Balthazar, impresario Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]My name is Balthazar,
Impresario
[G]And you'll find me at the
[D]bottom of the page
I have artist's hands,
though I'm a working man
But my [G]craft has been forgotten by the [D]age
So to[A]night will be my last night
[D]on the stage
[G][Gsus2]

[Verse 2]
[G]
This [D]is my family's trade,
my father built this place
At [G]the turning of the twentieth century
[D]I have been working here,
for some fifty years
[Em]But the young these days
are glued [G]to TV [D]screens
And the [A]old girl is dying [G]on
her feet
[Dsus4][G][Dsus4]

[Verse 3]
Once more [D]to [Bm]the boards
One more curtain [D]call
Give the crowd [Em]everything they're
asking for and [Dsus4]more
Always [D]make them [Bm]laugh
Try to make them [D]cry
Always take [Em]the stage like it's the last
night of your [D]life
[A][G][Gsus2]

[Verse 4]
[G]
My [D]friends from theatre school all
thought I was a fool
[Em]For leaving [G]Shakespeare
for the music [D]hall
And now my son's left home,
and set out on his own
[G]And the critics think we're
[Asus4]quaint bu[G]t set to[D] fall
But they've [A]only seen the show
[G]from the stalls
[D]

[Verse 5]
[Dsus4]Once more to t[D]he board[Em]s
[Bm]One more curtain call[D]
Give the crowd [Em]everything they're
asking for and [D]more
Always make them [Bm]laugh
Try to make them [D]cry
Always take [Em]the stage like it's
the last night of your [D]life

[Verse 6]
And all the things [Bm]I've seen
behind these tattered [D]seams
And all the upturned [Em]faces with
the lamplight in their [D]eyes
And each imperfect [Bm]turn
flickers as it [D]burns
[Gsus2]Only last[D]s a moment[Em] but
for me they'll never die
[Asus4]

[Verse 7]
[A]
We are re[G]spected
We're not re[Asus4]membered
We are the ghost[A]s o[Gsus2]f Vaudeville
[G]Unnumbered
[Gsus2][G][Asus4]

[Verse 8]
We are the
fathers [D]of [G]the halls
[Gsus2]Yeah but we'll[G] never
be fam[Asus4]ous
We aren't just artists,
[A]we [D]are something [G]mor[Gsus2]e:
We're [G]enter[Gsus2]tainers[D][Dsus4][G]
[Bm]

[Interlude 1]
[D][Em][G][D]
[Em][D][A][D][Em]
[D]I smooth my

[Verse 9]
thinning hair
in a gilded mirror
[G]To try to hide the tell- signs [D]of my age
My name is Balthazar, Impresario
And to[G]night will be my last
night on the stage.
[D][A][Em]