Tom: Db
(capo 1st)
C
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
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
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:) F Dm Em A F G7 C C7 F Dm Em A F G7 C
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
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 G G7 C G C
so come to the caba-ret.
