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?