Cabaret (soundtrack) - Cabaret - 11 Chords

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _ What good is sitting [Bb] alone in [F] your room?
[Gm] Come hear [G] the music [D] play.
[C] _ [Eb] _
Life [Dbm] is a [Dm] cabaret, [G] old chum.
[Eb]
Come [F] to the _ [Gm] cabaret.
_ _ [Fm]
[Bb] Put down [Eb] the [Dm] knitting, the book and the broom.
It's [Gm] time [D] for a [Bb] holiday.
_ [Bb] _
[Eb] Life is [Dbm] a [Dm] cabaret, [G] old chum.
[Cm] Come to the [Gm] cabaret.
_ [Bb]
Come [Eb] taste the wine.
[Ebm] Come [Bb] hear the band.
Come [Gm] blow your horn.
Start [C] celebrating [F] right this way.
Your table's [Bb] waiting.
What good's [A] permitting [Gm] some prophet [Dm] of doom
to [Gm] wipe [A] every [Fm] smile away?
_ [Eb] Life [Bb] is a cabaret, [G] old chum.
[Cm] So come to the cabaret.
[Bb] _
[G] _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ [Fm] _ [F] _ [Bb] I used to [Db] have this girlfriend [Bb] known as Elsie,
[Db] _ [Bb] with whom I [F] shared four sordid [Bb] rooms in Chelsea.
_ _ [Eb]
She wasn't what [D] you'd call a [Gm] blushing flower. _
As a matter of fact, she rented [A] by the hour. _
[Bb] The day she [Db] died, the neighbors came [Bb] to snick her.
[Bbm] _
[Bb] Well, that's what [Dm] comes from too much [Gm] pills and liquor. _
_ But [Eb] when I saw her [A] laid out like [Gm] a queen,
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ she [Cm] was the happiest [Dm] corpse I'd ever [Bb]
seen.
_ I [G] think of [A] Elsie to this [Dm] very day.
I _ [F] remember [C] how she turned to me [F] and [Dm] say, _
[Bb] _ _ what [F] good is sitting [Bb]
all alone [F] in your room?
[Bb] _ Come hear the _ music _ play.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Life [E] is [Db] a _ [Dm] cabaret, [F] old chum.
[G] _
_ [Eb] Come to the [Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] cabaret.
_ And as for [Cm] me, [Db] ha, and [Bb] as for [Gm] me,
I made my mind up [C] back in Chelsea.
[F] _
When I go, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ I'm going _ [F] like _ [Bm] Elsie.
_ [C] Start [G] [C] by [G] _ admitting [C] from [G] cradle [C] to [B] tomb,
[C] it [G] isn't that long [Gm] a stay.
_ [E] _ [F] Life is [Gbm] a [Em] cabaret, old chum.
[F] It's only [Gb] a [G] cabaret, old chum.
And I love a cabaret.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _