When They Bring Down The Curtain Chords by Average White Band

[A] _ _ _ When there's a [C#m] doctor, _
_ _ _ [Bm] everybody's gonna [D] think it's over.
_ [C#m] In the back of my [F#m] mind I know, _ _ it's only the start [D] of the show.
_ _ [C] _ When they bring [Em] down the curtain, _ _ _ [Dm] that's when my troubles begin.
_ _ [C#m] _ When it [F#m] gets to you, girl, that's [F] when [Dm] my heart starts [F#] to beat.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Dm] _ _ _ Sitting here in my room _ [G] backstage, _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ with only my thoughts to keep me [D] company.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] Reading scripts again from an [G] empty page.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Still I see your face in front of me.
[C] _
Yes [F] I [Em] do, [F] but I can't let this feeling take _ _ _ [Em] over.
[C] I got to go [F] out and play my part.
_ No one else realizes.
_ [C] I'm doing it all with [F] an aching [Am] heart tonight.
[D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ Well, [Dm] _ the house lights dim _ [C] and the [F] show has begun.
[A] _ _ _ [G] The [Dm] lights _ _ _ overflow so [F] easily.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ People will laugh, _ but I [Gm] can't join the fun.
_ [B] See, _ [Dm]
all my words just echo [C] back at [Gm] me.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _
Still I go through the _ _ _ [Em] motions.
Still I don't fool a [F] frowning face.
No one else has a _ _ _
[C] notion.
I'm gonna do [F] something I can't replace [D] tonight.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ When they bring down [C#m] the curtain, _ _
[D] _ everybody's gonna think it's over.
In [C#m] the back of my mind [F#m] I know, _ _ [D] it's only the start of the show. _
_ [C] _ [Em] When they bring down the curtain, _
_ [Dm] that's when my troubles begin.
[A]
When [C#m] _ it [F#m] comes to you, well, [F] it's the hardest [D] part.
_ [Em] _ _
[D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] When _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ they bring [C#m] down the curtain, _
_ [Bm] _ everybody's gonna think it's _ over.
[E] In the back of my [F#m] mind I know, _ _ [Bm] it's only the [D] start of the _ show.
[C] _ When [Em] they bring down the curtain, _
_ [Dm] _ that's when my troubles begin. _
_ [C#m] _ When [F#m] it comes to you, well, it's [F] the hardest [Bm] part. _ _ _
_ [A] _ When they bring [C#m] down the curtain, _ [Bm] _ everybody's gonna think it's over. _
[C#m] In the back of my [F#m] mind I know, _ _ _ [Bm] it's only the [D] start of the show. _
_ [Em] _ When they bring down the curtain, _
_ [Dm] that's when my troubles [C] begin. _
_ [C#m] When it [F#m] comes to you, well, [F] it's the hardest [D] part.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _