Key: Ab major
Verse 1
G
Cm
Ddim
I used to be the king,
Cm
D
G
the best of everything was mine
Cm
G
the biggest bathrooms at the Ritz.
Cm
G
believe you,
Cm
G
Cm
G
We believe you, thousands couldn't.
Cm
Ddim
I used to be the king. The king!
G
Cm
A Ziegfeld, so they'd say.
My shows were always filled with class,
Ab
F#
You couldn't call me crass in any way.
Db
Ab
Dbm
Gbm
Ab
We be lieve you, thou sands more eggs,
Dbm
Ab
We believe you, every word.
Dbm
Ab
We believe you, thousands more eggs,
Dbm
G#
C#m
We believe each word we've heard
But, straight,
F#m
G#
C#m
there was a time when I was born
C#
A
G#m
There was a time when each and every play
G#
C#m
F#m
A
I touched would turn to gold
A
Am
And what a time!
F#dim
B
Bm
Em
And his shoes were al ways new!
F
Em
Now I wear a rented tux
D
Dm
D
For me, I'll be what a schmoozer!
Dm
G
Cm
Ab
Fm
Cm
C
G
Bm
Such reviews!
How dare they insult me in this manner!
How quickly they forget
I am Max Bialystock,
the first producer ever to do summer
stock in the winter!
in the Round?
You're looking at the man
who invented
Theatre in the square.
Nobody had a good seat.
C#m
I've spent my entire life in the theater.
G
G#
I was a protégé of the great Boris
C#m
G
To mashevsky.
I'll never forget.
G
Em
He turned to me on his deathbed
and said, Maxillin,
Hayden took a guts and kosh
I don't speak Yiddish.
But in my heart,
I knew what he was saying.
He was saying when you're
down and out
and everybody think
Ebm
Cm
that's the time to stand up
on your two feet and shout,
F
Bb
who do you have to fuck
Gbm
Yeah!
Interlude 1
Gbm
Db
Gb
Db
Gbm
D
F#m
F#
D#m
G#
Bb
Ebm
Gbm
Ddim
D
F#m
D
C#
F#
Bm
B
Verse 2
C#
F#
D
Bm
I'll be the king of all Broadway
F#
Bm
D
And be on top
Bm
F#
Bm
F#
to stay
G
Bm
There'll be gala open
I'll go from dark to bright again
I'll never suffer slights again
I'll taste those sweet delights again
No plethora of flights again
No blossoming of blights again
No frantic fits or frights again
Cm
G
Cm
G
Fame is in my sights again
G
G
I'm gonna scale the heights again
Be our liftstock, we'll never stop
G
Ddim
we'll be on top
Again!
I'll be on top again!
Hey!
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
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