Chords for Barry Manilow - Live excerpts from the Showstoppers Tour (NYC, 1991)
Tempo:
111.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
B
F
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
putting this show together, I [G] began to wonder where it all began.
So I looked it up and I found that some of it began in Vaudeville.
For those of you who are too young to have ever heard of Vaudeville, I hate you.
But I'll explain it to you anyway.
Vaudeville was a kind of a musical, an old-fashioned variety show, you know, with [Abm] music and [C] sketches.
And in the pictures that I saw, it was usually performed in front of a red curtain, which we have, [G] and Vaudeville stage usually had the footlights, which we have too.
And [C] there was usually a little cheesy little band in the orchestra pit that [B] accompanied the act, which [G] we have, too.
Vaudevillians had to be really great at what they did, because if they didn't stop [Em] the show, they'd get the hook, [B] you know?
[G] So some of them would do anything [C] to grab [B] an audience.
[G] Some of them [B] would use what I consider cheap musical gimmicks, you know, [D] like [G] key changes, [Em] anything.
You know, [Eb] cheap musical gimmicks like that.
Or [D] [G] they would take a little song and [Eb] they would give it a ridiculously [G] big ending.
Cheap musical gimmicks, you know?
[Abm] I even heard of this one guy who put a [Em]
beautiful blonde on [Eb] a little piano [G] and mounted the piano on a bicycle.
Have [Dm] you ever heard of anything [Em] more [B] desperate than that?
[G] Really cheap musical gimmicks.
You know, I have never and will never stoop that low to use [D] something as cheap.
[B] [Dm]
[F]
[B] [Em]
[A] [Bbm]
[Dm] [G] This is a piano cycle.
Okay, I lied.
[Em] This is a piano cycle.
And it was invented by this [Bbm] great guy named Ed Wynn, a comedian in the [F] Vaudeville days.
[B] And this is Donna Cherry.
And Donna and I are going to sing you a [F] Vaudeville-style version of [B] this wonderful song written by Julie Stein and the great [F] Frank Lesser, two of Broadway's [B] greatest composers.
And, oh, I'm supposed to be playing this [F] piano cycle here, but I'm [B] not.
Millie [F] and Vanille here.
[G] Sorry, Clyde.
All right.
Let's sing this.
[A] [Dm] [D]
[G]
[Gm]
So I looked it up and I found that some of it began in Vaudeville.
For those of you who are too young to have ever heard of Vaudeville, I hate you.
But I'll explain it to you anyway.
Vaudeville was a kind of a musical, an old-fashioned variety show, you know, with [Abm] music and [C] sketches.
And in the pictures that I saw, it was usually performed in front of a red curtain, which we have, [G] and Vaudeville stage usually had the footlights, which we have too.
And [C] there was usually a little cheesy little band in the orchestra pit that [B] accompanied the act, which [G] we have, too.
Vaudevillians had to be really great at what they did, because if they didn't stop [Em] the show, they'd get the hook, [B] you know?
[G] So some of them would do anything [C] to grab [B] an audience.
[G] Some of them [B] would use what I consider cheap musical gimmicks, you know, [D] like [G] key changes, [Em] anything.
You know, [Eb] cheap musical gimmicks like that.
Or [D] [G] they would take a little song and [Eb] they would give it a ridiculously [G] big ending.
Cheap musical gimmicks, you know?
[Abm] I even heard of this one guy who put a [Em]
beautiful blonde on [Eb] a little piano [G] and mounted the piano on a bicycle.
Have [Dm] you ever heard of anything [Em] more [B] desperate than that?
[G] Really cheap musical gimmicks.
You know, I have never and will never stoop that low to use [D] something as cheap.
[B] [Dm]
[F]
[B] [Em]
[A] [Bbm]
[Dm] [G] This is a piano cycle.
Okay, I lied.
[Em] This is a piano cycle.
And it was invented by this [Bbm] great guy named Ed Wynn, a comedian in the [F] Vaudeville days.
[B] And this is Donna Cherry.
And Donna and I are going to sing you a [F] Vaudeville-style version of [B] this wonderful song written by Julie Stein and the great [F] Frank Lesser, two of Broadway's [B] greatest composers.
And, oh, I'm supposed to be playing this [F] piano cycle here, but I'm [B] not.
Millie [F] and Vanille here.
