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Cabaret

Brenda Lee

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
C7×
F
Dm××
Em
A×
G
G7
FmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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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, old 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, olé 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 wip eevery smiles away 
F         Dm  Em       A        F           G7  C 
Life is a cabaret, old chum, so come to the cabaret 
 
Interlude: 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 cabaret 
          
 

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Chord set

C · C7 · F · Dm · Em · A · G · G7 · Fm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.