F#             B    F# C#
What if the show didn't go ooo-ooo-on?
           F#       C#
What if we all got jobs
    B      F#          C#
And got to bed before dawn?
            F#            B   F#   C#
What if old Joe had to retiii-iii-ire?
            F#         C#           B   F#   C#
What if all the stage hands were let go or fired?
                          B           F#
That's just like what the world would be
   C#               B
If you fell out of love with me


[Chorus]
                 F#
I can't let this happen to you
                 B
Don't you let it happen to me
               C#                  B
What would our friends and family say?
              F#        C#
If they could only see
                F#
If you let this happen to us
                     B
Don't think you'd be setting me free
          C#             B
Wasn't it you and I who made
             F#        C#
Promises of eternity?


[Verse 2]
            F#               B   F#   C#
What if the lights didn't go ooo-ooo-on?
            F#      C#
What if the velvet curtain
B      F#        C#
Had to be taken down?
            F#                  B    F#   C#
What if the clowns couldn't be clooo-ooo-owns?
              F#       C#
And all those painted smiles
     B     F#         C#
Gave in to plaintive frowns
            F#                 B  F#   C#
What if no show ever happened aga-aaa-ain?
   F#          C#           B       F#          C#
No Seven,  no eight and a half, no nine, and no ten
                   B    F#
All numbers and no mystery
   C#           B
No promise of eternity


[Chorus]
                 F#
I can't let this happen to you
                 B
Don't you let it happen to me
               C#                  B
What would our friends and family say?
              F#        C#
If they could only see
                F#
If you let this happen to us
                     B
Don't think you'd be setting me free
          C#             B
Wasn't it you and I who made
             F#        C#
Promises of eternity?


[Chorus]
                 F#
I can't let this happen to you
                 B
Don't you let it happen to me
               C#                  B
What would our friends and family say?
              F#        C#
If they could only see
                F#
If you let this happen to us
                     B
Don't think you'd be setting me free
          C#             B     F#
Wasn't it you and I who made
          C#             B
Wasn't it you and I who made
N.C.
Promises of eternity?