The Show Must Not Go On

ear - transcribed in about twenty minutes . sounds right - ish; hopefully will be of some help to those of you playing this lovely song . capo on 2 Esus G6 F#m7 da da da da da da da da da da dah B Badd9 Bsus B you can bash your head against a wall for years , F# the wall is not impressed . B Badd9 Bsus B or you can take a giant step away only to discover , F# your wound’s already dressed . E F# B E it’s not hard to see a beautiful girl , E F# B E and imagine the life that you could have with her . E but you can’t bend time , F# nor bind it up with twine . B you can try , try , E you’ll never read her mind . E which is fine , fine , F# B Badd9 B ’cause she cannot read yours . B Badd9 Bsus B you treat me worse than you treat any stranger . F# for my part , i say thanks . ( and you say youre welcome ) B Badd9 Bsus B i Am like a cobblestone street , and you , F# you’re like 50 sherman tanks . ( thats a lot of sherman tanks ) E F# roll right over me , B E reduce me to rubble . E F# i Am monsieur bovary , B E and you are madame trouble . E F# so much that what we so grandly call love , B E is simply in our heads . E how many doors slammed closed , F# and stepped - on toes , B and songs composed , E and poems and prose , E F# G6 about things we’ve heard in words nobody said . Esus the show must not , the show must not , G6 F#m7 the show must not go on . Esus the show must not , the show must not , G6 F#m7 the show must not go on . Esus the show must not , the show must not , G6 the show must not go on . F#m7 Esus not go on . not go on . Esus da dah dah dah G6 dah dah dah dah dah F#m7 B dah dah da B Badd9 Bsus B you can bash your head against a wall forever , F# the wall will never change . B Badd9 Bsus B but if you start to like the bloody bruises , F# the wall cannot be blamed . E F# i try to make it seem B E like i’m over you . E F# B E the blindest man alive can see : it simply isn’t true . E F# love only lasts as long as it lasts B goes as far as it goes , E and it goes pretty goddamn fast . E sometimes love is fun . F# sometimes burdensome . B sometimes hard up . E sometimes hard won . F# G6 but you only miss it if it’s gone . Esus the show must not , the show must not , G6 F#m7 the show must not go on . Esus the show must not , the show must not , G6 F#m7 the show must not go on . Esus the show must not , the show must not , G6 the show must not go on . F#m7 Esus not go on . not go on . Esus da dah dah dah G6 dah dah dah dah dah F#m7 B dah dah da