{t: If Everyone Was Listening} {st: Supertramp} DK . . "Crime Of The Century" . .September 1974 # INTRO [Cm] [Cm7] [F] [F7] [Fm] [Fm] [Cm] [Cm7] # VERSE [Cm]The actors and jesters are he[Cm7]re, [F]The stage is in darkness and cl[F7]ear, [Fm]For raising the curtain, and no-one's quite certain Whose [Cm]play it is.[Cm7] [Cm]How long ago, how [Cm7]long? If only we [F]had listened then,[F7] If we'd [Fm]known.. just how right, We were [Cm]going to be.[Cm7] For we [Cm]dreamed a lot and we [Cm7]schemed a lot And we [F]tried to sing of love before The [Fm]stage fell apart.[Fm] Oh [Cm]o-h, o-h-h, o-h-h, [Cm7]o-h-h, [Eb]o-h-h-h # CHORUS [Eb]If everyone was [Bb]listening you know,(Run Bb,C,Eb) [Eb]There'd be a cha-nce that [Bb]we could save the show.(Run Bb,B,C) [Cm]__Who'll be the last clown [F]... to bring the house down? [Cm]Oh [Gm]no, [Cm]please [Gm]no,, [Cm]don't let the [Gm]curtain [Fm]fall. [C#][Cm] # Instrumental [Cm] [Cm7] [F] [F7] [Fm] [Fm][Cm] [Cm7] [Cm] [Cm7] [F] [F7] [Fm] [Fm][Cm] [Cm7] # VERSE [Cm]What is your costume to[Cm7]day? [F]Who are the props in your pl[F7]ay? [Fm]You're acting a part which you thought From the start.. was an [Cm]honest one.[Cm7] [Cm]Well, how do you plead? An actor indeed! Go re-[F]learn your li-i-ines [Fm]You don't kno-ow what you've done, The fi[Cm]n-aa-lee's begu-u-u[Eb]n: # CHORUS (As previous) [Eb]If everyone was [Bb]listening you know,(Run Bb,C,Eb) [Eb]There'd be a cha--nce that [Bb]we could save the show.{run Bb,B,C) [Cm]__Who'll be the last clown [F]... to bring the house down? [Cm]Oh [Gm]no, [Cm]please [Gm]no,, [Cm]don't let the [Gm]curtain [Fm]fall. # (Outro played slow).. C#//// Cm//// C#//// Cm/ END dkutler904@aol.com