(capo 1st) 

 

 

C 

What good is sitting alone in your room, 

                     C7 

come, hear the music play! 

F         Dm  Em       A     G           G7  C    G 

Life is a cabaret, ole chum, come to the cabaret. 

 

C 

Put down that knittin', that book and the broom, 

                   C7 

it's time for a holiday. 

F         Dm  Em       A        F           G7  C 

Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret. 

 

               Fm                  C 

Come taste the wine, come hear the band, 

          Dm 

yes, it's time for celebratin'. 

G                    G 

Right this way, your table's waitin'. 

  

C 

No use permittin' some prophet of doom 

                      C7 

to wipe every smiles away. 

F         Dm  Em       A        F           G7  C 

Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret. 

 

(Instrumental:) F Dm Em A F G7 C C7 F Dm Em A F G7 C 

 

               Fm                  C 

Come taste the wine, come hear the band, 

          Dm 

yes, it's time for celebratin'. 

G                    G 

Right this way, your table's waitin'. 

 

C 

No thought for admittin' the prince of doom, 

                     C7 

yes, it is no longer stayin'. 

F         Dm  Em       A     F      Dm  Em       A 

Life is a cabaret, old chum, only a cabaret, old chum, 

   F           G G7 C    G C 

so come to the caba-ret. 



Keep Rockin