Intro: (piano) then G Bm C G C – G
G
Two for the show
Bm
And my mother wants to go
C C6
It’ll break her heart when I tell her
G C – G
She’s too old
G
I’m in my place
Bm
I got makeup all over my face
C C6
I think I know my lines
G
But I dunno
Chorus:
C
One for the money
G
Two for the show
C G
Three for the lady on the radio
C
Four might be the one
G
You’ll never know, you’ll never know
Am D
If only there was a better way to go (way to go)
C G
Two for the show
G
Waiting in the wings
Bm
While the queen of virtue sings
C C6
It’ll break her heart when I tell her
G C – G
She’s out of key
G
If they gave her half a chance
Bm
She could soon learn how to dance
C C6
So she could earn her living
G
Gracefully
Chorus:
C
One for the money
G
Two for the show
C G
Three for the lady on the radio
C
Four might be the one
G
You’ll never know, you’ll never know
Am D
If only there was a better way to go (way to go)
G
Two for the show
Instrumental: Verse chord
Chorus
C
one for the money
G
two for the show…
G
Two for the show
Bm
And my mother wants to go
C C6
It’ll break her heart when I tell her
G C – G
She’s too old
G
I’m in my place
Bm
I got makeup all over my face
C C6
I think I know my lines
G
But I dunno
Chorus:
C
One for the money
G
Two for the show
C G
Three for the lady on the radio
C
Four might be the one
G
You’ll never know, you’ll never know
Am D
If only there was a better way to go (way to go)
C G
Two for the show
G
Waiting in the wings
Bm
While the queen of virtue sings
C C6
It’ll break her heart when I tell her
G C – G
She’s out of key
G
If they gave her half a chance
Bm
She could soon learn how to dance
C C6
So she could earn her living
G
Gracefully
Chorus:
C
One for the money
G
Two for the show
C G
Three for the lady on the radio
C
Four might be the one
G
You’ll never know, you’ll never know
Am D
If only there was a better way to go (way to go)
G
Two for the show
Instrumental: Verse chord
Chorus
C
one for the money
G
two for the show…
