The Entertainer

G


[Verse 1]

  G                        C
I am the entertainer and I know just
 where I stand
 C              G/B     C  
Another Serenader and another 
                D
long-haired band
  G                         C
Today I am your champion, I may have
 won your hearts
      Cmaj7                   D
But I know the game, you'll forget 
my name
      Am               Cmaj7
And I won't be here in another year
     D                   G
If I don't stay on the charts


[Verse 2]

  G                           C
I am the entertainer and I've had to
 pay my price
    C                            
The things I did not know at 
G/B    C            D
first I learned by doin' twice
        G                          
Ah, but still they come to haunt 
   C
me, still they want their say
         Cmaj7                   D
So I've learned to dance with a hand
 in my pants
          Am                Cmaj7
I let 'em rub my neck and I write 
'em a check
         D                G
And they go their merry way


[Verse 3]

  G                   C
I am the entertainer, been all 
around the world
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     C                         G/B
I've played all kinds of palaces 
    C                D
and laid all kinds of girls
  G                    C
I can't remember faces, I don't 
remember names
        Cmaj7                      
Ah, but what the hell, You know it's
D
 just as well
        Am                  Cmaj7
'Cause after a while and a thousand 
miles
D                    G
 It all becomes the same


[Verse 4]

  G                     C
I am the entertainer, I bring to you
 my songs
    C                        G/B  
I'd like to spend a day or two, 
   C                D
but I can't stay that long
         G                       C
No, I've got to meet expenses, I got
 to stay in line
      Cmaj7                 D
Gotta get those fees to the agencies
        Am                      
And I'd love to stay but there's 
 C
bills to pay
     D                     G
So I just don't have the time


[Verse 5]

  G                     C
I am the entertainer, I come to do 
my show
       C                    G/B   
You've heard my latest record, 
  C             D
it's been on the radio
       G                         
Ah, it took me years to write it, 
               C
they were the best years of my life
          Cmaj7                 D
It was a beautiful song, but it ran 
too long
          Am                   
If you're gonna have a hit, you 
 C
gotta make it fit
        D                 G
So they cut it down to 3:05


[Verse 6]

G                         C
I am the entertainer, the idol of my
 age
  C                     G/B    C 
I make all kinds of money when I 
          D
go on the stage
           G                     
Ah, you've seen me in the papers, 
      C
I've been in the magazines
       Cmaj7       D
But if I go cold I won't get sold
         Am                    
I'll get put in the back in the 
 C
discount rack
      D               G
Like another can of beans


[Verse 7]

  G (let ring)              C (let 
ring)
I am the entertainer, and I know 
just where I stand
 C (let ring)   G/B     C           
      D
Another Serenader and another 
long-haired band
  G (let ring)              C (let 
ring)
Today I am your champion, I may have
 won your hearts
      Cmaj7                    D
But I know the game, you'll forget 
my name
  Am                Cmaj7
I won't be here in another year
     D                  G
If I don't stay on the charts