Intro: AmGFEVerse 1:
BARNUM
Am
Right here, right now
G
I'll put the offer out
F
I don't wanna chase you down
E
But I know you see it
Am
You run with me
G
And I can cut you free
F
Out of the drudgery the
E
walls you keep in
F
So trade that typical
C
For something colorful
GAmG
And if it's crazy live a little crazy
F
You can play it sensible
CA king of conventional
D7E7
Or you can risk it all and see
Chorus:
BARNUM
FC
Don't you wanna get away
GAmG
From the same old part you gotta play
FCG
'Cause I got what you need to come with me and take the ride
AmG
It'll take you to the other side
F
'Cause you can do like you do
C
Or you can do like me
GAmG
Stay in the cage or you finally take the key
FCG
Oh! Damn! Suddenly you're free to fly
EAm
It'll take you to the other side
Verse 2:
PHILLIP
Am
Okay, my friend
G
You wanna cut me in
F
Well I hate to tell you,
E
But it just won't happen
Am
So thanks, but no
G
I think I'm good to go
F
'Cause I quite enjoy the life
E
You say I'm trapped in
F
Now I admire you
C
And that whole show you do
G
You're onto something
AmG
Really, it's something
F
But I live among the swells
C
And we don't pick up peanut shells
D7E7
I'll have to leave that up to you
Chorus:
PHILLIP
FC
Don't you know that I'm okay
GAmG
With this uptown part I get to play
FCG
'Cause I've got what I need and I don't wanna take the ride
AmG
I don't need to see the other side
F
So go and do like you do
C
I'm good to do like me
GAmG
Ain't in a cage so I don't need to take the key
FCG
Oh! Damn! Can't you see I'm doing fine?
EF
I don't need to see the other side
Bridge:
BARNUM
FC
Is this really how you like to spend your days?
GAmG
Whiskey and misery and parties and plays
PHILLIP:
F
If I were mixed up with you
C
I'd be the talk of the town
G
Disgraced and disowned
E
Another one of the clowns
BARNUM:
F
But you would finally live a little
C
Finally laugh a little
GAmG
Just let me give you the freedom to dream
F
And it'll wake you up, and cure your aching
D7
Take your walls and start 'em breaking
F
Now that's a deal that seems worth taking
Dm6E7
But I guess I'll leave that up to you
PHILLIP:
Am
Well it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly
Am
So what percentage of the show would I be taking?
BARNUM:
Dm
Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action
Am
I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen.
PHILLIP:
E
I wasn't born this morning
Eighteen would be just fine
BARNUM:
F
Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on a dime?
PHILLIP:
E
Fifteen
BARNUM:
-nc-
I'd do eight
PHILLIP:
F
Twelve
BARNUM:
-nc-
Maybe nine
PHILLIP:
E
Ten
Chorus:
BARNUM & PHILLIP
FC
Don't you wanna get away
GAmG
To a whole new part you're gonna play
FCG
'Cause I got what you need to come with me and take the ride
AmG
To the other side
F
So if you do like I do
C
So if you do like me
GAmG
Forget the cage 'cause we know how to make the key
FCG
Oh! Damn! Suddenly we're free to fly
AmGF
We're going to the other side
BARNUM:
FC
So we can do like I do!
PHILLIP:
-nc-
To the other side
BARNUM:
GAm
So we can do like me
PHILLIP:
-nc-
We're going to the other side
BARNUM:
FC
'Cause if you do you're going
BARNUM: & PHILLIP:
G
To the other side
EAm
We're going to the other side