[F] [Dm] [F] [Dm]
1. The costumes, the scenery, the make-up, the props,
[F] [G] [C]
the audience that lifts you when you're down.
[Bb] [Gm] [Bb] [Gm]
The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops,
[D] [G] [C]
the sheriff who escorts you out of town.
[E] [B7] [E]
Ehe opening when your heart beats like a drum,
[C] [Am] [G]
the closing when the customers don't come.
[C] [Am] [C] [Am]
There’s no business like show business like no business I know,
[G] [C] [G] [C]
everything about it is appealing, everything that traffic will allow,
[G] [Am]
nowhere could you have that happy feeling,
[D] [G]
when you are stealing that extra bow.
[C] [Am] [C] [F]
There’s no people like show people, they smile when they are low,
[Dm] [G] [C] [A]
even with a turkey that you know will fold,
[D] [G] [C] [A]
you may be stranded out in the cold,
[Dm] [G] [C] [A]
still you wouldn’t change it for a sack of gold,
[Dm] [G] [C]
let’s go on with the show.
[F] [Dm] [F] [Dm]
2. The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk,
[F] [C] [G]
are secretly unhappy men because,
[Bb] [Gm] [Bb] [Gm]
the butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk,
[D] [G] [C]
get paid for what they do, but no applause.
[E] [B7] [E]
They’d gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye
[C] [Am] [G]
for anything theatrical and why?
[C] [Am] [C] [Am]
There’s no business like show business and you tell me it’s so,
[G] [C]
traveling through the country is so thrilling,
[G] [C]
standing out in front on opening nights,
[G] [Am]
smiling as you watch the theater filling,
[D] [G]
and there’s your billing out there in lights.
[C] [Am] [C] [F]
There’s no people like show people, they smile when they are low,
[Dm] [G] [C] [A]
angels come from everywhere with lots of jack,
[D] [G] [C] [A]
and when you lose it, there’s no attack,
[Dm] [G] [C] [A]
where could you get money that you don’t give back?
[Dm] [G] [C]
Let’s go on with the show !
[C] [Am] [C] [Am]
There’s no business like show business, like no business I know,
[G] [C]
you get word before the show has started,
[G] [C]
that your favorite uncle died at dawn,
[G] [Am]
top of that, your pa and ma have parted,
[D] [G]
you’re broken-hearted, but you go on.
[C] [Am] [C] [F]
There’s no people like show people, they smile when they are low,
[Dm] [G] [C] [A]
yesterday they told you, you would not go far,
[D] [G] [C] [A]
that night you open, and there you are.
[Dm] [G] [C] [A]
Next day on your dressing room they’ve hung a star,
[Dm] [G] [C]
let’s go on with the show !
