Balthazar Impresario chords by Frank Turner

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
      D MajorD
My name is Balthazar, Impresario
       E minorEm             D MajorD
And you'll find me at the bottom of the page
      D MajorD
I have artist's hands, though I'm a working man
     E minorEm              D MajorD
But my craft has been forgotten by the age
    A augmentedA                 G+G
So tonight will be my last night on the stage

Verse 2:
       D MajorD
This is my family's trade, my father built this place
      E minorEm             D MajorD
At the turning of the twentieth century
        D MajorD
I have been working here, for some fifty years
     E minorEm                D MajorD
But the young these days are glued to TV screens
     A augmentedA             G+G
And the old girl is dying on her feet

Chorus:
G+G          D MajorD
Once more to the boards
         F# minorF#m
One more curtain call
          E minorEm               G+G
Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more
          D MajorD
Always make them laugh
         F# minorF#m
Try to make them cry
         E minorEm                  D MajorD
Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life

Verse 3:
          D MajorD
My friends from theatre school all thought I was a fool
    E minorEm               D MajorD
For leaving Shakespeare for the music hall
       D MajorD
And now my son's left home, and set out on his own
     E minorEm                  D MajorD
And the critics think we're quaint but set to fall
      A augmentedA               G+G
But they've only seen the show from the stalls

Chorus:
G+G          D MajorD
Once more to the boards
         F# minorF#m
One more curtain call
          E minorEm               G+G
Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more
          D MajorD
Always make them laugh
         F# minorF#m
Try to make them cry
         E minorEm                  G+G
Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life

Bridge 1:
G+G             D MajorD             F# minorF#m
And all the things I've seen behind these tattered seams
       E minorEm                     G+G
And all the upturned faces with the lamplight in their eyes
           D MajorD           F# minorF#m
And each imperfect turn flickers as it burns
        E minorEm               A augmentedA
Only lasts a moment but for me they'll never die

Bridge 2:
      G+G
We are respected
       A augmentedA
We're not remembered
             G+G
We are the ghosts of Vaudeville
        A augmentedA
Unnumbered
              G+G
We are the fathers of the halls
             A augmentedA
Yeah but we'll never be famous
                     G+G
We aren't just artists, we are something more:

We're entertainers

Instrumental:
G+G  D MajorD  F# minorF#m   E minorEm  G+G
G MajorG  D MajorD  F# minorF#m   E minorEm  G+G

Verse 4:
       D MajorD
I smooth my thinning hair in a gilded mirror
  E minorEm                D MajorD
To try to hide the tell-signs of my age
       D MajorD
My name is Balthazar, Impresario
    E minorEm                 D MajorD
And tonight will be my last night on the stage.