Cm   Cm7   F   F7   Fm   Fm   Cm   Cm7


[Verse]
Cm                           Cm7
The actors and jesters are here,
F                             F7
The stage is in darkness and clear,
Fm
For raising the curtain, and no-one's quite certain
       Cm       Cm7
Whose play it is.
Cm               Cm7
How long ago, how long?
           F                F7
If only we had listened then,
         Fm
If we'd known.. just how right,
        Cm          Cm
We were going to be.
       Cm                  Cm7
For we dreamed a lot and we schemed a lot
       F
And we tried to sing of love before
    Fm             Fm
The stage fell apart.
   Cm                Cm7     Eb
Oh o-h, o-h-h, o-h-h, o-h-h, o-h-h-h


[Chorus]
Eb             Bb                  Bb C Eb
If everyone was listening you know,
Eb                        Bb                  Bb C Eb
There'd be a cha-nce that we could save the show.
Cm                       F
Who'll be the last clown ... to bring the house down?
Cm  Gm  Cm    Gm   Cm           Gm       Fm
Oh  no, please no,,don't let the curtain fall.
Db  Cm


[Instrumental]
Cm   Cm7   F   F7   Fm   Fm   Cm   Cm7
Cm   Cm7   F   F7   Fm   Fm   Cm   Cm7