Verse:
G7
I remember when I was a very little girl
           C7
Our house caught on fire
                                  G7
I'll never forget the look on my father's face
         C7
As he gathered me up in his arms
     C
And raced through the burning building onto the pavement
F                 D
And I stood there shivering in my pajamas
   G7                 C
And watched the whole world go up in flames
                   F       C
And when it was all over I said to myself
Bb                         C
"Is that all there is to a fire?"

Chorus:
C                   G7
Is that all there is?
G7
Is that all there is?
G7                                                 Cm7
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
      F7            Cm7      Ebm7    Bb
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
          A7  Eb7    D7
If that's all  there is

Verse:
    Cm
And when I was 12 years old
    Eb
My daddy took me to the circus,
    Cm               Eb
The greatest show on earth
           Cm                         Eb
There were clowns and elephants, dancing bears
      Bb
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads
Cm              Eb
As I sat there watching
          Cm                          Eb
I had the feeling that something was missing
              Cm
I don't know what
                       Eb
When it was all over I said to myself
Bb
"Is that all there is to the circus?"

Chorus:
                   G7
Is that all there is?
G7
Is that all there is?
G7                                                 Cm7
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
      F7            Cm7      Ebm7    Bb
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
          A7  Eb7  D7
If that's all  there is

Verse:
   Cm              Eb
And then I fell in love
         Cm                            Eb
With the most wonderful boy in the world
                                     Cm
We'd take long walks down by the river
               Eb                    Bb
Or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes
                             Cm
We were so very much in love
                   Eb
Then one day he went away
Cm                     Eb
And I thought I'd die, but I didn't
Cm                 Eb
And when I didn't, I said to myself
Bb
"Is that all there is to love?"

Coda:
                   G7
Is that all there is?
G7
Is that all there is?
G7                                                 Cm7
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep....

Verse:
Cm                       Eb
I know what you must be saying to yourselves
 Cm                                   Eb
"If that's the way she feels about it, why doesn't she just end it all?"
Cm      Eb
Oh, no. Not me
                       Bb
I'm not ready for that final disappointment
Cm                                Eb
Cause I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you
 Cm                                      Eb
And when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my last breath,
Bb
I'll be saying to myself

Chorus:
                   G7
Is that all there is?
G7
Is that all there is?
G7                                                 Cm7
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
      F7            Cm7      Ebm7    Bb
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
          A7  Eb7  D7
If that's all  there is