A Showmans Life

[Intro ]
D   A   Bm D  G D/F# Em7 



[Verso 1]
 
             D               A 
A showman's life is a smoky bar 
                 Bm        D  G 
And the fevered chase of a tiny star 
              Bm         A   G 
It's a hotel room and a lonely wife 
                D                   A 
From what I've seen of a showman's life 
 


[Refrão]
 
N.C.                  D       D  G 
Nobody told me about this part 
                            D 
They told me all about the pretty girls 

And the wine 
         A 
And the money 
              D 
And the good times 

        G 
And no mention of all the wear and tear 
      Bm   A              G   D/F# Em 
On an old honky-tonker's heart 

     D                 A 
Well, I mighta known it 
                          D        D  A 
But nobody told me about this part 
 


[Verso 2]
 
N.C.        D                A 
A boy will dream as children do 
                 Bm            A     G 
Of a Great White Way 'til the dream comes true 
             Bm                  G 
And a phony smile and a colored light 
          D                  A 
Is all it is to a showman's life 
 


[Refrão]
 
                      D       D  G 
Nobody told me about this part 
                            D 
They told me all about the pretty girls 

And the wine 
         A 
And the money 
              D 
And the good times 

    G 
No mention of all the wear and tear 
      Bm   A              G   D/F# Em 
On an old honky-tonker's heart 

     D                  A 
Well, I mighta known it 
                          D        D  A 
But nobody told me about this part 


{Instrumental/Solo} 
D   A   Bm   G 
Bm   G   D   A 
 


[Refrão]
 
                      D       D  G 
Nobody told me about this part 
                            D 
They told me all about the pretty girls 

And the wine 
         A 
And the money 
              D 
And the good times 

        G 
And no mention of all the wear and tear 
      Bm   A              G   D/F# Em 
On an old honky-tonker's heart 

     D                 A 
Well, I mighta known it 
                          D 
But nobody told me about this part 

G            D 
Mm mm mm mm, I mighta known it 
A N.C.                      D 
  But nobody told me about this part 

           D 
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