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?
