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The Entertainer ( with lyrics

by Scott Joplin Lyrics John Brimhall · posted by Eucalypt_040

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The Entertainer
This version has an intro and an ending with no lyrics. 

5  -5  6  5  -5  6~~~~ 5  -5  5  6  5  -5  6~~~ 5 -5  5  6  5  -5  6~~~ -4  -5  5~~~~~

-1   <-1  2   4   2  4  2   4
Now  the cur-tain is go-ing up
4    -5  <-5 6   5  -5  6  -4   -5  5  
The  En-ter-tain-er is tak-ing  a  bow
-1   <-1 2     4    2    4    2   4
Does his dance step and sings his song
-3  3 <-2  -3   4   6    -5   5    -3 -4  5  -5  
Ev-en gets all the au - di - ence to sing A-long
-1 <-1 2     4    2    4  2    4
Yes he knows just what he must do
4     -5 <-5 6     5    -5  6     -4   -5   5  
Knows how to bring down the house when he's thru
5   -5  6   5   -5   6    5  -5    5 
Snap-py pat-ter and jokes he knows what
6     5  -5  6     5  -5  5   6    5  -5  6   -4
Pleas-es the folks the en-ter-tain-er the star of
-5  5     2  -2  <-2 3  -3  3    2   -2 <-2
The show  It was in vau-de-ville and he was 
3  -3  3    6    5   3   -3   -4  4    -5  
On the bill with all the sing-ers danc-ers 
6  -5  5   -5   3      2     -2 <-2 3   -3  3 
Ac-ro-bats and clowns. There was a danc-ing bear
2 -2 <-2 3  -3   3    3  -3 <-3 -4 -4  -4
Ev-en a dog act there and a co- me-di -an
-4  -4  -3 <-2  -1  3   2   -2<-2 3   -3  3
Who nev-er let 'em down.But when  he came on
2  -2 <-2  3    -3  3    6  5    3  -3    -4 
To do his fav-'rite song he real-ly wowed 'em
5  -5  6  -5   5   -5  5     3    <-2  3
In the ci-ties and the towns.They came from
4    -3  4   -3  4  -3  3   -3 -4    4
Near and far to see the vau-de-ville star 
3   -3  5   6    5
The En-ter-tain -ner 
Ending
5  -5  6  5  -5  6~~~5 -5 5 6 5 -5 6~~~5 -5 5
6 5 -5 5 6 5 -5 6~~~ -4 -5 5

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