Tuning: G C E A

Lyrics by John Brimhall (1928-2003)

Now the ^Ccurtain is ^C7going ^Fup, The entert^Cainer is ta^G7king a ^Cbow, Does his dance step and ^C7sings his s^Fong, Even g^D7ets all the audience to s^G7ing ^Falo^G7ng, Yes, he k^Cnows just what ^C7he must ^Fdo, Knows how to b^Cring down the h^G7ouse when he’s ^Cthrough, Snappy patter and j^C7okes, he knows what ^Fpleases the ^Fmfolks, The entert^Cainer, the s^G7tar of the s^Chow.

It was in vaudeville and he was ^C7on the bill, With all the s^Fingers, dancers, a^Fmcrobats and c^Clowns,

There was a dancing bear, even a dog act there,

And a com^Gedian who n^D7ever let ‘em d^Gown, But, when ^Che came on to do his f^C7av’rite song, He really ^Fwowed ‘em in the ^Fmcities and the t^Cown^C7s, They came from n^Fear and f^Fmar, to see the v^Caudeville star, The ^D7enter^G7tain^Cer!

^FLa-la-la la-la-^Bbla, ^DmLa-la-la la-la-^Gmla ^GmLa-la-la-la-la ^Fla-^Dmla, ^E7La-la-la la-la-la-^Amla ^C7 ^FLa-la-la la-la-^Bbla, ^DmLa-la-la la-la-^Gmla ^GmLa-la-la-la-la ^Fla-^Dbla, ^FLa-la-^C7la la-la-^Fla

^FLa-la-la ^Cla-la-la-la-la-la-la ^DmLa-la ^G7la-la ^Cla

^FLa-la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la ^CLa-la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la ^GLa-la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la ^FLa-la-la la-^Cla

^DmLa-la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la ^CLa-la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la ^FLa-la la-^Dmla-la, ^EmLa-la la-^Fla-la ^CLa-la ^G7la-la-^Cla

--------------------- *** Chords for the "lyrics" part are almost equal to version 1 of Ukulele Chords, *** I have added the chords for the second part of the rag (the "la-la-la" one :-) *** Thanks to Marina Sudzilovskaya for the help!

Scott Joplin - The entertainer