The Actor Chords by Christie Hennessy
Tempo:
90.85 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
F#m
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D] With [A]
[E] [A] a chair [Bm]
[C#m] placed [F#m] on stage, a [D] spotlight
[Bm] on [A] an old [E] ham's face,
[A] As he talks [Bm] about [C#m] his [F#m] life, [Bm] he keeps drifting [E] away.
I [A] once [E] was [F#m] a clown, [A] [D] a poet, [D#] [A] and a [C#m] [Dm] lady's dream.
[A] Yet this [E] dance I [F#m] dance [Bm] is a dance that [E] is new to [A] me.
[D] [A] I
[E] [A] [Bm] once [C#m] gave [F#m] my heart [D] to a part [Bm] I played [A] [E] twenty [A] years.
[Bm] I watched the [C#m] lights all [F#m] go out [Bm] on the last curtain [E] call.
No [A] one [E]
[F#m] wants to see [A] a [D] young man [D#]
[A] play an [C#m] old [Dm] man's proudest
[A] dance.
[E] I [F#m] dance [A] is [Bm] a dance [D] that [E] is new to
[A] me.
[D] [A]
[F#m] Nothing ever [C#m] changes,
[F#m] frightened of [C#m] a fall.
[Am] I would just spend [Em] every day
[F] waiting for one [A] phone call.
[E]
[A] There's been [Bm] [E] times [F#m] in my life when [D] I've stood by [A] the [E] water's edge,
[A] Looking out [E] on my [F#m] plans [Bm] that will never come [A] true.
[E] [A] I could [E] play one [F#m] part [A] [D] where [D#] I'd be [A] the [C#m] only [Dm] star.
Yet [A] this [E] dance I [F#m] dance is [Bm] a dance [E] that is new to [A] me.
[D] [A] [F#m]
Nothing ever [C#m] changes, [F#m]
I'm frightened of a [C#m] fall.
[E] [Am]
I would just spend [Em] every day [F] waiting for one [Am] phone [E] call.
I
[A] [Bm] sit here [A] with my [F#m] pad and [D] I [Bm] carefully [A] write [G#] every [E] line.
[A] For the joy [Bm] [C#m] he [F#m] brought me when [Bm] I [E] was a boy.
[A] Two [E] eyes every [F#m] day [A] for [D] two [D#] whole weeks [A] on [C#m] black [Dm] cool air.
[G] And [A] the [E] dance he [F#m] danced [Bm] was a dance [A] always new [E] to [A] me.
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[N]
[A] [D]
[A] [D] With [A]
[E] [A] a chair [Bm]
[C#m] placed [F#m] on stage, a [D] spotlight
[Bm] on [A] an old [E] ham's face,
[A] As he talks [Bm] about [C#m] his [F#m] life, [Bm] he keeps drifting [E] away.
I [A] once [E] was [F#m] a clown, [A] [D] a poet, [D#] [A] and a [C#m] [Dm] lady's dream.
[A] Yet this [E] dance I [F#m] dance [Bm] is a dance that [E] is new to [A] me.
[D] [A] I
[E] [A] [Bm] once [C#m] gave [F#m] my heart [D] to a part [Bm] I played [A] [E] twenty [A] years.
[Bm] I watched the [C#m] lights all [F#m] go out [Bm] on the last curtain [E] call.
No [A] one [E]
[F#m] wants to see [A] a [D] young man [D#]
[A] play an [C#m] old [Dm] man's proudest
[A] dance.
[E] I [F#m] dance [A] is [Bm] a dance [D] that [E] is new to
[A] me.
[D] [A]
[F#m] Nothing ever [C#m] changes,
[F#m] frightened of [C#m] a fall.
[Am] I would just spend [Em] every day
[F] waiting for one [A] phone call.
[E]
[A] There's been [Bm] [E] times [F#m] in my life when [D] I've stood by [A] the [E] water's edge,
[A] Looking out [E] on my [F#m] plans [Bm] that will never come [A] true.
[E] [A] I could [E] play one [F#m] part [A] [D] where [D#] I'd be [A] the [C#m] only [Dm] star.
Yet [A] this [E] dance I [F#m] dance is [Bm] a dance [E] that is new to [A] me.
[D] [A] [F#m]
Nothing ever [C#m] changes, [F#m]
I'm frightened of a [C#m] fall.
[E] [Am]
I would just spend [Em] every day [F] waiting for one [Am] phone [E] call.
I
[A] [Bm] sit here [A] with my [F#m] pad and [D] I [Bm] carefully [A] write [G#] every [E] line.
[A] For the joy [Bm] [C#m] he [F#m] brought me when [Bm] I [E] was a boy.
[A] Two [E] eyes every [F#m] day [A] for [D] two [D#] whole weeks [A] on [C#m] black [Dm] cool air.
[G] And [A] the [E] dance he [F#m] danced [Bm] was a dance [A] always new [E] to [A] me.