[G] Sorry, Clyde.
All right.
Let's sing this.
[A] [Dm] [D]
[G]
[Gm]
Key:
G
B
F
Em
D
G
B
F
putting this show together, I [G] began to wonder where it all began.
So I looked it up and I found that some of it began in Vaudeville.
_ For those of you who are too young to have ever heard of Vaudeville, _ I hate you.
_ _ But I'll explain it to you anyway.
Vaudeville was a kind of a musical, an old-fashioned variety show, you know, with [Abm] music and [C] sketches.
And in the pictures that I saw, it was usually performed in front of a _ red curtain, which we have, [G] and Vaudeville stage usually had the footlights, which we have too.
And [C] there was usually a little cheesy little band in the orchestra pit that [B] accompanied the act, which [G] we have, too. _ _ _ _
Vaudevillians had to be really great at what they did, because if they didn't stop [Em] the show, they'd get the hook, [B] you know?
[G] So some of them would do anything [C] to grab [B] an audience.
[G] Some of them [B] would use what I consider cheap musical gimmicks, you know, [D] like [G] key changes, [Em] anything.
You know, [Eb] cheap musical gimmicks like that.
Or [D] _ [G] they would take a little song and [Eb] they would give it a ridiculously [G] big ending.
Cheap musical gimmicks, you know?
_ [Abm] I even heard of this one guy who put a [Em]
beautiful blonde on [Eb] a little piano [G] and mounted the piano on a bicycle.
Have [Dm] you ever heard of anything [Em] more [B] desperate than that?
[G] Really cheap musical gimmicks.
You know, I have never and will never stoop that low to use [D] something as cheap. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bbm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ This is a piano cycle.
Okay, I lied.
[Em] This is a piano cycle.
_ And it was invented by this [Bbm] great guy named Ed Wynn, a comedian in the [F] Vaudeville days.
[B] And this is Donna Cherry.
And Donna and I are going to sing you a [F] Vaudeville-style version of [B] this wonderful song written by Julie Stein and the great [F] Frank Lesser, two of Broadway's [B] greatest composers.
And, oh, I'm supposed to be playing this [F] piano cycle here, but I'm [B] not.
_ Millie [F] and Vanille here. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Sorry, Clyde.
All right. _
_ Let's sing this.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
So I looked it up and I found that some of it began in Vaudeville.
_ For those of you who are too young to have ever heard of Vaudeville, _ I hate you.
_ _ But I'll explain it to you anyway.
Vaudeville was a kind of a musical, an old-fashioned variety show, you know, with [Abm] music and [C] sketches.
And in the pictures that I saw, it was usually performed in front of a _ red curtain, which we have, [G] and Vaudeville stage usually had the footlights, which we have too.
And [C] there was usually a little cheesy little band in the orchestra pit that [B] accompanied the act, which [G] we have, too. _ _ _ _
Vaudevillians had to be really great at what they did, because if they didn't stop [Em] the show, they'd get the hook, [B] you know?
[G] So some of them would do anything [C] to grab [B] an audience.
[G] Some of them [B] would use what I consider cheap musical gimmicks, you know, [D] like [G] key changes, [Em] anything.
You know, [Eb] cheap musical gimmicks like that.
Or [D] _ [G] they would take a little song and [Eb] they would give it a ridiculously [G] big ending.
Cheap musical gimmicks, you know?
_ [Abm] I even heard of this one guy who put a [Em]
beautiful blonde on [Eb] a little piano [G] and mounted the piano on a bicycle.
Have [Dm] you ever heard of anything [Em] more [B] desperate than that?
[G] Really cheap musical gimmicks.
You know, I have never and will never stoop that low to use [D] something as cheap. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bbm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ This is a piano cycle.
Okay, I lied.
[Em] This is a piano cycle.
_ And it was invented by this [Bbm] great guy named Ed Wynn, a comedian in the [F] Vaudeville days.
[B] And this is Donna Cherry.
And Donna and I are going to sing you a [F] Vaudeville-style version of [B] this wonderful song written by Julie Stein and the great [F] Frank Lesser, two of Broadway's [B] greatest composers.
And, oh, I'm supposed to be playing this [F] piano cycle here, but I'm [B] not.
_ Millie [F] and Vanille here. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Sorry, Clyde.
All right. _
_ Let's sing this.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _