|Am7 |Am7 Am7/E |D7 |D7 | |Dm7 |Dm7 Dm7/E |Am7 |Am7 | Am7 Am7/E The actors and jesters are here D7 The stage is in darkness and clear Dm7 For raising the curtain Dm7/E Am7 And no one's quite certain whose play it is How long ago, how long? Am7/E D7 If only we had listened then Dm7 Dm7/E Am7 If we'd known just how right we were going to be Am7/E For we dreamed a lot and we schemed a lot D7 Dm7 And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart Dm7/E Am7 Am6 C oh-oh-oh oh oh oh ohhhhhh
G If everyone was listening, you know C G E7/B Am There'd be a chance that we could save the show D7 Who'll be the last clown to bring the house down F Em7 F Em7 F Em7 Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain |Dm7 |Dm7 |Bbmaj7 |Bbmaj7 | fall sax: |Am7 |Am7 |D7 |D7 | |Dm7 |Dm7 |Am7 |Am6 | |Am7 |Am7 |D7 |D7 | |Dm7 |Dm7 Dm7/E |Am7 |Am6 | Am7 Am7/E What is your costume today? D7 And how are the props in your play Dm7 You're acting a part Dm7/E Which you thought from the start Am7 Was an honest one Well how do you plead? An actor indeed! D7 Go relearn your lines Dm7 Dm7/E You don't know what you've done Am7 Am6 C The finale's begun G If everyone was listening, you know C G E7/B Am There'd be a chance that we could save the show D7 Who'll be the last clown to bring the house down F Em7 F Em7 F Em7 Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain |Dm7 |Dm7 |Bbmaj7 |Bbmaj7 | fall |Dm7 |Dm7 |Bbmaj7 |Bbmaj7 |Am7 ..........