The Entertainer
Scott JoplinVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Now the curtain is going up,
The entertainer is taking a bow,
Does his dance step and sings his song,
Even gets all the audience to sing along,
Yes, he knows just what he must do,
Knows how to bring down the house when hes through,
Snappy patter and jokes, he knows what pleases the folks,
The entertainer, the star of the show.
It was in vaudeville and he was on the bill,
With all the singers, dancers, acrobats and clowns,
There was a dancing bear, even a dog act there,
And a comedian who never let em down,
But, when he came on to do his favrite song,
He really wowed em in the cities and the towns,
They came from near and far, to see the vaudeville star,
The entertainer!
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Readable chord sheet for The Entertainer by Scott Joplin
[D]Now the cur[D7]tain i[G]s going up, The entert[D]ainer is ta[A7]king a [D]bow, Does his dance step and [D7]sings his s[G]ong, Even g[E7]ets all the audience to s[A7]ing [G]alo[A7]ng, Yes, he k[D]nows just what [D7]he must [G]do, Knows how to b[D]ring down the h[A7]ouse when hes [D]through, Snappy patter and j[D7]okes, he knows what [G]pleases the [Gm]folks, The entert[D]ainer, the s[A7]tar of the s[D]how. It was in vaudeville and he was [D7]on the bill, With all the s[G]ingers, dancers, a[Gm]crobats and c[D]lowns, There was a dancing bear, even a dog act there, And a com[A]edian who n[E7]ever let em d[A]own, But, when [D]he came on to do his f[D7]avrite song, He really [G]wowed em in the [Gm]cities and the t[D]own[D7]s, They came from n[G]ear and f[Ab]ar, to see the v[D]audeville star, The [E7]enter[A7]tain[D]er!