C 
What good is sitting alone in your room 
                     C7 
Come, hear the music play 
F         Dm  Em       A     G           G7  C    G 
Life is a cabaret, ol echum, come to the cabaret 
C 
Put down that knittin', that book and the room 
                   C7 
It's time for a holiday 
F         Dm  Em       A         F           G7    C 
Life is a cabaret, ol echum, so come to the cabaret 
Fm                  C 
Come taste the wine, come hear the band 
          Dm 
Yes, it's time for celebratin' 
G                      G 
Right this way, your table's waitin' 
C 
No use permittin' some prop het of doom 
                         C7 
To wipe every smiles away 
F         Dm  Em       A         F             G7  C 
Life is a cabaret, ol echum, so come to the cabaret
 
Interlude: F Dm Em A F G7 C C7 F Dm Em A F G7 C 

Fm                  C 
Come taste the wine, come hear the band 
          Dm 
Yes, it's time for celebratin' 
G                      G 
Right this way, your table's waitin' 
C 
No thought for admittin' the Prince of doom 
                     C7 
Yes, it is no longer stayin' 
F         Dm  Em       A      F      Dm  Em       A 
Life is a cabaret, old chum, only a cabaret, old chum 
   F           G  G7  C   G C 
So come to the cabaret