The Ballad of Sara Berry

Mysteriously (q = 96)
p

b4
& 4

bj

Dm

j
n

Oh,

Music and Lyrics by

RYAN SCOTT OLIVER
C

Down on your knees be - fore

the Queen.

CHORUS:
div. p

bj b
b J

b4
& 4

j n

Oh,

Down on your knees be - fore

j
4
& b 4 b

the Queen.

legato
mp

? b 44

Dm

Dm

b
&

bj

j
b
J

n
J

Oh,
Down on your

bj
b
J

& b

j
n
Down on your

Oh,

&b

? b

w
w

Dm
A

Murderous Rock (q = 120)

b
&

knees

be

& b
knees

be

fore

fore

the

U
w
w

Queen.

the

U
w
w

Queen.

& b j

? b

w
w

> > > > > > > > b >

>
>
f
b
> > > > > > > > > b

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& b n
nw

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j
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> > w
> >
>
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11

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.

Dm
15

F5

G5

Dm

BALLADEER:
mf

& b j

Uh, Sa - ra Ber - ry was a

&b

po - pu - lar bitch.

j

Hot bod, hot boy, cheer cap - tain,

mf

>
J

Mm

hm.

CHORUS:
mf

& b

Mm

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.
>
mf
?
b
.

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F5

18

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Ddim/G#

>.

>

>.
>.

.
.

hic - cup and

hitch,

Ju - lie

Ju - lie

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.

>
.

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.

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Jen -

yeah.

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A5

>
b
J
b.
J
- b
b

Gm

That girl had ev' - ry - thing till

Oh,

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&b
plus she was rich.
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&

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J
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J

Jen -

>

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21

&b
b
&
-

kins

lost

leg

in

wreck.

kins

lost

leg.

-.

-.
J

(Am

pu

F5

G5

b w
&

Hoo.

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.
>
mp
? b n
n .

>.

>.

F5

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Ddim/G#

?b

>.
>.

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>

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Gm

A5

Till gos - sip stirred the stu - dent

se - nior year and

huh.

.
J

>

>

b >

j

Our Sa - ra's

Uh,

?b

>.

>
.
-

Uh

&b
Queen was her claim.
b
&

ted.)

Dm

& b j

The no - mi - na - tions for Prom Ro - yal - ty came.

26

-.

ta

>
.
-

b.

Dm

/E

>

&

?b w

23

/F

w
-.

?b w
w

/G

>
b
J

bo - dy would name

Ju - lie

Jen -

duh.

b.
J
- b
b

>.

>
>
. .

>
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>
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>

/G

/A

29

j
&b

kins

Queen

b
&

of

the

?b w
w

31

-.

-.

Pi

ty

b.

b.

fp

vote!

-
J
-
J

-
&

&b
"Sa - ra,"
& b

?b w
w-

her

Fa - ther

said,

33

Prom.

?b w

"Life

is

Prom;

w
w-

Dm

&b
know
&b

you

won't

dis - ap - point

me

and

Mom."

?b w
w-

Dm

EVERYONE: (On these refrains, most ensemble women should go 8ve down.)
f

35

b
J
&
You taste the

sil - ver, Sa - ra!

& b

>
>

You taste the

crown, You thirst for

blood

from the

ro - ses

in

hand.

>
>

>
>

>

>
>

f
Banging

?b

>
>

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38

Dm

b
&

b
J

Woah!

& b
-

?b
>

>

>

>

>

Dm
F
40
n
& b
mu - sic to

& b
>

?b

>

>
b
J

>

crown

>

>

You

spoil

for

sash

and

>

>

>

dance, As they

you Queen of High

scep - ter,

Dm

Ddim/G#

School Land.

>

>

>

>

.

>
> > >
bb

. > > >

>

D5

/F

/G

43 Men:

b pj
&
Check

& b j
.
mp
?b

Sa -

ra. Choose

.
.

for

Sa

j
.
.

j
.

Sa -

ra.

Vote

.
.

ra.

Vote,

.
.

Women: D5
45

b mp
& J

ra

.
.

/F

Check

Sa -

ra. Choose

Sa -

Ber - ry.

/G

cont.

Vote

.
.

Sar - ra

Ber - ry.

(Men:)

cont.

& b j
Check

Sa -

for

Sa

- ra

j
.

ra. Choose

Sa -

ra.

Vote

Ber - ry.

& b j
.

?b

.
.

.
.

j
.

.
.

.
.

