Frank Turner - Balthazar Impresario (Third Version)
 Frank Turner - Balthazar Impresario Third Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Frank Turner. Other chords and tabs for the "Balthazar Impresario" can find at the bottom of the page. Verse. 1.My Name is Bal-tha-zar Im-pre--sar--i---o and you'll find me at the bottom of the page. 1.I have artist's hands, though I'm a working man, but my craft has been forgotten by the age. 2.This is my family's trade; my father built this place at the turning of the 20th century. 2.I have been working here for some 50 years, but the young these days are glued to TV screens, D D /-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------2/ /-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------------------3/ /-2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /-0-------------------4-------------------4-----------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /-----------------------------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 1.So tonight will be my last night on the stage. 2.and the old girl is dying on her feet. G 2---2---------------------------3/ 3---3----------------------------/ 2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/ --------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/ --------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/ --------------------------------3/ Chorus. Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# Once more to the boards, one more curtain call, Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more. /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/ Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# Always make 'em laugh, try to make 'em cry, Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life. /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/ G -------------------------3/ --------------------------/ -0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/ -2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/ -0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/ -------------------------3/ 1.My friends from theater school all thought I was a fool for leaving Shakespeare for the music hall 1.And now my son's left home, and set out on his own, and the critics think we're quaint, but set to fall, D D /-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------2/ /-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------------------3/ /-2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /-0-------------------4-------------------4-----------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /-----------------------------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 1.but they've only seen the show from the stalls. G 2---2---------------------------3/ 3---3----------------------------/ 2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/ --------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/ --------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/ --------------------------------3/ Chorus. Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# Once more to the boards, one more curtain call, Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more. /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/ Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# Always make 'em laugh, try to make 'em cry, Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life. /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/ Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# And all the things I've seen behind these tattered scenes, And all the upturned faces with the lamplight in their eyes, /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/ Dsus/A Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# And each imperfect turn flickers as it burns, Only lasts a moment, but for me they'll never die. Asus/F# /------------------------0/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--0/ /------------------------3/ Bridge. Gmaj7 We are respected, Asus/F# But we're not remembered. Gmaj7 We are the ghosts of Vaudeville, Asus/F# Unnumbered. Gmaj7 We are the fathers of the halls, Asus/F# But we will never be famous. Gmaj7 We aren't just artists, we are something more: We're entertainers. Post Bridge. Dsus/A --> Bm(Maj7) Asus/F# --> /------------------------2/ /------------------------3/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /-------------------------/ D Adim /---------2---2----------------------2---2----------------------2---2----------0/ /-----3-----------3--------------3-----------3-------------3-----------3-------0/ /-2-------------------2--------------------------2-------------------------2---0/ /----------------------------0-------------------------------------------------4/ /-------------------------0h2---------------------------0----------------------2/ /----------------------------------------------------0h2-----------------------0/ Outro. 1.I smooth my thinning hair in a gilded mirror To try to hide the tell-signs of my age. 1.My name is Balthazar, Impresario, And tonight will be my last night on the stage. D D /-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------2/ /-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------------------3/ /-2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---4---2---2---2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2/ /-0-------------------4-------------------4-----------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0--0/ /-----------------------------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0---/ /------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ G 2---2---------------------------3/ 3---3----------------------------/ 2---2---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---/ --------2--4--2--4--2--0--0--0---/ --------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--2/ --------------------------------3/ |
