The show must go on

       F

1. Baby, although I chose this lonely life,

                            C

    it seems, it's stranglin' me now.

     F

    All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic car,

                      C

    they're all laughin' at the lie.

                      Dm        - Am                     Dm                    Am                 

Oh, I've been used, oo…..o, I've been a fool, oh, what a fool.

                      Dm            Am             Bb                            F      

I broke all the rules, oh, yeah, but I must let the show go on !

      F

2. Baby, there's an enormous crowd of people,

                     C

    they're all after my blood.

        F

    I wish maybe they'd tear down the walls of this theatre,

                C

    let me out, let me out !

                  Dm              Am                   Dm                            Am      

Oh, I'm so blind, oh, so blind, I wasted time, wasted, wasted time,

                       Dm           Am             Bb                            F         

walkin' on the wire, high wire, but I must let the show go on.

    F - C    F - C     + CHORUS

      F                                                                    C

3. Baby, I wish you'd help me escape, help me get away,

      F                                                                            C

    leave me outside my address, far away from this masquerade.

                  Dm               Am                  Dm                            Am        

Oh, I'm so blind, oh, so blind, I wasted time, wasted, wasted time,

                       Dm           Am             Bb                            

walkin' on the wire, high wire, but I must let the show go,

                                                                          F     - C - F - C….

I must let the show go, I must let the show go on !

    (Three Dog Night)