The Show Must Not Go On

ear – transcribed in about twenty minutes . sounds right – ish; hopefully will be of some
help to those of you playing this lovely song .

capo on 2

Esus G6 F#m7
da da da da da da da da da da dah

B Badd9 Bsus
B
you can bash your head against a wall for years ,
F#
the wall is not impressed .
B Badd9 Bsus
B
or you can take a giant step away only to discover ,
F#
your wound’s already dressed .

E F# B E
it’s not hard to see a beautiful girl ,
E F# B
E
and imagine the life that you could have with her .
E
but you can’t bend time ,
F#
nor bind it up with twine .
B
you can try , try ,
E
you’ll never read her mind .
E
which is fine , fine ,
F# B Badd9 B
’cause she cannot read yours .

B Badd9 Bsus
B
you treat me worse than you treat any stranger .
F#
for my part , i say thanks .
( and you say youre welcome )

B Badd9 Bsus B
i Am like a cobblestone street , and you ,
F#
you’re like 50 sherman tanks .
( thats a lot of sherman tanks )

E F#
roll right over me ,
B E
reduce me to rubble .
E F#
i Am monsieur bovary ,
B E
and you are madame trouble .

E F#
so much that what we so grandly call love ,
B E
is simply in our heads .
E
how many doors slammed closed ,
F#
and stepped – on toes ,
B
and songs composed ,
E
and poems and prose ,
E F# G6
about things we’ve heard in words nobody said .

Esus
the show must not , the show must not ,
G6 F#m7
the show must not go on .

Esus
the show must not , the show must not ,
G6
the show must not go on .
F#m7 Esus
not go on . not go on .

Esus
da dah dah dah
G6
dah dah dah dah dah
F#m7 B
dah dah da

B Badd9 Bsus
B
you can bash your head against a wall forever ,
F#
the wall will never change .
B Badd9 Bsus B
but if you start to like the bloody bruises ,
F#
the wall cannot be blamed .

E F#
i try to make it seem
B E
like i’m over you .

E F# B
E
the blindest man alive can see : it simply isn’t true .
E F#
love only lasts as long as it lasts
B
goes as far as it goes ,
E
and it goes pretty goddamn fast .
E
sometimes love is fun .
F#
sometimes burdensome .
B
sometimes hard up .
E
sometimes hard won .
F# G6
but you only miss it if it’s gone .