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Chords: Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# Gmaj7 Adim e|---5--------0--------0---------2------0----| B|---3--------7/8------3/0-------3------0----| G|---0--------7--------2---------0------0----| D|---0--------0--------0---------0------4----| A|---5--------0--------0---------0------2----| E|---5--------7--------2---------3------0----| Verse. 1.My Name is Bal-tha-zar Im-pre--sar--i---o and you'll find me at the bottom of the page. 1.I have artist's hands, though I'm a working man, but my craft has been forgotten by the age. 2.This is my family's trade; my father built this place at the turning of the 20th century. 2.I have been working here for some 50 years, but the young these days are glued to TV screens, D D /-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------2/ /-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------------------3/ /-2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /-0-------------------4-------------------4-----------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /-----------------------------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 1.So tonight will be my last night on the stage. 2.and the old girl is dying on her feet. G 2---2---------------------------3/ 3---3----------------------------/ 2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/ --------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/ --------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/ --------------------------------3/ Chorus.
Dsus/A Once more to the Bm(Maj7)boards, one more curtain Asus/F#call, Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more. /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/
Dsus/AAlways make 'em lBm(Maj7)augh, try to make 'em Asus/F#cry, Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life.
/------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/ G -------------------------3/ --------------------------/ -0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/ -2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/ -0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/ -------------------------3/ 1.My friends from theater school all thought I was a fool for leaving Shakespeare for the music hall 1.And now my son's left home, and set out on his own, and the critics think we're quaint, but set to fall, D D /-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------2/ /-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------------------3/ /-2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /-0-------------------4-------------------4-----------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /-----------------------------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 1.but they've only seen the show from the stalls. G 2---2---------------------------3/ 3---3----------------------------/ 2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/ --------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/ --------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/ --------------------------------3/ Chorus.
Dsus/A Once more to the Bm(Maj7)boards, one more curtain Asus/F#call, Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more. /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/
Dsus/AAlways make 'em lBm(Maj7)augh, try to make 'em Asus/F#cry, Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life.
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Dsus/AAnd all the thingBm(Maj7)s I've seen behind theAsus/F#se tattered scenes, And all the upturned faces with the lamplight in their eyes,
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Dsus/AAnd each imperfecBm(Maj7)t turn flickers as it Asus/F#burns, Only lasts a moment, but for me they'll never die.
Asus/F# /------------------------0/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--0/ /------------------------3/ Bridge.
We are reGmaj7spected, But we're not remeAsus/F#mbered. We are the ghosts of VGmaj7audeville, Unnumbered. Asus/F# We are the fathers of theGmaj7 halls, But we will never be fAsus/F#amous. We aren't just artists, we are somethingGmaj7 more: We're entertainers.
Post Bridge. Dsus/A --> Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# --> /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/ D Adim /---------2---2----------------------2---2----------------------2---2----------0/ /-----3-----------3--------------3-----------3-------------3-----------3-------0/ /-2-------------------2--------------------------2-------------------------2---0/ /----------------------------0-------------------------------------------------4/ /-------------------------0h2---------------------------0----------------------2/ /----------------------------------------------------0h2-----------------------0/ Outro. 1.I smooth my thinning hair in a gilded mirror To try to hide the tell-signs of my age. 1.My name is Balthazar, Impresario, And tonight will be my last night on the stage. D D /-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------2/ /-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------------------3/ /-2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /-0-------------------4-------------------4-----------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /-----------------------------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ G 2---2---------------------------3/ 3---3----------------------------/ 2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/ --------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/ --------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/ --------------------------------3/