THE SMELL OF REBELLION

featured in the Netflix movie MATILDA THE MUSICAL

Music and Lyrics by
Tim Minchin
March-like q = c. 100
µ D‹

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TRUNCHBULL:
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This school of late has start - ed reek - ing.

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µ D‹ A7

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Qui - et, mag-got, when I’m speak - ing! Reek - ing with a most dis - turb - ing scent. On - ly the

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fin - est nos - trils smell it, but I know it, oh too well. It is the o - dour of re - bel - lion. It’s the

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Dm6 G‹

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bou - quet of dis - sent. And you may bet your britch - es this head - mis - tress

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D‹/F E‹7b5 A7b9

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           
finds this foul o - di - fer - ous - ness whol - ly ol - fac - to - ri - ly in - sult - ing. And

   
                    
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so, to stop the stench -’s spread, I find a ses - sion of Phys - Ed sorts the mere - ly rank from the re -

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Slight Swing, a little faster q = c. 110

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volt - ing. The smell of re - bel -
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 f mf

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D‹ A7/E D‹ A7/G Bb7

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- lion comes out in the sweat and Phys - Ed will get you sweat -

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A µ D‹ A7/E D‹/F A7/G
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3
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ing. And it won’t be long be - fore I smell the pong of

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Bb7 A7 G‹7

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aid - ing and a - bet - ting. Be - fore a weed be - comes too big and greed-

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G#‡…‹7 A7b9 A7

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- y, you real - ly need to nip it in the bud. Be - fore the

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G‹7 G#‡…‹7 A7b9 B7

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worm starts to turn, you must scrape off the dirt and rip it from the mud! A whiff of in - sur -

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E‹ B7/F# E‹/G B7/A C7

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- gence, the stench of in - tent, the reek of pre - pu - be - scent

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B7 E‹ B7/F# E‹/G B7/A

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pro - test A pong of de - fi - ance, the o - dour of coup, the waft of

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Straight

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an - arch - y in pro - gress. Once we’ve ex - er - cised these de - mons, they shall

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be too pooped for schem - in’. Some dou-ble - time dis - ci - pline should stop the rot from set - ting in.
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(r=e)
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Dis - cip - line, dis - cip - line for child - ren who aren’t lis - ten - ing, for fid - dlers who are fid - get - ing and
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 A‹ E‹
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whis - per - ing in his - to - ry. Their chat - ter - ing and chit - ter - ing, their nat - ter - ing and twit - ter - ing is
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C7 B7 E‹ µ E‹
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tem - pered with a smat - ter - ing of dis - ci - pline. We must be - gin in - sist - ing on ri -
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B7
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gi - di - ty and dis - ci - pline, per - sis - tent - ly re - sist - ing this an - arch - is - tic mis - chief - in’. These
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 A‹ E‹ C7 B7
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min - utes you are frit - ter - in’ on pan - der - ing and pi - ty - ing while lit - tle ’uns like this, they just want
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E‹ µ E‹

             
       
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dis - ci - pline. The sim - per - ing and whim - per - ing, the drib - bling and the spit - tl - ing, the
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f                
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 B7 A‹

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‘Miss, I need a tis - sue’ it’s an is - sue we can fix. There is no mys - ter - y to mas - ter - ing the

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E‹ C7 B7 E‹

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art of class - room mis - tress - ing. It’s dis - ci - pline! Dis - ci - pline! DIS - CI - PLINE! The smell of re -

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             
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E‹ B7/F# E‹/G B7/A C7

              
    
bel - lion, the stench of re - volt, the reek of pre - pu - bes - cent

 
   
  
                    
  
                       
  
         
 
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 
      
B E‹ B7/F# E‹/G B7/A
     
        
plot - ting. A whiff of re - sis - tance, the pong of dis - sent, the stink of

   
        
  

              
                       
 
  
         
 

 
C7 B

µ
  
          
mo - ral fi - bre rot - ting... Dialogue I -

    
         
   
    
       

mp
         

  

Ballad tempo h. = 52


  C#‹ B G#‹

                 

ma - gine a world with no child - ren. Close your eyes and just

    
       
     
     
        
 
   
 


 


 
AŒ„Š7 E B
   

        
      



dream. I - ma - gine, go on, try it, the peace and the qui - et. A


           
     

 
                
 

  
  
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
 
G#‹ AŒ„Š7 E

      
     
 
bur - bl - ing stream. Now, i - ma - gine a woods with a


          
 
    
 
          

 
     

     

 B        
        
C#‹ A E/G# F#‹

       
cot - tage, and in - side that cot tage we find a par - rot called Zeek, a

 
        
         
  
    
 
 
    
  


    
  



        
F#/A# Bsus B

               
car - ni - val freak who can fold pa - per hats with his mind. And he says,


                         
      

   

 
    
 



     
Gb Db Eb‹
            
“Don’t let them steal your hor - ses! Don’t let them take them a -

   
                 
 
      
 
      
    

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    

Cb Eb‹ Bb‹ Eb‹ Bb‹
       
       
way. If you find your way through, they’ll be wait - ing for you, sing - ing...”

    
        
 
 
    
       
   
      

   
 
Freely (q = c. 76)

 
Ab‹ Db µ G‹(Œ„Š7)

  
      
TRUNCHBULL:
    
NIGEL:

   
Spoken: Neigh, neigh, neigh! She’s mad! A - ha! And there, just like I said, the


  

         
        
  
     
 sfz

  

     
 
 

G#‡…‹7 A7b9

                     
stink - y mag - got rears his head. Have you ev - er seen an - y - thing more re - pel - lent? Have you

 
        
poco a poco cresc.
 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

                       
                       

Swing (q = c. 80)


A Bb B7 µ E‹ B/F#

3

3

               
3 3
   
ev - er smelled an - y - thing worse than that smell of re - bel - lion? The scent of re - volt,
3 3

  
3
         
            
ff
 3 3
 
          
        
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 
E‹/G A‹ C C7 B7

                
   
3


the reek of in - su - bor - di - na - tion. A whiff of re -

 3
          
         
3
          
   3
3 3

    
       
       

Straight
 
E‹ B7/F# G7 A C7

            
3
      
sis - tance, the pong of dis - sent. And I will not stop ’til you are squashed.’Til
     
            
  
 
   

  
   

   
   
   


B7 C7

B7 µ

                     
       
this re - bel - li - on is quashed. ’Til glo - rious, sweat-y dis - ci - pline has washed this sick- en - ing stench a - way!

                  

      
         
    
   rit.
 
  
      
         
      

  E‹ B/D# E‹7/D A7/C# B7 E‹

    


3

 
3
 
3

            
3

3

         

 
a tempo
 
3
  
     
        
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