Tonart: Ab major
Verse 1
G
Cm
Ddim
I used to be the king,
G
the king of all Broadway,
Cm
D
G
the best of everything was mine
G
I always had the biggest hits,
Cm
G
the biggest bathrooms at the Ritz.
Cm
My showgirls had the biggest tits,
G
I never was the pinson anyway.
Cm
G
believe you,
G
We believe you, every word.
Cm
G
Cm
G
We believe you, thousands couldn't.
G
We believe each word we've heard.
Cm
Ddim
I used to be the king. The king!
G
The king of all Broadway.
Cm
It's good to be the king.
D
My praises they would sing,
G
Cm
A Ziegfeld, so they'd say.
My shows were always filled with class,
G
The best champagnes would fill my glass,
Cm
My lap was filled with gorgeous ass,
Ab
F#
You couldn't call me crass in any way.
Db
Ab
Dbm
Gbm
Ab
We be lieve you, thou sands more eggs,
Dbm
Ab
We believe you, every word.
Dbm
Ab
We believe you, thousands more eggs,
Dbm
G#
C#m
We believe each word we've heard
But, straight,
F#m
G#
C#m
there was a time when I was born
C#
A
G#m
There was a time when each and every play
G#
C#m
F#m
A
I touched would turn to gold
A
Am
And what a time!
G
He wore the finest clothes!
F#dim
B
Bm
Em
And his shoes were al ways new!
F
Em
Now I wear a rented tux
G
That's two weeks overdue!
D
Dm
D
For me, I'll be what a schmoozer!
Dm
G
Cm
Ab
Fm
Cm
C
G
Bm
Such reviews!
How dare they insult me in this manner!
How quickly they forget
I am Max Bialystock,
the first producer ever to do summer
stock in the winter!
Cm
You've all heard of Theatre
in the Round?
You're looking at the man
who invented
Theatre in the square.
Nobody had a good seat.
C#m
I've spent my entire life in the theater.
G
G#
I was a protégé of the great Boris
C#m
G
To mashevsky.
Bm
Yes, he taught me everything I know.
I'll never forget.
G
Em
He turned to me on his deathbed
and said, Maxillin,
F#
alla menschen mussen machen.
Hayden took a guts and kosh
G
and pish and pipi -kachen.
I don't speak Yiddish.
Bm
Strangely enough, neither did he.
But in my heart,
I knew what he was saying.
He was saying when you're
down and out
and everybody think
Ebm
Cm
that's the time to stand up
on your two feet and shout,
F
Bb
who do you have to fuck
Db
to get a break in this town?
Gbm
Yeah!
Interlude 1
Gbm
Db
Gb
Db
Gbm
D
F#m
F#
D#m
G#
Bb
Ebm
Gbm
Ddim
D
F#m
D
C#
F#
Bm
B
Verse 2
C#
F#
D
Bm
I'll be the king of all Broadway
Db
Again I will be king
F#
Bm
D
And be on top
Bm
F#
Bm
F#
to stay
G
Bm
There'll be gala open
Bm
You'll see my name in lights again
I'll go from dark to bright again
Bm
My spirit's high as kites again
I'll never suffer slights again
I'll taste those sweet delights again
No plethora of flights again
No blossoming of blights again
No frantic fits or frights again
Cm
G
Cm
G
Fame is in my sights again
Cm
I'll take those fancy flights again
G
G
I'm gonna scale the heights again
Ddim
Be our liftstock, we'll never drop
Be our liftstock, we'll never stop
G
Ddim
we'll be on top
Again!
I'll be on top again!
Hey!
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