E (022100@1)              BA (x2444x@1)showman?s life is a smokey bar 
                C#m (x13321@4)           A (x02220@1)
And the fevered chase of a tiny star 
             C#m (x13321@4)             A (x02220@1) 
It?s a hotel room and a lonely wife 
               E (022100@1)                 B (x2444x@1)                       E (022100@1)From what I?ve seen of a showman?s life nobody told me about this part 


A (x02220@1)                        E (022100@1)
They told me all about the pretty girls 
        E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1)           E (022100@1)
And the wine and the money and the good times, 
           A (x02220@1)There?s no mention of all the wear and tear, 
      C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_x2444x@1">B              A (x02220@1)    
On an old honky tonker?s heart 
     E (022100@1)Well I might of known it, 
   B (x2444x@1)                   E (022100@1)But nobody told me about this part  
 
A boy will dream as children do 

Of a great white way until the dream comes true 

And a phony smile in a colored light 

Is all there is to a showman?s life nobody told me about this part 
 
Chorus 
 
But nobody told me about this part 
 
Chorus 
 
Well I might of known it 

But nobody told me about this part