Balthazar, impresario chords by Frank Turner
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Verse 1
(D major) My name is Balthazar,
Impresario
And you'll find (G major) me at the
bottom (D major) of the page
I have artist's hands,
though I'm a working man
But my (G major) craft has been forgotten by the (D major) age
So tonight (A major) will be my last night
(D major) on the stage
(G major) (Gsus2)
Verse 2
(G major)
This (D major) is my family's trade,
my father built this place
At the turning (G major) of the twentieth century
(D major) I have been working here,
for some fifty years
But the young (E minor) these days
are glued to TV (G major) screens (D major)
And the (A major) old girl is dying (G major) on
her feet
(Dsus4) (G major) (Dsus4)
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Verse 3
Once more (D major) to the boards (B minor)
One more curtain (D major) call
Give the crowd (E minor) everything they're
asking for and (Dsus4) more
Always (D major) make them (B minor) laugh
Try to make them (D major) cry
Always take the stage (E minor) like it's the last
night of your (D major) life
(A major) (G major) (Gsus2)
Verse 4
(G major)
My (D major) friends from theatre school all
thought I was a fool
For leaving (E minor) (G major) Shakespeare
for the music (D major) hall
And now my son's left home,
and set out on his own
And the critics (G major) think we're
(Asus4) quaint but set (G major) to (D major) fall
But they've (A major) only seen the show
from (G major) the stalls
(D major)
Verse 5
(Dsus4) Once (D major) more to the boards (E minor)
(B minor) One more curtain (D major) call
Give the crowd (E minor) everything they're
asking for and (D major) more
Always make them (B minor) laugh
Try to make them (D major) cry
Always take the stage (E minor) like it's
the last night of your (D major) life
Verse 6
And all the things I've seen (B minor)
behind these tattered seams (D major)
And all the upturned (E minor) faces with
the lamplight in their (D major) eyes
And each imperfect (B minor) turn
flickers as it (D major) burns
Only (Gsus2) last (D major) s a mo (E minor) ment but
for me they'll never die
(Asus4)
Verse 7
(A major)
We are re (G major) spected
We're not remembered (Asus4)
We are the ghost (A major) s of Vaudeville (Gsus2)
(G major) Unnumbered
(Gsus2) (G major) (Asus4)
Verse 8
We are the
fathers (D major) of the halls (G major)
(Gsus2) Yeah (G major) but we'll never
be fam (Asus4) ous
We aren't just artists,
(A major) we are something (D major) (G major) (Gsus2) more:
We're enter (G major) tainers (Gsus2) (D major) (Dsus4) (G major)
(B minor)
Interlude 1
(D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major)
(E minor) (D major) (A major) (D major) (E minor)
I smooth (D major) my
Verse 9
thinning hair
in a gilded mirror
To try (G major) to hide the tell- signs (D major) of my age
My name is Balthazar, Impresario
And to (G major) night will be my last
night on the stage.
(D major) (A major) (E minor)
Balthazar, impresario
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