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Legally Blonde The Musical – Legally Blonde Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

Updated January 9, 2026

This is the chord progression of Legally Blonde The Musical – Legally Blonde on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C Em x2

[Verse 1]
[Elle]
C Em
Take back the books and pack up the clothes
C G/B
Clear out the room and drop off the key
C G
Leave with what’s left of my dignity
G/F F G/B
Get in the car, and just go.

[Verse 2]
C Em
Chalk it all up to experience,
C G
They said I’d fail but I disagreed
C G
Who could say then where my path would lead?
F E
Well now I know
C G# A#
Back to the sun, back to the shore
Cm D#/G
Back to what I was before
D# G#
Back where I’m known
A# D#
Back in my own very small pond
F# B C#
Laugh with my friends when I arrive
D#m A#m
We’ll drop the top and just drive.
E B
That’s fine with me, just let me be
F# Bm G Cm
Legally blonde.

[Verse 3]
C# Fm
Thanks for your help and for all you’ve done,
C# G#
Thank you for treating me decently.
C# G#
Maybe someday you can visit me
F#
Give me a call, say hello

[Emmett]
G#
Wait, where are you going?

[Elle]
C# Fm
I’m sorry I’m letting down everyone.
[Emmett]
C#
What brought on this?

[Elle]
G#
You did your best with a hopeless case.

[Emmett]
G#
That’s ludicrous

[Both]
C# Cm
You are the best thing about this place.

[Emmett]
F#
Elle you should know –
Elle:
Callahan hit on me

[Emmett]
He what?

[Elle]
He kissed me, he fired me
There’s no reason for me to stay

[Emmett]
B
What about love?
C#
I never mentioned love
D#m
The timings bad I know
F# B
But perhaps if I’d made it more clear
C#
That you belong right here
D#m
You wouldn’t have to go
E
‘Cause you know that I’m so much in love.

[Elle]
E A
Back to the sun
B
Back to the shore
C#m
Back to who I was before
[Emmett] (in unison)
Please don’t go.
Please open the door
We both know we’re worth so much more.
G#m A B
Lie on the beach, dream within reach
C#m E/G#
Don’t stray beyond
G C
Some girls fight hard,
Bm/D Em
Some face the trial, some girls were just meant to smile
Emmett:
G/B C D Em7
If you can hear, can I just say, how much I want you to stay?

[Elle]
G/B
It’s not up to me
C
Just let me be
G
Legally blonde.

[Emmett]
Em
I need you to stay.

[Elle]
Em F
It’s not up to me
C
Just let me be
G F G
Legally blonde.

How to play Legally Blonde: key, chords and progression

Legally Blonde by Legally Blonde The Musical keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 28 chords: C, Em, G/B, G, G/F, F, E, G#, A#, Cm, D#/G and D# and 16 more.

The backbone of the song is F# – B – C# – D#m (♯IV – VII – ♭II – ♭iii in C major). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: on guitar, F, G#, A#, Cm and D#/G need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.