Verse 1: A E A E What good is sitting alone in your room? A AMaj7 A7 Come hear the music play Chorus: D6 Ebdim7 Dbm Gb7 Life is a cab - a - ret, old chum Bm7 E7 A Come to the Cab - a - ret Verse 2: A E A E Put down the knitting, the book and the broom A AMaj7 A7 It's time for a hol-i-day Chorus: D6 Ebdim7 Dbm Gb7 Life is a cab - a - ret, old chum Bm7 E7 A Come to the Cab - a - ret Bridge: Dm Come taste the wine A Come hear the band Gbm Gbm7 Come blow a horn, start celebrating E7 Right this way, your table's waiting Verse 3: A E A E What good's permitting some prophet of doom A AMaj7 A7 To wipe every smile away Chorus: D6 Ebdim7 Dbm Gb7 Life is a cab - a - ret, old chum Bm7 E7 A Come to the Cab - a - ret Middle section: A E A I used to have this girlfriend known as Elsie A E A With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea E7 Gbm She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower B E As a matter of fact she rented by the hour A E A The day she died the neighbors came to snicker A E A "Well, that's what comes from too much pills and liquor." E7 Gbm But when I saw her laid out like a Queen D E A She was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen Ab7 Dbm I think of Elsie to this very day B E I remember how she'd turn to me and say Verse 4: A E A E What good is sitting alone in your room? A AMaj7 A7 Come hear the music play Chorus: D6 Ebdim7 Dbm Gb7 Life is a cab - a - ret, old chum Bm7 E7 A Come to the Cab - a - ret Bridge: Dm A And as for me, as for me Gbm Gbm7 B7 I made my mind up back in Chelsea E7 Gb7 When I go, I'm going like Elsie Verse 5: B Gb B Gb Start by admitting from cradle to tomb B Bm7 B7 It isn't that long a stay Chorus: E Fdim7 Ebm Ab7 Life is a cab - a - ret, old chum E Fdim7 Ebm Ab7 It's only a cab - a - ret, old chum Dbm7 Gb7 B And I love a Cab - a - ret
