TAKE A BOW

The flow ers are fad ed now,

a long with your let ters; and they will nev er see the (Gm)light of day, ’cause (F)I’ll nev er take them out.

And there’s no turn ing back.

It’s for the bet ter; ba by, I de serve more than (Gm)emp ty words and (F)prom is es.

I be (Dm)lieved ev ’ry (C)thing you (Bb)said,

and I (Dm)gave you the (C)best I (Bb)had.

Oh.

So take a (Gm)bow,

’cause you’ve tak en ev ’ry thing (F)else.

You played the (Cm)part, and like a star, you played it so (Gm)well.

Take a (Gm)bow,

’cause this scene is com ing to an (F)end.

I gave you (Cm)love; all you gave me was pre (Gm)tend,

so (F)now

take a (CN.C.)bow.

The fu ture’s a bout to change.

Be fore you know it, the cur tain clos es.

Take a (Gm)look a round, there’s (F)no one in the crowd.

I’m throw ing a way the pain.

And you should know that your per form ance, it made me (Gm)strong er now.

So take a

Well, it (F7)must have been sleight of hand,

’cause I (Ebmaj7)still can’t un der stand how I could (Fm7)nev er see just (Gsus)what a fool be lieves.

Mm, but the (F7)lies, they start to show.

Tell me, (Ebmaj7)how does it feel to know right now that I won’t be a round?

So, ba by, be fore I put you out...

take a (Gm)bow, ’cause you’ve tak en ev ’ry thing (F)else.

You played the (Cm)part, and like a star, you played it so (Gm)well.

Take a (Gm)bow, ’cause this scene is com ing to an (F)end.

I gave you (Cm)love; all you gave me was pre (Gm)tend, so (F)now take a (Gm)bow, ’cause you’ve tak en ev ’ry thing (F)else.

You played the (Cm)part, and like a star, you played it so (Gm)well.

Take a (Gm)bow, ’cause this scene is com ing to an (F)end.

I gave you (Cm)love; all you gave me was pre (Gm)tend, so (F)now take a (F)now take a (CN.C.)bow.

Take a bow.