Cabaret

by Liza Minelli · posted by Noel_Harmonica

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

BRIGHTLY!
Verse 1
  6    6   6   5   6  6  -6   6  5     6
What good is sitt-ing a-lone in your room,
 -6    6   5   6  -6   5
Come hear the mus-ic play,
 -6   7 -6 7  -6 -7   6    5
Life is a cab-ar-et, old chum,
  5   6  5   6  -6  7
Come to the cab-ar-et.

Verse 2
 6    6   6    5    6    6   -6   6   5    6
Put down the knitt-ing, the book and the broom,
  6   -6   6  5  6 -6  5
It's time for a hol-i-day,
 -6   7 -6 7  -6 -7   6    5
Life is a cab-ar-et, old chum,
  5   6  5   6  -6  7
Come to the cab-ar-et.

Verse 3
  4    4    4   -6     4    4   4   6
Come taste the wine, come hear the band,
  5    5    5    7     7     7 -6 -7  7
Come blow your horn, start cel-eb-ra-ting,
  -7    7   -8   7    -7  6    -5   -4
Right this way, your ta-ble's wait-ing.

Verse 4
   6      6    6    5   6   6     -6  6   5   6
What's good's per-mitt-ing some proph-et of doom,
 6  -6   6  5   6   -6 5
To wipe ev'ry smile a-way,
 -6   7 -6 7  -6 -7   6    5
Life is a cab-ar-et, old chum,
 5   5   6  5   6 -6   7
So come to the cab-ar-et.

Verse 5 SPOKEN

I used to have a girl friend known as Elsie,
With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea,
She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower,
As a matter of fact, she rented by the hour!
The day she died the neighbors came to snicker,
Well, that's what comes from too much pills and
liqour!
But when I saw her laid out, like a Queen,
She was the happiest corpse, I'd ever, seen!
I think of Elsie to this very day,
I remember how she'd turn to me and say:

   6    6   6   5   6   6  6  -6   6  5    6
"What good is sitt-ing all a-lone in your room,
 -6    6   5   6  -6   5
Come hear the mus-ic play,
 -6   7 -6 7  -6 -7   6    5
Life is a cab-ar-et, old chum,
  5   6  5   6  -6  7
Come to the cab-ar-et".

Verse 6
  6    6  6  5    6    6   -6  6   5   6
Start by ad-mitt-ing from cra-dle to tomb,
 6 -6 6   5     6 -6  5
It is'nt that long a stay,
 -6   7 -6 7  -6 -7   6    5
Life is a cab-ar-et, old chum,
-6  7 -6 7  -6 -7  -8    6
On-ly a cab-ar-et, old chum,
 6 -6  7  -6  7   8 -8  7
And I love a cab-ar-ar-et!

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