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The Entertainer
Streetlife Serenade, 1975
Billy Joel (Greatest of all time)

Chords Used: G:320033   Cmaj7:x32000
C:x32010      Am:x02210
D:xx0232     G/B:x2003x

NO CAPO

note: all "G/B" chords are just two quick downstrums


Intro: G

G                        C
I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand
C              G/B     C                  D
Another Serenader and another long-haired band
G                         C
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts
Cmaj7                   D
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
Am               Cmaj7
And I won't be here in another year
D                   G
If I don't stay on the charts

G                           C
I am the entertainer and I've had to pay my price
C                            G/B    C            D
The things I did not know at first I learned by doin' twice
G                             C
Ah, but still they come to haunt me, still they want their say
Cmaj7                   D
So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
Am                Cmaj7
I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
D                G
And they go their merry way

G                   C
I am the entertainer, been all around the world
C                         G/B    C                D
I've played all kinds of palaces and laid all kinds of girls
G                    C
I can't remember faces, I don't remember names
Cmaj7                      D
Ah, but what the hell, You know it's just as well
Am                  Cmaj7
'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
D                    G
It all becomes the same

G                     C
I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs
C                        G/B     C                D
I'd like to spend a day or two, but I can't stay that long
G                       C
No, I've got to meet expenses, I got to stay in line
Cmaj7                 D
Gotta get those fees to the agencies
Am                       C
And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
D                     G
So I just don't have the time

G                     C
I am the entertainer, I come to do my show
C                    G/B     C             D
You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio
G                                        C
Ah, it took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life
Cmaj7                 D
It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long
Am                    C
If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit
D                 G
So they cut it down to 3:05

G                         C
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age
C                     G/B    C           D
I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage
G                           C
Ah, you've seen me in the papers, I've been in the magazines
Cmaj7       D
But if I go cold I won't get sold
Am                     C
I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
D               G
Like another can of beans

G(let ring)               C(let ring)
I am the entertainer, and I know just where I stand
C(let ring)    G/B     C                 D
Another Serenader and another long-haired band
G(let ring)               C(let ring)
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts
Cmaj7                    D
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
Am                Cmaj7
I won't be here in another year
D                  G
If I don't stay on the charts




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