C What good is sitting alone in your room C7 Come, hear the music play F Dm Em A G G7 C G Life is a cabaret, ole chum, come to the cabaret C Put down that knittin', that book and the broom C7 It's time for a holiday F Dm Em A F G7 C Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret Fm C Come taste the wine, come hear the band Dm Yes, it's time for celebratin' G G Right this way, your table's waitin' C No use permittin' some prophet of doom C7 To wipe every smiles away F Dm Em A F G7 C Life is a cabaret, ole chum, so come to the cabaret Interlude: F Dm Em A F G7 C C7 F Dm Em A F G7 C Fm C Come taste the wine, come hear the band Dm Yes, it's time for celebratin' G G Right this way, your table's waitin' C No thought for admittin' the prince of doom C7 Yes, it is no longer stayin' F Dm Em A F Dm Em A Life is a cabaret, old chum, only a cabaret, old chum F G G7 C G C So come to the cabaret