[Intro]
Dm
Just like Cain and Abel
Dm
You pulled a sneak attack
I thought that we were brothers
Dm
Then you stabbed me in the back
Bb
Betrayed!
Dm
Oh boy, I'm so betrayed!
[Verse 1]
Dm
Like Samson and Delilah
Dm
Your love began to fade
Dm
I'm crying in the hoosegow
Dm
You're in Rio getting laid!
Bb
Betrayed!
Dm
Let's face it, I'm betrayed!
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Boy, have I been taken
E7 A7
Oy, I'm so forsaken
Gm Em7
I should have seen what came to pass
F A7
I should have known to watch my ass!
Dm
I feel like Othello
Everything is lost
Ebm
Leo is Iago
Max is double-crossed!
A7sus4
I'm so dismayed
A7 Bm F#7
Did I mention I'm betrayed?!
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I used to be the king
F#7 Bm
But now I am the fool
C
A captain without a ship
F#7 Bm
A rabbi without a shul!
Bm Bm
Now I'm about to go to jail
Cm Cm
There's no one who will pay my bail
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I have no one who I can cry to
Dm Dm
No one I can say goodbye to
[Long dialogue part]
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Leo's taken everything...even my past!
[Bridge]
D Gm
My past's a dying ember
E7 A7
But wait...now I remember
N.C.
How did it begin?
Gm Em7
He walked into my office
F A
With his cockamamie scheme
N.C.
You can make more money with a flop than with a hit
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"We can do it, we can do it"
N.C.
"I can't do it"
Bb F
"We can do it!"
N.C.
"I can't do it!" Goodbye Max!
Gbdim
Lord, I want that money!
N.C.
I'm back, Max!
Ab A Bb B7
"Come on, Leo, we can do it!"
C
Step one, find the play!
N.C.
See it, smell it, touch it, kiss it!
N.C.
Hello, Mister Liebkind
A
"Guten Tag, hop clop
E7
"Guten Tag, hop clop"
N.C.
Adolf Elizabeth Hitler?
A
"Guten Tag, hop clop
E7
"Guten Tag, hop clop!"
N.C.
Step two, hire the director
Bbm7 Eb
"Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it..."
N.C.
Two-three, kick, turn, turn, turn, kick, turn
Cdim7
Ulla!
N.C.
Oooh wah wah woo-woo- wah-wah
C
Step three, raise the money
Fm6 Cb9
"Along came Bialy!"
N.C.
Intermission!
A
Step four, hire all the actors
D
"A wandering minstrel I,
A7
A think of shreds and...
Db E
Next! The little wooden boy
G
Next! That's our Hitler!
C
"Opening night!"
N.C.
Good luck, good luck, good luck
C C
Break a leg! I broke my leg!
F C7 F
"Springtime for Hitler and Germany!"
N.C.
A surprise smash!
Ab Bbm7 Ab
"Springtime for Hitler and Germany!
N.C.
It'll run for years!
Db D
"Where did we go right?
Eb E
Where did we go right?"
Cdim7
Gimme those books
Dbdim7
Fat, fat, fatty!
Cdim7
Gimme those books
Dbdim7
Fat, fat, fatty!
Cdim7 Dbdim7
Books, fat
Cdim7 Dbdim7
Books, fat
Cdim7 Dbdim7
Books, fat
Cdim7 Dbdim7
Books, fat!
Db7 D7
Lousy fruit
Eb7
Kill the actors
N.C.
You ever eat with one?!
F
Then you ran to Rio and you're safely out of reach
A7
I'm behind these bars
F A7 Bb7
You're banging Ulla on the beach!
Ebm7
Just like Julius Caesar was betrayed by Brutus
Em6
Who'd think an accountant would turn out to be my Judas!
Fm7 Bb
I'm so dismayed
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Is this how I'm repaid?
Abm6
To be...
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Betrayed!
N.C.
BETRAYED!!