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The Masquerade Is Over

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Standard tuning. 
    |    Ebmaj7|Dm7(b5)       G7|  Cm7  F9|   Bbm7      Eb9|
Your eyes don't shine like they used to shine, and the 
   Abmaj7|Gm7(b5)        C7|       F7|   Fm7     Bb7|
thrill is gone___ when your lips meet mine, I'm a-
          Ebmaj7|   Bbm7  Eb7|  Abmaj7|       Db9|
fraid the masque-rade    is over,    And so is 
 Gm7|         C7|     Fm7|     Bb7|
love,  and so is love.        Your
     Ebmaj7|Dm7b5          G7|   Cm7    F9|   Bbm7         Eb9|
words don't mean___ what they used    to mean,   They were 
 Abmaj7|Gm7(b5)            C7|      F7|   Fm7       Bb7|
once in-spired,__ now they're just rou-tine,   I'm a-
          Ebmaj7|   Bbm7  Eb7|   Abmaj7|      Db9|
fraid the masque-rade    is over,     And so is 
   Gm7    C7|    Fm7   Bb13|   Eb6    Db9|    Eb6  C7(#9#5)|
love,         and so is love.                   I
                Fm7         Bb7|    Gm7    C7|           Fm7       Bb7|    Ebmaj7|
guess I'll have to play Pag-liacci, and get myself a clown's dis-guise; And
Am7b5                D7|     Gm7    C9|    Cm7       F7|    Fm7     Bb7|
learn to laugh like Pag-liacci, with tears___ in my eyes.    You
  Ebmaj7|Dm7(b5)        G7|   Cm7    F9|   Bbm7       Eb9|
look the same,___ you're a lot    the same,   But my 
    Abmaj7|Gm7b5           C7|     F7|     Fm7      Bb7|
heart says "No,____ no you're not the same."   I'm a-
          Ebmaj7|   Bbm7   Eb7|  Abmaj7|           Db9|
fraid the masque-rade     is over,         And so is 
    Gm7   C7|      Fm7Bb9sus |     Eb6|(     Fm7  Bb7) ||
love,           And so is   love.______ 

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The Masquerade Is Over

by Nancy Wilson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Ebmaj7

Dm7

Cm7

Bbm7

Eb9

Abmaj7

Gm7

Fm7

Bb7

Eb7

Db9

Bb13

Eb6

Standard tuning.

Ebmaj7 Dm7 G7 Cm7 F9 Bbm7 Eb9

| |(b5) | | |

Your eyes don't shine like they used to shine, and the

Abmaj7 Gm7 C7 F7 Fm7 Bb7

|(b5) | | |

thrill is gone___ when your lips meet mine, I'm a-

Ebmaj7 Bbm7 Eb7 Abmaj7 Db9

| | | |

fraid the masque-rade is over, And so is

Gm7 C7 Fm7 Bb7

| | | |

love, and so is love. Your

Ebmaj7 G7 Cm7 F9 Bbm7 Eb9

|Dm7b5 | | |

words don't mean___ what they used to mean, They were

Abmaj7 Gm7 C7 F7 Fm7 Bb7

|(b5) | | |

once in-spired,__ now they're just rou-tine, I'm a-

Ebmaj7 Bbm7 Eb7 Abmaj7 Db9

| | | |

fraid the masque-rade is over, And so is

Gm7 C7 Fm7 Bb13 Eb6 Db9 Eb6 C7

| | | (#9#5)|

love, and so is love. I

Fm7 Bb7 Gm7 C7 Fm7 Bb7 Ebmaj7

| | | |

guess I'll have to play Pag-liacci, and get myself a clown's dis-guise; And

D7 Gm7 C9 Cm7 F7 Fm7 Bb7

Am7b5 | | | |

learn to laugh like Pag-liacci, with tears___ in my eyes. You

Ebmaj7 Dm7 G7 Cm7 F9 Bbm7 Eb9

|(b5) | | |

look the same,___ you're a lot the same, But my

Abmaj7 C7 F7 Fm7 Bb7

|Gm7b5 | | |

heart says "No,____ no you're not the same." I'm a-

Ebmaj7 Bbm7 Eb7 Abmaj7 Db9

| | | |

fraid the masque-rade is over, And so is

Gm7 C7 Fm7 Eb6 Fm7 Bb7

| Bb9sus | |( ) ||

love, And so is love.______

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