Intro: GGC
I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand
CGCD
Another Serenader and another long-haired band
GC
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts
CD
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
AmC
And I won't be here in another year
DG
If I don't stay on the charts
GC
I am the entertainer and I've had to pay my price
CGCD
The things I did not know at first I learned by doin' twice
GC
Ah, but still they come to haunt me, still they want their say
CD
So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
AmC
I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
DG
And they go their merry way
GC
I am the entertainer, been all around the world
CGCD
I've played all kinds of palaces and laid all kinds of girls
GC
I can't remember faces, I don't remember names
CD
Ah, but what the hell, You know it's just as well
AmC
'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
DG
It all becomes the same
GC
I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs
CGCD
I'd like to spend a day or two, but I can't stay that long
GC
No, I've got to meet expenses, I got to stay in line
CD
Gotta get those fees to the agencies
AmC
And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
DG
So I just don't have the time
GC
I am the entertainer, I come to do my show
CGCD
You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio
GC
Ah, it took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life
CD
It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long
AmC
If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit
DG
So they cut it down to 3:05
GC
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age
CGCD
I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage
GC
Ah, you've seen me in the papers, I've been in the magazines
CD
But if I go cold I won't get sold
AmC
I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
DG
Like another can of beans
G(let ring) C(let ring)
I am the entertainer, and I know just where I stand
C(let ring) GCD
Another Serenader and another long-haired band
G(let ring) C(let ring)
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts
CD
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
AmC
I won't be here in another year
DG
If I don't stay on the charts
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.