Supertramp - If everyone was listening

t: If Everyone Was Listening

st: Supertramp

DK . . "Crime Of The Century" . .September 1974

^CmThe actors and jesters are he^Cm7re, ^FThe stage is in darkness and cl^F7ear, ^FmFor raising the curtain, and no-one's quite certain Whose ^Cmplay it is.^{Cm7 Cm}How long ago, how ^Cm7long? If only we ^Fhad listened then,^F7 If we'd ^Fmknown.. just how right, We were ^Cmgoing to be.^Cm7 For we ^Cmdreamed a lot and we ^Cm7schemed a lot And we ^Ftried to sing of love before The ^Fmstage fell apart.^Fm Oh ^Cmo-h, o-h-h, o-h-h, ^Cm7o-h-h, ^Ebo-h-h-h

^EbIf everyone was ^Bblistening you know,(Run Bb,C,Eb) ^EbThere'd be a cha-nce that ^Bbwe could save the show.(Run Bb,B,C) ^Cm__Who'll be the last clown ^F... to bring the house down? ^CmOh ^Gmno, ^Cmplease ^Gmno,, ^Cmdon't let the ^Gmcurtain ^Fmfall. Db Cm

^CmWhat is your costume to^Cm7day? ^FWho are the props in your pl^F7ay? ^FmYou're acting a part which you thought From the start.. was an ^Cmhonest one.^{Cm7 Cm}Well, how do you plead? An actor indeed! Go re-^Flearn your li-i-ines ^FmYou don't kno-ow what you've done, The fi^Cmn-aa-lee's begu-u-u^Ebn:

^EbIf everyone was ^Bblistening you know,(Run Bb,C,Eb) ^EbThere'd be a cha--nce that ^Bbwe could save the show.[run Bb,B,C) [Cm]__Who'll be the last clown ^F... to bring the house down? ^CmOh ^Gmno, ^Cmplease ^Gmno,, ^Cmdon't let the ^Gmcurtain ^Fmfall.