The Entertainer chords by Billy Joel (Official Version)
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I am the entertainer
C
And I know just where I stand
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Another serenader
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D
and another long-haired band
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Today I am your champion
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I may have won your hearts
D
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
Am
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And I won't be here in another year
D
If I don't stay on the charts
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Verse 2
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I am the entertainer
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And I've had to pay my price
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The things I did not know at first
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D
I learned by doin' twice
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Ah, but still they come to haunt me
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Still they want their say
So I've learned to dance
D
with a hand in my pants
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C
Let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
D
And they go their merry way
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Verse 3
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I am the entertainer
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Been all around the world
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I've played all kinds of palaces
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D
And laid all kinds of girls
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I can't remember faces
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I don't remember names
Ah, but what the hell?
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You know it's just as well
Am
C
'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
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It all becomes the same
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Verse 4
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I am the entertainer
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I bring to you my songs
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I'd like to spend a day or two
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I can't stay that long
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Naw, I got to meet expenses
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I got to stay in line
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Gotta get those fees to the agencies
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And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
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So I just don't have the time
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Verse 5
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I am the entertainer
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I come to do my show
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You heard my latest record
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D
It's been on the radio
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Ah, it took me years to write it
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They were the best years of my life
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It was a beautiful song but it ran too long
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C
If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit
D
So they cut it down to 3:05
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Verse 6
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I am the entertainer
C/E
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C
The idol of my age
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I make all kinds of money
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D
When I go on the stage
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Ah, you've seen me in the papers
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I've been in the magazines
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But if I go cold I won't get sold
Am
C
I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
D
Like another can of beans
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Verse 7
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I am the entertainer
C/E
C/D
C
And I know just where I stand
G/B
Another serenader
C
D
and another long-haired band
G
Today I am your champion
C/E
C/D
C
I may have won your hearts
D
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
Am
C
I won't be here in another year
D
If I don't stay on the charts
G
G
G
G
Outro 1
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The Entertainer
Billy Joel
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