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- CABARET
- Words by Fred
Ebb, Music by John Kander - 1966
| Part 1: |
| F |
C9 |
F
C+ |
- |
| F |
Fmaj7 |
F7 |
- |
| Bb |
Bdim |
Am
D9 |
- |
| Gm7 |
C9 |
F |
- (C9
Repeat Part 1) |
| Chorus: |
| Bbm |
- |
F |
- |
| Dm Cm |
Dm7 G9 |
C7 |
- |
| F |
C9 |
F
C+ |
- |
| F |
Fmaj7 |
Cm7 |
F7 |
| Bb |
Bdim |
Am7
D9 |
- |
| Gm7 |
C9sus
F |
- |
- |
| Bbm |
- |
F |
- |
| Dm Cm |
Dm7 G9 |
C7 |
- |
| F |
C9 |
F
C+ |
- |
| F |
Fmaj7 |
Cm7 |
F7 |
| Bb |
Bdim |
Am7
D9 |
- |
| Bb |
Bdim |
Am7
D9 |
- |
| Gm7 |
- |
C9sus |
- |
| F |
-
(End) |
| |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- _______
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- Part 1:
- What good is sitting alone
in your room?
- Come hear the music play;
- Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
- Come to the Cabaret.
-
- Put down the knitting, the
book and the broom,
It's time for a holiday;
Life is a cabaret, old chum,
Come to the cabaret.
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- Part 2:
- Come taste the wine, Come
hear the band, Come blow the horn,
- Start celebrating, Right
this way, your table's waiting.
- No use permitting some prophet
of doom
- To wipe ev'ry smile away;
- (go to Ending after Repeat)
- Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
- Come to the Cabaret,
- (Repeat Part 2)
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- Ending:
- Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
- Only a Cabaret, old chum,
- So come to the Cabaret.
- _______
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
-
- Sing-along
on "Cabaret" with the WineLand Banjo Band (youtube)
-
- Listen
to Scotty Plummer perform "Cabaret" with the Marin
Banjo Club (youtube, timestamp 1:42)
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- Listen
to Scotty Plummer play "Cabaret" from his record album
(youtube, timestamp 9:32)
- _______
Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com