Cabaret Chords
Cabaret by Louis Amstrong is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C#. It uses the chords C, C7, F, Dm, Em, A, G, G7 and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
What good is sitting alone in your room
C7
Come, hear the music play
F Dm Em A G G7 C G
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, come to the cabaret
C
Put down that knittin', that book and the broom
C7
It's time for a holiday
F Dm Em A F G7 C
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret
Fm C
Come taste the wine, come hear the band
Dm
Yes, it's time for celebratin'
G G
Right this way, your table's waitin'
C
No use permittin' some prophet of doom
C7
To wipe every smiles away
F Dm Em A F G7 C
Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret
Interlude: F Dm Em A F G7 C C7 F Dm Em A F G7 C
Fm C
Come taste the wine, come hear the band
Dm
Yes, it's time for celebratin'
G G
Right this way, your table's waitin'
C
No thought for admittin' the prince of doom
C7
Yes, it is no longer stayin'
F Dm Em A F Dm Em A
Life is a cabaret, old chum, only a cabaret, old chum
F G G7 C G C
So come to the cabaret