Cabaret

(capo 1st)


C
What good is sitting alone in your 
room,
                     C7
come, hear the music play!
F         Dm  Em       A     G
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, 
           G7  C    G
come to the cabaret.

C
Put down that knittin', that book 
and the broom,
                   C7
it's time for a holiday.
F         Dm  Em       A        
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so 
F           G7  C
come to the cabaret.

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               Fm                  
Come taste the wine, come hear the 
C
band,
          Dm
yes, it's time for celebratin'.
G                    G
Right this way, your table's 
waitin'.

C
No use permittin' some prophet of 
doom
                      C7
to wipe every smiles away.
F         Dm  Em       A        
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so 
F           G7  C
come to the cabaret.

(Instrumental:) F Dm Em A F G7 

C C7 F Dm Em A F G7 C

               Fm                  
Come taste the wine, come hear the 
C
band,
          Dm
yes, it's time for celebratin'.
G                    G
Right this way, your table's 
waitin'.

C
No thought for admittin' the prince 
of doom,
                     C7
yes, it is no longer stayin'.
F         Dm  Em       A     F
Life is a cabaret, old chum, 
      Dm  Em       A
only a cabaret, old chum,
   F           G G7 C    G C
so come to the caba-ret.