The Entertainer

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  I am the entertainer,i know just where i stand
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Another serenader,another long-haired man
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Today i am your champion,i may have won your hearts
                            A
But i know the game,you'll forget my name
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And i won't be here in another year
                         D
If i don't stay on the charts

[Verse 2]
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  I am the entertainer,i've had to pay my price
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The things i did not know at first,i learned by doin' twice
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Ah,but still they come to haunt me,still they want their say
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So i've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
      G                  A
Just rub my neck and i write'em a check
                      D
And they go on their way

[Verse 3]
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I am the entertainer,been all around the world
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I've played all kinds of places,i've laid all kind of girls
    D                      G
I can't remember faces,i don't remember names
                           A
Ah,but what the hell,it's just as well
       G                     A
'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
                    D
It all becomes the same

[Verse 4]
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  I am the entertainer,i come to do my show
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You've heard my latest record,it's been on the radio
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Ah,it took me years to write it,the best years of my life
                              A
It's a beautiful song,but it ran too long
        G                          A
If you wanna have a hit,you gotta make it fit
                          D
So they cut it down to 3:05

[Verse 5]
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  I am the entertainer,the idol of my age
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I make all kinds of money,when i go on the stage
          D                          G
Ah,you've seen me in the papers,i've been in the magazines
                     A
But if i go cold my future gets sold
         G                      A
They'll put in the back in the discount rack
                    D
Like another can of beans