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47

Dm BALLADEER:

F5

G5

Dm

mf

& b j

Uh, so ob - sessed our Sa - ra

b pj
&

Check

b .
mf >
?b

>.

Sa - ra.

Vote

>.
>.

.
.

>.

Ddim/G#

Vote

vote

for Sa - ra Ber - ry. Check

>

>.

.
J

Sa - ra. Choose

Sa - ra.

>.

>.

>.

>.

Gm

A5

&b
Sa - ra was blind.

To life un - prom - re - la - ted,

j j

F5

50

near lost her mind.

Vote
vote
Sa - ra Ber - ry.

Sa - ra. Choose

She shoved her squad, her clique, her

boy-friend be- hind,

Still,

Sa - ra Ber - ry.
Vote

b j j
&

Vote

for Sa - ra Ber - ry. Check

Sa - ra. Choose

vote
j
j

Sa - ra.

Vote
for

?
b

>.
?b

>
b.

J
>.
- b

b
.

>.

>.

>.

>.

>.

/G

/F

/E

53

&b w
Ju - lie held a hold on the lead.
-.
b

&
Poor,

?b w
w
?b w

&

poor

-.

J
Ju

lie!

?
>
>
>
>
- b. - . . b
- >

>

Soon Sa - ra's

sa - ni - ty was

-.

Dm

-.

>
.
J

Check

.
mp >
n
n .

Sa - ra. Choose

Sa - ra.

>.

>.

>.

F5

56

G5

Dm

&b
hung by a thread.
Vote

vote

? b

>.
?b

j

Her B.

F.

F.s pro-claimed her

for Sa - ra Ber - ry. Check

>

>.

.
-

.
J

Sa - ra.

>.

>.

>.

Vote

for Sa - ra Ber - ry.

>.
>.

Sa - ra Ber - ry.

j j

Sa - ra. Choose

vote

>.

b.
J
- b
b

>

Gm

59

&b

b j
&

A5

Till

then,

at

last,

her

Sa -

ra. Choose

Check

?b

>
.

? b
.

>
.

boy - friend

Sa -

ra.

>
.

text - ed
Vote

&b
Ju

and
vote

Vote

>
.

- lie

to

the

se

nior

>
.

>
.

-.

?b w
w

Love,

ta - king

>

/A

Prom."

"I'm

for

/G

said,

b
&

?b w

61

so - cial - ly dead.

Vote

Ddim/G#

Sa - ra Ber - ry.

b j j
&
Vote

F5

-.

love

b.

b.

Ju

-
J
-
J

lie!

-
&

63

&b
"Sa - ra," her Fa - ther

&b

said.

? b w
w-

65

"Why

be

so

calm?

w
w-

J
There's

Dm

&b
just

&b

no

fu - ture

for

Prin - cess

at

Prom."

?b w
w-

Dm

A
EVERYONE:
f

67

b
J
&

You taste the sil - ver, Sa - ra!

You taste the

& b

>
>

>

>

>

>

crown, You thirst for blood

from the ro - ses

in

hand.

>
>

>
>

Banging

?b

>
>

70

Dm

b
&

b
J

Woah!

> >

& b
?b

>

>
>
b
J

>

Dm

You spoil for sash and scep - ter,

j

>

>
>

F
n

mu - sic

to

dance,

As they

crown

>

>

>

>

>

div. as before

73

b
&

& b

?b
>

75

you

Queen

of

b j
b
J

Dm

High

School

Land.

>

>

>

>

>

b>

Dm

j
n

Down on your knees

& b b
(Oh)
j
& b
>
?
b

>

Dm

j n

Down on your knees

>

>

>
>

>
>

bj

be

fore

be

fore

the

Queen.

>

F
j
n
J
Down on your

bj b
b
>
>
b
J

>

Queen.

j n

Oh,

> >

& b
?b

>

the

Oh,

& b

>

>

>

>
>

>

Dm

j
b
J

>

78

b
&

Oh,

b >
b

b
&

Down on your

>

>
>

>

>

>

>

>

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Dm

Ddim/G#

81

b
&

knees

be

& b
knees

& b

?b
>

fore

the

the

w
w

Queen.

w
w

be

fore

>

>

>

>

>

83 Dsus7 BALLADEER:

Queen.

Fsus2

>
b
b>

>

>

>

>

Dsus7

& b J

Some girls are ra - tion - al, But

Sa - ra was

&b

? w sostenuto
b

w

> > >

not.

She stared in

mir - rors think-ing

mp

86

Fsus2

Asus2

&b
one sing - le thought:
b
&

Just se - ven rea - sons this crown's not good as

pp

Ghostly

Ju - lie...

