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Tuning: EADGBE Verse 1: BARNUM: Am Right here, right now G I'll put the offer out F I don't wanna chase you down E But I know you see it Am You run with me G And I can cut you free F Out of the treachery of E all you keep in F So trade that typical C For something colorful G Am G And if it's crazy live a little crazy F You can play it sensible C A king of conventional Dm E Or you can risk it all and see
Chorus: BARNUM: F C Don't you wanna get away G Am From the same old part you gotta play F C G 'Cause I got what you need to come with me and take the ride Am It'll take you to the other side F 'Cause you can do like you do C Or you can do like me G Am Stay in the cage or you finally take the key F C G Oh! Damn! suddenly you're free to fly E It'll take you to the other side Verse 2: PHILLIP: Am Okay, my friend G You wanna cut me in F Well I hate to tell you, E But it just won't happen Am So thanks, but no G I think I'm good to go F 'Cause I quite enjoy the life E You say I'm trapped in F Now I admire you C And that whole show you do G You're onto something Am G Really, it's something F But I live among the swells C And we don't pick up peanut shells Dm E I'll have to leave that up to you Chorus: PHILLIP: F C Don't you know that I'm okay G Am With this uptown part I get to play F C G 'Cause I've got what I need and I don't wanna take the ride Am Don't need to see the other side F So go and do like you do C I'm good to do like me G Am Ain't in a cage so I don't need to take the key F C G Oh! Damn! Can't you see I'm doing fine? E I don't need to see the other side Bridge: BARNUM: F C Is this really how you like to spend your days? G Am G Whiskey and misery and parties and plays PHILLIP: F If I were mixed up with you C I'd be the talk of the town G Disgraced and disowned E Another one of the clowns BARNUM: F But you would finally live a little C Finally laugh a little G Am G Just let me give you the freedom to dream F And it'll wake you up, and cure your aching Dm Take your walls and start 'em breaking F Now that's a deal that seems worth taking Dm E But I guess I'll leave that up to you PHILIP: Am Well it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly Am So what percentage of the show would I be taking? BARNUM: D Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action Am I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen. PHILIP: E I wasn't born this morning Eighteen would be just fine BARNUM: F Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on a dime? PHILIP: E Fifteen BARNUM: N.C. I'd do eight PHILIP: F Twelve BARNUM: N.C. Maybe nine PHILIP: E Ten Chorus: BARNUM & PHILIP: F C Don't you wanna get away G Am To a whole new part you're gonna play F C G 'Cause I got what you need to come with me and take the ride Am To the other side F So we can do like I do C So we can do like me G Am Forget the cage 'cause we know how to make the key F C G Oh! Damn! Suddenly we're free to fly Am We're going to the other side PHILIP: F C So we can do like I do! BARNUM: N.C. To the other side PHILIP: G Am So we can do like me BARNUM: N.C. We're going to the other side PHILIP: F C 'Cause if you do you're going BARNUM: & PHILIP: G To the other side E N.C.
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