...THE SHOW MUST GO ON... by Leo Sayer
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*from 'Silverbird' (1973)*
Intro:
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B|----------|
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Verse 1:
(G) C
Baby,
Although I chose this lonely life,
G
It seems it's strangling me now.
C
All the wild men,
Big cigars, gigantic cars;
G
They're all laughing at me now.
Bridge 1:
Am Em
Oh I've been used,
I've been taken,
Am
For a fool;
Em
Oh what a fool,
Am Em
I broke all the rules.
Chorus 1:
F C
But I won't let the show go on.
Verse 2:
C
Baby, look there's,
An enormous crowd of people,
G
And they're all after my blood.
C
I wish maybe they'd tear down,
The walls of this theatre,
G
And let me out, let me out.
Bridge 2:
Am Em
Oh I've been so blind,
Am
I've wasted time,
Em
Wasted, wasted, oh so much time.
Am
Walking on the wire;
Em
High wire;
Chorus 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/leo_sayer/show_must_go_on_crd.html ]
F C
But I won't let the show go on.
Verse 3:
(with Scatting)
C G, C G
Bridge 3:
Am Em
Oh I've been so blind,
Am
I've wasted time,
Em
Wasted, wasted, oh so much time.
Am
Walking on the wire;
Em
High wire;
Chorus 3:
F C
But I won't let the show go on.
Verse 4:
C
Baby,
I wish you'd help me escape,
G
And help me get away.
C
Leave me outside my address,
G
Far away from this masquerade.
Bridge 4:
Am
I've been so used,
Em
I've been so a-bused,
Am
I've been a fool,
Em
I broke all the rules
Am
I've been so used,
Em
Oh and a-bused;
Chorus 4:
F
But I won't let the show go...
I said I won't let the show,
C
Oh, won't let the show go on.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
