Retired Showman chords by
Rex Dallas

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Key: A major

Verse 1
G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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As the firelight is casting,
C C 
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Flickering shadows on the wall,
G G 
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We see a grey -haired gentleman
C C 
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Come slowly walking down the hall.
Bb Bb 
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He sits down by the fireside,
F F 
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C C 
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his eyes are filled with tears
G G 
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Then this old retired showman
C C 
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drifts back through the years
Bb Bb 
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He sees his name in bright lights,
F F 
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C C 
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a star in his own right
G G 
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He hears the crowd applauding,
C C 
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his act on opening night
Bb Bb 
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The cheering of little children,
F F 
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C C 
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as he sings a song for them
G G 
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Fans and friends were many,
C C 
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oh his name was big back then
Are the nights he brought
the house down,
G G 
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Said they'd never get his name,
And the way he picked a guitar,
C C 
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Why he'd put them all to shame.
He recalls the standing ovations,
G G 
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As he took his final bow,
Then for a moment he stops to wonder,
C C 
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would they applaud him now?
For his fingers are all feeble and
G G 
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his voice is nearly gone
He can't even press the strings down,
C C 
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let alone sing a song
Only memories left to haunt him.
G G 
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Memories from the days now past.
He's become what they call in the show world,
C C 
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one of the old forgotten past.
Bb Bb 
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Shadows on the wall are fading,
F F 
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C C 
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as the fire slowly dies.
G G 
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We see a grey -haired gentleman
C C 
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gently close his eyes
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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This old retired showman
C C 
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no more will feel the pain
G G 
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For he's gone to join the angels where
C C 
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he'll sing his songs again
G G 
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He's gone to join the angels
Bb Bb 
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Where he'll sing his songs again

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG C Bb F

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