That’s Entertainment

SHEET MUSIC

aka: The Band Wagon

That's Entertainment
(Arthur Schswartz & Howard Dietz)
This song is from the movie "The Band Wagon" (1953) and has been sung by many artists since.
 
[Verse 1]
    G     G+          Am7           D7
The clown    with his pants falling down
       G    Ddim         Am7      B7
Or the dance    that's a dream of romance
       Em    C         A          B7
Or the scene where the villain is mean
Am7               D7
   That's enter - tainment!
 
[Verse 2]
    G      G+       Am7     D7
The lights   on the lady in tights
      G    Ddim         Am7        B7
Or he bride    with the guy by her side
       Em   C         A            B7
Or the ball where she gives it her all
Am7               D7     G7
   That's enter - tain - ment!
 
[Interlude 1]
    C           C+          C6           C
The plot can be hot, simply teeming with sex
  C           C+         C6        A7
A gay divor - cee who is after her ex
D     D+     D6      E9
   It can be Oedipus Rex
        D              C6         Bm             Am7    D7
Where a chap kills his father and causes lots of both - er.
 
[Verse 3]
    G     G+        Am7           D7
The clerk    who is thrown out of work
       G    Ddim   Am7          B7
By the boss who is thrown for a loss
       Em   C       G         A7
By the skirt who is doing him dirt
D#7 G          Am7       G          E7       A7      D7     G
The world is a stage the stage is a world of enter - tain - ment!
 
[Verse 4]
    G     G+          Am7     D7
The doubt   while the jury is out
       G      Ddim             Am7          D7
Or the thrill     when they're reading the will
       Em   C        A            B7
Or the chase for the man with the face
Am7               D7
   That's Enter - tainment!
 
[Verse 5]
    G    G+       Am7      D7
The dame   who is known as the flame
       G   Ddim      Am7        B7
Of the King    of an underworld ring
        Em   C         A            B7
He's an ape  who won't let her es - cape
Am7               D7     G7
   That's Enter - tain - ment!
 
[Interlude 2]
   C          C+             C6         C
It might be a fight like you see on the screen
  C             C+            C6        A7
A swain getting slain for the love of a queen
D       D+             D6      E9
   Some great Shakes - pearean scene
        D           C6               Bm               Am7     D7
Where a ghost and a prince meet, and everyone ends in mince - meat
 
[Verse 6]
    G   G+         Am7        D7
The gag    who was waving the flag
          G   Ddim     Am7     B7
That be - gan    with a Mr Co - han
         Em   C       G       A7
Hip hoo- ray! The A - merican way
D#7 G          Am7        G          E7       A7      D7     G
The world is a stage; the stage is a world of enter - tain - ment!
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