Take a bow (video) (midi)

G - Am - D - D7 - G - Cm - D - G - D# - D

G - G7

1. Take a bow, the night is over,

- C - Cm

this masquerade is getting older,

G - A Cm G

lights are low, the curtains down, there's no one here.

G - G7

2. Say your lines, but do you feel them,

C Cm G

do you mean what you say when there's no one around,

A Cm D7

watching you, watching me, one lonely star.

G

I've always been in love with you,

Am

I guess you've always known it's true.

D

You took my love for granted, why, oh, why,

D7 G

the show is over, say good-bye.

Cm - D G - D# D

+ Sa.......y good-bye, say good-bye.

G - G7

3. Make them laugh, it comes so easy,

C Cm G

when you get to the part where you're breaking my heart,

A Cm G

hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown.

G - G7

4. Wish you well, I cannot stay,

C Cm G

you deserve an award for the role that you played,

- A Cm D7

no more masquerade, you're one lonely star.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G

I've always been in love with you,

Am

I guess you've always known it's true.

D

You took my love for granted, why, oh, why,

D7 G

the show is over, say good-bye.

Cm - D G - D# D

+ repeat CHORUS + Sa.......y good-bye, say good-bye.

Cm G

All the world is a stage,

Cm G

and everyone has their part,

Cm D7

but how was I to know which way the story'd go?

D

How was I to know you'd break,

D7 G

you'd break, you'd break, you'd break my heart ?

+ CHORUS (with lyrics variations) + CHORUS

Cm - D G - D# D - D7 G

+ Sa.......y good-bye, say good-bye. Say good-bye.

(orig. = capo 1st) (Madonna)