Song Name: | There's No Business Like Show Business | By: | Irving Berlin |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | C | Genre: | Musical |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2010-10-19 10:10:21 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THERE�S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
By: Irving Berlin From: �Annie Get Your Gun� Key: C 7 8 5 5 5 7 5 5 There's no bus-�ness like show bus-�ness 5 7 5 5 5 6 Like no bus-�ness I know -4 5 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -8 8 8 Ev-'ry-thing a-bout it is ap-peal-ing -4 5 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -8 8 Ev-'ry-thing the traf-fic will al-low -4 5 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -8 8 8 No-where could you get that hap-py feel-ing -7 -8 8 -9 -9 -8 -7 -8 -7 When you are steal-ing that ex-tra bow 7 8 5 5 5 7 5 5 There's no peo-ple like show peo-ple 5 7 5 5 5 -7 They smile when they are low -5 6 -6 7 -7 -8 8 -9 10 10 9* Ev-en with a tur-key that you know will fold -7 -9 -9 -8 -7 7 8 8 -7 You may be strand-ed out in the cold -5 6 -6 7 -7 -8 8 -9 10 10 9* Still you would-n't change it for a sack of gold -7 -9 -8 8 -9 9 Let's go on with the show [2] The costumes, the scen'ry, the make-up, the props The audience that lifts you when you're down The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops The sheriff who escorts you out of town The opening when your heart beats like a drum The closing when the customers won't come There's no business like show business Like no business I know You get word before the show has started That your favorite uncle died at dawn Top of that, your ma and pa have parted You're broken-hearted, but you go on There's no people like show people They don't run out of dough Yesterday they told you you would not go far That night you open and there you are Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star Let's go on with the show [3] The cowboys, the tumblers, the wrestlers, the clowns The roustabouts who move the show at dawn The music, the spotlight, the people, the towns Your baggage with the labels pasted on The sawdust and the horses and the smell The towel you've taken from the last hotel There's no business like show business If you tell me it's so Trav'ling thro' the country will be thrilling Standing out in front on opening nights Smiling as you watch the benches filling And your billing out there in lights There's no people like show people They don't run out of dough Angels come from ev'rywhere with lots of jack And when you lose it, there's no attack Where could you get money that you don't give back Let's go on with the show |