INTR: ( F   Bb/F    F   Bb/F )

F               Bb/F  F               Bb/F
Tale as old as time,     true as it can be. 
F            Am                                      Bb/9
Barely even friends, then some - bod - y bends 
           C7/4  C7
Un-ex-pec-ted-ly. 
  

 D             G/D      D                         Am7/D 
Just a little change ... smalll, to say the least; 
 D7             G9            D/F#        Em7 
Both a little scared, neither one pre-pared -- 
A7/4   A7       D 
 Beauty  and the beast. 
 

              F#m7       G9          F#m7   G9 
Ever just the same     ever a surprise, 
              F#m7                Bm7 
Ever as before, ever just as sure 
                    C    G G# A7/4 A7 
As the sun will rise. 

SOLO:
( D G/D D A/D A#? Bm7 F#m7 G9 A4/7 A7 )

              F#m7   G9          F#m7   G9 
Ever just the same     ever a surprise, 
         F#m7                Bm7 
Ever as before, ever just as sure 
                C    Bb A D7 
As the sun will rise. 
 

G                   C/G     G               C/G   
Tale as old as time,     tune as old as song. 
G         Eb?     Bm/D    B7              Em7 
Bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, 
 Am7                  D4 D7
Learning you were wrong. 
 

E              A/E    E              Bm
Certain as the sun,    rising in the East. 
E7              A                    E/G#    F#m
Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme -- 
B7               E     EB/D#   C#m
Beauty  and the beast. 
 
[Coda]
 

C#m/B        A                E/G#    F#m
Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme -- 
B4/7   B7                  ( E  A/E )    E/C E/B   E/Bb  E/A E/G#  C#7 
Beauty  and the beast.
F#m7   B7/4      B7          E
            Beauty  and the beast.