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[N]
Key:
A
E
F#m
D
Bm
A
E
F#m
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [D] With _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] a chair [Bm]
[C#m] placed [F#m] on stage, a [D] spotlight _
[Bm] on [A] an old [E] ham's face,
[A] As he talks [Bm] about [C#m] his [F#m] life, _ [Bm] he keeps drifting [E] away.
_ I [A] once [E] was [F#m] a clown, _ [A] _ [D] a poet, [D#] _ [A] and a [C#m] [Dm] lady's dream. _ _
[A] Yet this [E] dance I [F#m] _ dance [Bm] is a dance that [E] is new to [A] me.
_ [D] _ [A] I _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] once [C#m] gave [F#m] my heart _ [D] to a part [Bm] I played [A] [E] twenty [A] years.
[Bm] I watched the [C#m] lights all [F#m] go out _ [Bm] on the last curtain [E] call.
No [A] _ one [E]
[F#m] wants to see [A] a [D] young man [D#]
[A] play an [C#m] old [Dm] man's proudest _ _ _
[A] dance.
[E] I [F#m] dance [A] is [Bm] a dance [D] that [E] is new to _
[A] me.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ Nothing ever [C#m] changes, _ _
[F#m] _ frightened of [C#m] a fall. _ _
[Am] _ I would just spend [Em] every day _
[F] _ waiting for one [A] phone call.
[E] _
_ _ [A] There's been [Bm] [E] times [F#m] in my life when _ [D] _ I've stood by [A] the [E] water's edge,
[A] Looking out [E] on my [F#m] plans _ [Bm] that will never come [A] true.
[E] _ [A] I could [E] play one [F#m] part [A] _ [D] where [D#] I'd be [A] the [C#m] only [Dm] star.
_ _ Yet [A] this [E] dance I [F#m] dance is [Bm] a dance [E] that is new to [A] me.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
Nothing ever [C#m] changes, _ _ [F#m] _ _
I'm frightened of a [C#m] fall.
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _
I would just spend [Em] every day _ [F] waiting _ for one [Am] phone [E] call.
I _
_ [A] _ [Bm] sit here [A] with my [F#m] pad and [D] I [Bm] carefully [A] write [G#] every [E] line.
[A] For the joy [Bm] [C#m] he [F#m] brought me when [Bm] _ _ I [E] was a _ boy.
[A] Two [E] eyes every [F#m] day [A] for [D] two [D#] whole weeks [A] on [C#m] black [Dm] cool air.
[G] And _ [A] the [E] dance he [F#m] _ danced [Bm] was a dance [A] always new [E] to [A] me.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [D] With _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] a chair [Bm]
[C#m] placed [F#m] on stage, a [D] spotlight _
[Bm] on [A] an old [E] ham's face,
[A] As he talks [Bm] about [C#m] his [F#m] life, _ [Bm] he keeps drifting [E] away.
_ I [A] once [E] was [F#m] a clown, _ [A] _ [D] a poet, [D#] _ [A] and a [C#m] [Dm] lady's dream. _ _
[A] Yet this [E] dance I [F#m] _ dance [Bm] is a dance that [E] is new to [A] me.
_ [D] _ [A] I _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] once [C#m] gave [F#m] my heart _ [D] to a part [Bm] I played [A] [E] twenty [A] years.
[Bm] I watched the [C#m] lights all [F#m] go out _ [Bm] on the last curtain [E] call.
No [A] _ one [E]
[F#m] wants to see [A] a [D] young man [D#]
[A] play an [C#m] old [Dm] man's proudest _ _ _
[A] dance.
[E] I [F#m] dance [A] is [Bm] a dance [D] that [E] is new to _
[A] me.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ Nothing ever [C#m] changes, _ _
[F#m] _ frightened of [C#m] a fall. _ _
[Am] _ I would just spend [Em] every day _
[F] _ waiting for one [A] phone call.
[E] _
_ _ [A] There's been [Bm] [E] times [F#m] in my life when _ [D] _ I've stood by [A] the [E] water's edge,
[A] Looking out [E] on my [F#m] plans _ [Bm] that will never come [A] true.
[E] _ [A] I could [E] play one [F#m] part [A] _ [D] where [D#] I'd be [A] the [C#m] only [Dm] star.
_ _ Yet [A] this [E] dance I [F#m] dance is [Bm] a dance [E] that is new to [A] me.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
Nothing ever [C#m] changes, _ _ [F#m] _ _
I'm frightened of a [C#m] fall.
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _
I would just spend [Em] every day _ [F] waiting _ for one [Am] phone [E] call.
I _
_ [A] _ [Bm] sit here [A] with my [F#m] pad and [D] I [Bm] carefully [A] write [G#] every [E] line.
[A] For the joy [Bm] [C#m] he [F#m] brought me when [Bm] _ _ I [E] was a _ boy.
[A] Two [E] eyes every [F#m] day [A] for [D] two [D#] whole weeks [A] on [C#m] black [Dm] cool air.
[G] And _ [A] the [E] dance he [F#m] _ danced [Bm] was a dance [A] always new [E] to [A] me.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _