C
1.
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
2. 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
3. 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 = last line verse 3 and
complete verse 3
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
4. 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 GG7C - G - C
so
come to the cabaret.(orig.=c 1st, midi=c 3rd)(L.Armstrong)