Misc Musicals – Follies - Im Still Here (Guitar)
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Stephen Sondheim - "I'm Still Here"
C7 Absus4/G C7 Absus4/G Good times and bum times, I've seen them all and, my dear, I'm still here C7 Absus4/G Em6 A9 Plush velvet sometimes Sometimes just pretzels and beer, but I'm here D9 G-9 I've stuffed the dailies in my shoes Em9 A-9 Strummed ukuleles, sung the blues Dm11 A7 C7 Absus4/G Seen all my dreams disappear but I'm here. C7 Absus4/G C7 Absus4/G I've slept in shanties, guest of the W.P.A., but I'm here C7 Absus4/G Em6 A9 Danced in my scanties, Three bucks a night was the pay, but I'm here D9 G-9 I've stood on bread lines with the best Em9 A-9 Watched while the headlines did the rest Dm G-9 Em6 A-9 In the depression was I depressed? Nowhere near, Dm G C7 Absus4/G I met a big financier and I'm here C7 Absus4/G C7 Absus4/G I've been through Gandhi, Windsor and Wally's affair, and I'm here C7 Absus4/G Em6 A9 Amos 'n' Andy, Mah-jongg and platinum hair, and I'm here D9 G-9 Em9 A-9 I got through Abie's, Irish Rose, Five Dionne babies, Major Bowes Dm G-9 Em6 A-9 Had heebie-jeebies for Beebe's, Bathysphere Dm G C7 Absus4/G I got through Brenda Frazier, and I'm here G9 F#m7-5 B#9 I've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover Em/G Am6/F# Em/G Gee, that was fun and a half Em A9 A7 When you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover D7sus4 D7 G9 Anything else is a laugh C7 Absus4/G C7 Absus4/G I've been through Reno, I've been through Beverly Hills, and I'm here. C7 Absus4/G Em6 A9 Reefers and vino, rest cures, religion and pills, and I'm here D9 G-9 Em9 A-9 Been called a 'Pinko', commie tool, got through it stinko by my pool Dm G-9 Em9 A-9 I should've gone to an acting school, that seems clear Dm G C7 Absus4/G Still someone said, "She's sincere", so I'm here G9 F#m7-5 B#9 I've gotten through, "Hey, lady, aren't you whoozis? Em/G Am6/F# Em/G Wow, what a looker you were" Em A-9 A7 Or better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were whoozis D7sus4 D7 G9 Whatever happened to her?"
C7 Absus4/G C7 Absus4/G
C7 Absus4/G C7 Absus4/G Stonewell, or wigstock, I've seen 'em all And, my dear, Wer’e still here C7 Absus4/G Em6 A9 Truman, Bush Junior, managed to persevere, and wer’e queer D9 G-9 Em9 A-9 Liza Minnelli, Meryl Strip Elton John and Harvey Milk DM G-9 Em9 A-9 Thank god they were here, and wer’e Queer Dm G-9 C7 Absus4/G Lord knows, because they were there, we are here C7 Absus4/G C7 Absus4/G Show girls, illusions , I've seen 'em all And, my dear, I'm still here C7 Absus4/G Em6 A9 Dick dock, the sand dunes, Sometimes the front or the rear, but I'm here D9 G-9 Em9 A-9 Joes’s in the morning , then to T,Spiritus after midnight, C'est la vie DM G-9 Em9 A-9 The same routine every year, and I'm here DM G-9 Em9 A-9 Lord knows, at least I was there, and I'm queer Dm G-9 C7 Absus4/G C Look who's here, I'm still here