Bm D A Em After the audition, I shook his hand an drove away Bm D A Em Charlie the director, called me on the following day Bm D A Em He offered me the role, he said it was the one I was born to play Bm D A Em Bm D A Em I met the lead actress, on a Thursday afternoon Bm D A Em She looked like Rita Hayworth, she was living in a motel room Bm D A Em Cameras started rolling, on the twenty second day of June Bm D A Em G A Bm D 'Cause everybody knows the show must go on G A Everybody knows Bm D A Em There's hardly any money, everybody worked the scale Bm D A Em Investors stated backing out on the night that Charlie went to jail Bm D A Em Charlie called his father, you know his father put up a bail Bm D A Em Bm D A Em Charlie had a habit, nearly everybody knew Bm D A Em His attitude effected, the entire cast and crew Bm D A Em He finally left the picture, but somehow we made it through Bm D A Em [ G A Bm D 'Cause everybody knows the show must go on Em G G A 'Till the last lines' been delivered, and the curtain is drawn G A Bm D And everybody knows the show must go on Em G 'Till the credits finish rollin' and the patience is gone Bm D A Em Critics crucified me, they were clearly out for blood Bm D A Em They said I'd never work again, and they dragged my name through the mud Bm D A Em But under those conditions, I say I gave the best performance I could Bm D A Em Bm D A Em Waiting outside his house on the night of the big premiere Bm D A Em He came home drunk and he asked me "What the hell are you doing here?" Bm D A Em The gun went off in my hand, you know it left a ringin' in my ear Bm D A Em G A Bm D 'Cause everybody knows the show must go on G A Bm D A Everybody knows the show must go on G A Bm D Everybody knows the show must go on G A Everybody knows Bm D A Em The show must go on Bm D A Em The show must go on
