The Entertainer Chords by Billy Joel

[Start]

[Intro]

[Verse]
G Gsus4 G                     
■ ■     ■ I am the entertainer
           C                 
And I know just where I stand
        G        
Another serenader
    D                       
And another long haired band
G                       
Today I am your champion
  C                       
I may have won your hearts
                           Am            
But I know the game you'll forget my name
                       C           
And I won't be here in another year
     D                 G     
If I don't stay on the charts
         G          
I am the entertainer
         C                  
And I've had to pay my price
                     G            
The things I did not know at first
                   D    
I learned by doin' twice
       G                          
Ah but still they come to haunt me
Em                    C  
Still they want their say
                                D               
So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
      A7                    C                
I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
         D              G  
And they go their merry way


[Chorus]
G                   
I am the entertainer
C                        
Been all around the world
                         G      
I've played all kinds of palaces
    C                 D    
And laid all kinds of girls
  G                   
I can't remember faces
C       Dm7      C    
I don't remember names
   C                
Ah but what the hell
         D                
You know it's just as well
Am                         C             
'cause after a while and a thousand miles
D                  G   
It all becomes the same


[Verse]
G7                  
I am the entertainer
                  C     G7
I bring to you my songs ■ 
    C               G         
I'd like to spend a day or two
                  D   
I can't stay that long
        G                   
No I've got to meet expenses
  C                  
I got to stay in line
                        D           
Gotta get those fees to the agencies
        Am7                      C           
And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
     D                   G   
So I just don't have the time


[Chorus]
G                   
I am the entertainer
  Em            C   
I come to do my show
                       G     
You've heard my latest record
     C           D    
It's been on the radio
      G                        
Ah it took me years to write it
              C                    
They were the best years of my life
         C             
It was a beautiful song
       C           
But it ran too long
          Am              
If you're gonna have a hit
    C                
You gotta make it fit
   D                           G   
So they cut it down to three o five
         G          
I am the entertainer
            C     
The idol of my age
                    G    
I make all kinds of money
                 D    
When I go on the stage
          G                    
Ah you've seen me in the papers
                 C        
I've been in the magazines
                   D             
But if I go cold I won't get sold
         Am                     C            
I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
D                   G    
Like another can of beans
G                   
I am the entertainer
      C                      
And I know just where I stand
C                
Another serenader
G   C                       
And another long haired band
G                       
Today I am your champion
C                         
I may have won your hearts
               Cmaj7                 C   
But I know the game you'll forget my name
  Am7                      Cmaj7
I won't be here in another year 
     C                       
If I don't stay on the charts


[Outro]
G C G C G D G
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