Cabaret

[Verse 2]

D A7 D A7

Put down the knitting, The book and the broom.

D Dm7 D7

It's time for a hol-i-day.

[Chorus]

G Abdim7 F#m B7

Life is a Cab - a - ret, old chum

Em7 A7 D

Come to the Cab - a - ret.

[Bridge]

Gm

Come taste the wine,

D

Come hear the band.

Bm Bm7

Come blow a horn, Start celebrating;

A7

Right this way, Your table's waiting.

[Verse 3]

D A7 D A7

What good's permitting Some prophet of doom

D Dm7 D7

To wipe every smile away.

[Chorus]

G Abdim7 F#m B7

Life is a Cab - a - ret, old chum

Em7 A7 D

Come to the Cab - a - ret.

[Bridge 2]

D A+ D

I used to have a girlfriend known as Elsie,

D A+ D

With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea

A7 Bm

She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower.

E A

As a matter of fact she rented by the hour.

D A+ D

The day she died the neighbors came to snicker:

D A+ D

"Well, that's what comes from too much pills and liquor."

A7 Bm

But when I saw her laid out like a Queen,

G A D

She was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen.

C#7 F#7 E

I think of Elsie to this very day.

E A D

I remember how she'd turn to me and say:

[Verse 4]

D A7 D A7

"What good is sitting alone In your room?

D Dm7 D7

Come hear the music play.

[Chorus]

G Abdim7 F#m B7

Life is a Cab - a - ret, old chum,

Em7 A7 D

Come to the Cab - a - ret.

[Verse 5]

Gm D

And as for me, as for me,

Bm Bm7

I made my mind up back in Chelsea,

A7

When I go, I'm going like Elsie.

D A7 D A7

Start by admitting from Cradle to Tomb

D Dm7 D7

Isn't that long a stay

[Chorus]

G Abdim7 F#m B7

Life is a Cab - a - ret, old chum

G Abdim7 F#m B7

Only a Cab - a - ret, old chum

Em7 A7 D

And I love a Cab - a - ret.