Tonart: B minor
Verse 1
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They say that there's a broken
light for every heart on
Broadway.
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They say that life's a game,
then they take the board
away.
A
They give you masks and costumes
Am
and an outline of the
A
story
Am
Then leave you all to improvise
cabaret...
Verse 2
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D
Eb
pretty cities
Eb
kitties.
D
There are warrants, forms,
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D
and chitties and a jackboot
on the stair.
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Am
Bb
Sex and death and human grime,
Am
Bb
in monochrome for one
thin dime,
A
Am
Bb
But at least the trains all run
Am
on time but they don't
go anywhere.
Bb
Facing their Responsibilities
either on their backs or
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There are ladies who just simply
freeze and dare not
Am
Bb
Am
Bb
turn away
Am
Bb
And the widows that refuse
Am
to cry will be dressed in
Am
And be taught to kick their
Bb
legs up high in this
Verse 3
G#
A
At last! The 1998 Show!
G#
A
The ballet on the burning stage.
G#
A
The documentary see
G#
A
Upon the fractured screen
G#
The dreadful poem scrwled upon the crumpled
G
page...
Am
Adim
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F
Verse 4
Adim
Am
A
D
There's a policeman with an
Eb
D
hon est soul that has seen
Eb
whose head is on the pole
D
And he grunts and fills his
Eb
D
briar bowl with a feeling
of unease.
A
Am
Bb
But he briskly frisks the torn
remains for a
A
Am
Bb
fingerprint or crimson stains
Am
Bb
And endevours to ignore the chins
his knees.
Bb
while his master in the dark
nearby inspects the hands,
with a brutal eye,
Am
Bb
That have never brushed a
lover's thigh but have
Verse 5
Bb
Am
squeezed a nation's throat.
Bb
Am
Bb
Am
Bb
But he hungers in his secret
Am
dreams for the harsh
Bb
embrace of cruel machines
Am
Bb
But his lover is not what
Am
she seems and she will not
leave a note.
Verse 6
G#
A
At last! The 1998 Show!
G#
A
The Situation Tragedy
Am
Grand Opera slick with
A
G#
soap
A
Cliffhangers with no hope
G#
Gm
The water- colour in the flooded gallery...
Am
F
Adim
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Adim
Am
Adim
Verse 7
Am
A
D
There's a girl who'll push
Eb
but not shove and is
Dm
Eb
desperate for her father's love
D
Eb
She believes the hand beneath
D
the glove maybe one she
needs to hold.
A
Am
Though she doubts her hosts
Bb
Am
moralities she decides she
Am
Bb
In the Land Of Doing What
Am
You Please than outside in
the cold.
Bb
But the backdrop's peel and the
sets give way and the
Am
cast gets eaten by the play
Bb
There's a murderer at the Matinee,
there are dead men
Am
Bb
Am
Bb
in the aisles
Am
Bb
And the patrons and actors too
A
Am
are uncertain if the
A
Am
Bb
And with side- long looks await
Am
their cue but the frozen
mask just smiles.
Verse 8
G#
At last! The 1998 Show!
Bb
The torch- song no one ever sings
G#
A
The curfew chorus line
Am
Bb
Am
The comedy divine
A
Bb
The bulging eyes of puppets strangled by
their strings
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Adim
Cm
Adim
Verse 9
Am
G
Am
There's thrills and chills and girls galore,
sing- songs
Am
Adim
There's something hear for everyone,
Am
(reserve your seat
Am
Adim
There's mischief and
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malarkies but no queers or yids or
darkies
Within this bastard's carnival,
Adim
Am
this vicious cabaret.
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