The Show Goes On
written by Kris Kristofferson
Album: "This Old Road"
3/8/06


INTRO: A

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We used to talk about the rock and the roll
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That made it matter not to sell your soul
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Like a banner that we held so high
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We weren't afraid to fall
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Steady rollin' thru the warnin' signs
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That were hidden in between the lines
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That kept us rockin' 'til the break of day
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Or any break at all

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We used to take about a day and a night
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Try to sing up all the soul in sight
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Anyone who couldn't see the light
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We had to leave behind
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And the sweetest thing you ever heard
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Was the singin' of the Speckled Bird
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And commercial was a dirty word
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We laid it on the line


CHORUS:
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It was all so easy then, we could do no wrong
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We'll never be the same again, but the show goes on


HARP SOLO: E   A

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We used to drink about a bucket of booze
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And try to chase away the black and blues
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When it come the time to pay your dues
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We gave an IOU
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To the devil with the dirty smile
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Which he added to the growin' pile
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Of the promises we mean to keep
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The day your dreams come true


CHORUS (3x)


OUTRO: A