Chords
A Showmans Life

Key: F

Introduction:

                                             F                                         C  
A showman's life is a smokey bar and
                                  Dm                                 Bb  
The fevered chase of a tiny star
                                  Dm                                         Bb  
It's a hotel room and a lonely wife
                                        F                                                 C  
From what I've seen of a showman's life
                                                                     F  
Nobody told me about this part
Bb                                                                 F  
They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine and
          C                                              F  
The money and the good times
        Bb                                                                                                 Dm                         C                    Bb  Bb/A  
Gm  
No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
                F  
Well, I might have known it
C                                                                 F                         C  
But nobody told me about this part
                             F                                            C  
A boy will dream as children do
                                             Dm                                                              Bb  
Of a great white way, 'til the dream comes true
                                  Dm                                            Bb  
And a phoney smile in a colored light
                          F                                            C  
Is all it is to a showman's life
                                                          F  
Nobody told me about this part
Bb                                                                 F  
They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine and
          C                                              F  
The money and the good times
        Bb                                                                                                 Dm                            C                 Bb  Bb/A  
Gm  
No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
                  F  
Well, I might have known it
C                                                                 F                         C  
But nobody told me about this part
SOLO
C                                                                    F  
Nobody told me about this part
Bb                                                                 F  
They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine and
          C                                              F  
The money and the good times
        Bb                                                                                                 Dm                            C                 Bb  Bb/A  
Gm  
No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
                  F  
Well, I might have known it
C                                                                 F                         Bb  
But nobody told me about this part
                  F  
Well, I might have known it
C                                                                 F  
But nobody told me about this part
Brady Blade            drums