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The Performer
GI stand on this stage,  C  Gone empty pageC  
GNothing to tellC, Gso little to sell
Won’t you Fcome on in Cmy old friends and Gsit downC  G  C  
I’m Gjust what you see, Cthere’s Gnothing to meC  
A Gpiece of the end Cthat Gnever has been
Won’t you Fcome on in Cmy old friends and Gsit down
Chorus:
Can’t you Ctell by my Dclothes I never Gmade itC  G  
Can’t you Chear that my Dsongs just won’t GsingC  G  
Can’t you Csee in my Deyes that I Ghate itC  G  
Wasting Ftwenty long Cyears on a Dsus4dream
Thanks for coming by to sit and watch me die
God knows friends i might there’s three more shoulders tonight
Won’t you come on in my old friends and sit down
Won't you come on in and sit down

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The Performer

by Lee Hazlewood

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Dsus4

The Performer

G C G C

I stand on this stage, one empty page

G C G

Nothing to tell, so little to sell

F C G C G C

Won’t you come on in my old friends and sit down

G C G C

I’m just what you see, there’s nothing to me

G C G

A piece of the end that never has been

F C G

Won’t you come on in my old friends and sit down

Chorus:

C D G C G

Can’t you tell by my clothes I never made it

C D G C G

Can’t you hear that my songs just won’t sing

C D G C G

Can’t you see in my eyes that I hate it

F C Dsus4

Wasting twenty long years on a dream

Thanks for coming by to sit and watch me die

God knows friends i might there’s three more shoulders tonight

Won’t you come on in my old friends and sit down

Won't you come on in and sit down

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