Chords:
Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# Gmaj7 Adim
e|---5--------0--------0---------2------0----|
B|---3--------7/8------3/0-------3------0----|
G|---0--------7--------2---------0------0----|
D|---0--------0--------0---------0------4----|
A|---5--------0--------0---------0------2----|
E|---5--------7--------2---------3------0----|
Verse.
1.My Name is Bal-tha-zar Im-pre--sar--i---o and you'll find me at the bottom of the page.
1.I have artist's hands, though I'm a working man, but my craft has been forgotten by the age.
2.This is my family's trade; my father built this place at the turning of the 20th century.
2.I have been working here for some 50 years, but the young these days are glued to TV screens,
D D
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1.So tonight will be my last night on the stage.
2.and the old girl is dying on her feet.
G
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3---3----------------------------/
2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/
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Chorus.
Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F#
Once more to the boards, one more curtain call,
Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more.
/------------------------2/
/------------------------3/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/
/2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/
/-------------------------/
Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F#
Always make 'em laugh, try to make 'em cry,
Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life.
/------------------------2/
/------------------------3/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/
/2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/
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G
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-2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/
-0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/
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1.My friends from theater school all thought I was a fool for leaving Shakespeare for the music hall
1.And now my son's left home, and set out on his own, and the critics think we're quaint, but set to fall,
D D
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1.but they've only seen the show from the stalls.
G
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3---3----------------------------/
2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/
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Chorus.
Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F#
Once more to the boards, one more curtain call,
Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more.
/------------------------2/
/------------------------3/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/
/2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/
/-------------------------/
Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F#
Always make 'em laugh, try to make 'em cry,
Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life.
/------------------------2/
/------------------------3/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/
/2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/
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Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F#
And all the things I've seen behind these tattered scenes,
And all the upturned faces with the lamplight in their eyes,
/------------------------2/
/------------------------3/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/
/2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/
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Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F#
And each imperfect turn flickers as it burns,
Only lasts a moment, but for me they'll never die.
Asus/F#
/------------------------0/
/------------------------3/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/
/2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--0/
/------------------------3/
Bridge.
Gmaj7
We are respected,
Asus/F#
But we're not remembered.
Gmaj7
We are the ghosts of Vaudeville,
Asus/F#
Unnumbered.
Gmaj7
We are the fathers of the halls,
Asus/F#
But we will never be famous.
Gmaj7
We aren't just artists, we are something more: We're entertainers.
Post Bridge.
Dsus/A --> Bm(Maj7)
Asus/F# --> /------------------------2/
/------------------------3/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/
/2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/
/0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/
/-------------------------/
D Adim
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/-----3-----------3--------------3-----------3-------------3-----------3-------0/
/-2-------------------2--------------------------2-------------------------2---0/
/----------------------------0-------------------------------------------------4/
/-------------------------0h2---------------------------0----------------------2/
/----------------------------------------------------0h2-----------------------0/
Outro.
1.I smooth my thinning hair in a gilded mirror To try to hide the tell-signs of my age.
1.My name is Balthazar, Impresario, And tonight will be my last night on the stage.
D D
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G
2---2---------------------------3/
3---3----------------------------/
2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/
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