& b
?b w

A7

Anne...

Eu- neece...

bJ
Ra- quel...

got,

And so

the

Ma - ri - a - na...

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Gm

89

C7/A#

/E
3

b
J

&b
night of Prom,

mer - cy!

Thus went her

plot:
3

b n
J
J
&
Pa - tri - cia...

Qui - a - ra...

w
w
w

Thus went her

plot:

. . . . >

& b n
?

>

> > >

Morbid cheer
(NC)

> >

>

>

>

A5

92

bVARIOUSLY:
&
"P" is

for Pa - tri - cia drink -ing

&b

j j

poi-soned

punch.

(Hand claps)

b
/

"R"

>
>

>
>

is

j j

rock:

&b

/b

>
j

>

"O" is what Anna said when Sa - ra

>

>

for Ra - quel dashed on

C8

CRUNCH.

A8

95

b
&

blud-geoned her

brains

And

"M"

w
mp
(Hand claps cont.)

>

>

D8

w J

D7(5)

w
w

A7(no3)

98

EVERYONE:

b
&
is

&b
?b

j
> >

Ma - ri - a - na's ma - ri - na - ted

re-

mains.

But

but

VARIOUSLY:

"Q" is

bn
?
b b
w
b
mf
>
w

b
w

J
b J n>
J

for Qui - a - ra

qui - et

n. . . .
n

>

>

>
>

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101

b
&

drowned in

?b

the

pool.

And

"U"

is

for Eu - nee - ce's pie - ces spread 'round the

school.

But

&

sim.

?b

(In time)
D5

104 G/C

A#8
BALLADEER:

&b

b
&
"E's" are for the

& b b

>.
?b

ea - sy way in

>.
>.
>.

one-legg'd girl can bring an

j

ve min - utes

>.

"N" for end by

tops,

>.
>.

>.

w
(End hand claps)

w
w

107

mp

&b
call - ing the

&b

cops.

You got your sil - ver,

Sa - ra!

You got your

crown, You got their

mp

?b

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110

&b
blood

on the ro - ses

in

bJ

hand.

Woah!

You donned the sash and

scep- ter,

b
&

b
bJ n

Woah...

? b

&b

113

&b
do - ing a

dance,

crowned

As you

you Queen of High

School

Land.

mp

& b

Oh,

&b
J
?b w
w

116

&b

j
n

w
w

God save the

b
&

Queen.

Down on your knees

j
& b j

cresc. poco a poco
? b -

j
j

be

fore

the

j j

Queen.

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119

cresc.

& b J

God save the Queen.

& b

The Queen of High School

j
n

Oh,

Down on your

j
j

&


?

122

Land,

j
j

w
&b

b
&

knees

&b
? b -

be

124

& b

The

Queen

of

High

School

Land!

ad lib. as desired

&b

fore...

A Insane Dance Party

b
&

ver,

They

took

your

They wrapped your

wrists

in

sil -

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

crown,

They washed

the

?b
>

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&b

b
&

126

b
J

>
b
J

Woah!

blood

& b

?b
>

128

from

& b

?b
>

?b
>

ng - er

and

hand.

b
J
Woah!

>

>

>

>

>

>

to

tight

to

tight

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

At

least

in

your

b
b
J

>

strait - jack - et

strait - jack - et

>

small

small

padd - ed

padd - ed

cell,

Scream - ing

cell,

Scream - ing

Queen

of

High

of

High

>

>

b >
b

>

>

b>

>

>

>

School

the

Queen

"I'm

"I'm

the

& b

>

&b

b
&

In

&b

In

each

&b

130

Land!"

School

Land!"

head,

Oh

>

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of

High

School

Land.

b b
&

&b

You're Queen

&b

n
J

?b
>

ty

the

Down

on

your

dead!

>

>

>

>

>

>

High

n
School

fore

the

Land.

Check

D5

w
j
bb
J

Queen.

Sa - ra, Choose Sa - ra,

Oh,

>

>

> >

>

>

w
w
w

>

>

>
>

w
w
w

& b

be

pi

&b

You're Queen of

&
knees

Oh,

>

134

?
b
>

132

137

&b

Vote

J
for

Sa - ra

Ber - ry. Check

Sa - ra, Choose

Sa - ra,

Vote

for

-
J
The

w
&b w
w
?b w
w
w

-
J
Bal

lad

Ber - ry.

of

Sa - ra

mp

b
&

Sa - ra

w
w
w

w
w
w

Ber - ry.