Chords for Masquerade / Why So Silent?

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_ [Dbm] _ [A] _ Monsieur André!
Monsieur [E] Firmat!
Dear [B] André, what a [Dbm] splendid [Gbm] party!
La prelude to [B] a bright new year!
[E] Quite a night, [B] I'm impressed!
[Am] So it does, [E] vampires!
Here's to us, the [B] toaster for the city!
What a pity that the Phantom [E] can't be [A] here!
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Masqueray!
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_ [F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] In the shade, [Dm] Masqueray,
Look [C] around, there are the mighty!
Splash of moat, splash of goose, pool and king, pool and goose,
[F] Queen and mag, queen and bridge, taste of rouge, taste of feast!
Feast!
Take a turn, take [C] a ride on the man,
Let _ _ the witch who is old, who is rude, [F] curl her lips,
Swallow down, ate some hearts, ate some hearts,
Feast!
Drink it in, drink it [C] up, till you drown,
Till the [G] lights, till the sun, but who can [C] make them?
It's Masqueray!
[F] May it never be in vain, it's Masqueray!
Take [C] a pill, till the spectacle is [F] done!
[C] Feast!
Masqueray!
[F] Burning thunder, turning man, it's Masqueray!
Dolphins dare [C] at the sea, a smile [Em] of pride!
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_ _ [Bb] City [F] shadows, breathing light, Masqueray,
You can fool [C] any play!
_ [F] _ [C] Feast!
[G] Masqueray!
[C] [F] In touch and feeling high, it's Masqueray!
[C] One and all, for the day, till the city!
[Db] What a light!
What a crowd!
Makes you glad!
Makes you proud, [Gb] all the creme de la creme!
Watching us, watching them!
And the lights are in the press!
Three months of relief!
Of [Db] delight!
Of [Ab] elation!
[Db] And we can breathe!
No more doubts!
No more ghosts!
Here's a health!
[Gb] Here's a toast to a prosperous year!
To our friends who are here!
And may our flame never [Db] fade!
What a [Ab] blessed release!
And what a [D] Masqueray!
Think of it, [A] a secret engagement.
[G] Look, your [D] future bride.
Just think of it.
But why is it secret?
[G] What if we'd hide?
[A] You promised me.
[Bm] No, Ralph, please don't.
They'll see.
Well, then let them [Gb] see.
[Bm] It's an engagement, not a [E] crime.
[D] Christine, what are you [Bm] afraid [Bm] of?
That's not [E] our [Gbm] view.
[Gbm] [Em] He's [G] pretending.
[D] I can only hope [Gbm] I'll [G] understand [A] [Am] in [Bb]
[Gm] time.
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] [Bb] Masqueray! _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] Make [F] a face, it's a [Dm] parade!
[F] _ Masqueray!
I can make the [C] world a mare! _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] And the king in a shade!
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Masqueray!
He won't go [C] round there with not a heart!
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] Masqueray! _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ He hates the good and [Cm] _
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[Cm] the bad!
Why _ [Am] _ [Abm] _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] so silent, good [Ebm] monsieurs?
_ [Eb] Did you think that I had left you for good?
Have you missed me, good monsieurs?
I have written you an opera.
_ _ Here I bring the finished score.
[B] Don [Ebm] Juan [Eb] Triumphant!
_ [B] _ [C]
Fondest greetings to [F] you all.
A few [C] instructions just before Rio so starts.
Carlotta must be tut [Am]-tu-at,
[C] not her [Fm] normal [Eb] trick of strutting [G] round the stage. _
[C] Our Don Juan must lose some weight,
it's not healthy in a [F] man of [Gm] Pianchi's age.
_ [C] And my managers must [Em] learn
that their places in an [Gm] office
are not [Dm] the arms.
_ [Ab] _ As for our star, Miss Christine Dailly,
_ _ _ [Abm] no doubt [E] she'll do [Abm] her best.
[Eb] It's true, [Abm] her [Bbm] voice is [Eb] good.
[Abm] She [Gb] knows, [Ab] should [Dbm] she wish to [Gb] excel,
[Ab] she has [Dbm] much still [B] to [Gb] learn.
If [Ab] pride [Dbm] will let [Eb] her, return to me her teacher. _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ [C] chains [B] are still mine, you belong to me.
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