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