The Entertainer

  C                        F 
I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand 
 F              C/E     F                  G 
Another Serenader and another long-haired band 
  C                         F 
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts 
      Fmaj7                   G 
But I know the game, you'll forget my name 
      Dm               Fmaj7 
And I won't be here in another year 
     G                   C 
If I don't stay on the charts 
  
  
  
  C                           F 
I am the entertainer and I've had to pay my price 
    F                            C/E    F            G 
The things I did not know at first I learned by doin' twice 
        C                             F 
Ah, but still they come to haunt me, still they want their say 
         Fmaj7                   G 
So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants 
          Dm                Fmaj7 
I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check 
         G                C 
And they go their merry way 
  

  
  C                   F 
I am the entertainer, been all around the world 
     F                         C/E    F                G 
I've played all kinds of palaces and laid all kinds of girls 
  C                    F 
I can't remember faces, I don't remember names 
        Fmaj7                      G 
Ah, but what the hell, You know it's just as well 
        Dm                  Fmaj7 
'Cause after a while and a thousand miles 
G                    C 
 It all becomes the same 
  
 
  
  C                     F 
I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs 
    F                        C/E     F                G 
I'd like to spend a day or two, but I can't stay that long 
         C                       F 
No, I've got to meet expenses, I got to stay in line 
      Fmaj7                 G 
Gotta get those fees to the agencies 
        Dm                       F 
And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay 
     G                     C 
So I just don't have the time 
  
  
  
  C                     F 
I am the entertainer, I come to do my show 
       F                    C/E     F             G 
You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio 
       C                                        F 
Ah, it took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life 
          Fmaj7                 G 
It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long 
          Dm                    F 
If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit 
        G                 C 
So they cut it down to 3:05 
  
  
  
C                         F 
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age 
  F                     C/E    F           G 
I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage 
           C                           F 
Ah, you've seen me in the papers, I've been in the magazines 
       Fmaj7       G 
But if I go cold I won't get sold 
         Dm                     F 
I'll get put in the back in the discount rack 
      G               C 
Like another can of beans 
  
  
  
  C (let ring)              F (let ring) 
I am the entertainer, and I know just where I stand 
 F (let ring)   C/E     F                 G 
Another Serenader and another long-haired band 
  C (let ring)              F (let ring) 
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts 
      Fmaj7                    G 
But I know the game, you'll forget my name 
  Dm                Fmaj7 
I won't be here in another year 
     G                  C 
If I don't stay on the charts