Chord/Tab song: A Showman's Life

Buddy Miller A Showman's Life written by Jesse Winchester

A showman's [F]life is a smokey [C]bar and
The fevered c[Dm]hase of a tiny [Bb]star
It's a hotel [Dm]room and a lonely [Bb]wife
From what I've [F]seen of a showman's [C]life
Nobody told me about this [F]part
[Bb]They told me all about the [F]pretty girls and the wine and
The [C]money and the good [F]times
[Bb] [Dm][C][Bb][Bb/A]
[Gm]No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
Well, [F]I might have known it
[C]But nobody told me about t[F]his part[C]
A boy will [F]dream as children [C]do
Of a great white [Dm]way, 'til the dream comes [Bb]true
And a phoney [Dm]smile in a colored [Bb]light
Is all it [F]is to a showman's [C]life
Nobody told me about t[F]his part
[Bb]They told me all about the [F]pretty girls and the wine and
The [C]money and the good [F]times
[Bb] [Dm][C][Bb][Bb/A]
[Gm]No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
Well, I[F] might have known it
[C]But nobody told me about t[F]his part[C]

SOLO

[C]Nobody told me about this p[F]art
[Bb]They told me all about the [F]pretty girls and the wine and
The [C]money and the good [F]times
[Bb] [Dm][C][Bb][Bb/A]
[Gm]No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
Well, I[F] might have known it
[C]But nobody told me about t[F]his part[Bb]
Well, I[F] might have known it
[C]But nobody told me about t[F]his part

Brady Blade drums
Rick Plant bass
Al Perkins steel guitar
Phil Madeira organ
Emmylou Harris harmony
Buddy Miller vocals/guitar

From Buddy Miller "Midnight And Lonesome"
Hightone Records 2002
Fourth Floor Music/Hot Kitchen Music(ASCAP)