Cabaret

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C 
What good is sitting alone in your room, 
                     C7 
come, hear the music play! 
F         Dm  Em       A     G           G7  C    G 
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, 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        F           G7  C 
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret. 
 
               Fm                  C 
Come taste the wine, come hear the 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        F           G7  C 
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret. 
 
(Instrumental:) F Dm Em A F G7 C C7 F Dm Em A F G7 C 
 
               Fm                  C 
Come taste the wine, come hear the 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      Dm  Em       A 
Life is a cabaret, old chum, only a cabaret, old chum, 
   F           G G7 C    G C 
so come to the caba-ret.