Louis Armstrong – Cabaret (Guitar)

C 
What good is sitting alone in your room, 

                     C7 
come, hear the music play! 

F         Dm  Em       A     F        G7  C   
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, come to the cabaret. 

C 
Put down that knittin', that book and the broom, 

                   C7 
it's time for a holiday. 

F         Dm  Em       A        F           G7  C 
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret. 

               Fm                  C 
Come taste the wine, come hear the band, 

         Am 
yes, it's time for celebratin'. 

G                    G 
Right this way, your table's waitin'. 

C 
No use permittin' some prophet of doom 

                      C7 
to wipe every smiles away. 

F         Dm  Em       A        F           G7  C 
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret. 

               Fm                  C 
Come taste the wine, come hear the band, 

          Am 
yes, it's time for celebratin'. 

G                    G 
Right this way, your table's waitin'. 

C 
No thought for admittin' the prince of doom, 

                     C7 
yes, it is no longer stayin'. 

F         Dm  Em       A     F      Dm  Em       A 
Life is a cabaret, old chum, only a cabaret, old chum, 

   F           G G7 C    G C 
so come to the caba-ret.