Take a Bow

The flowers are faded now,

(F)along with your letters;

and they will never see the (Gm)light of day,

'cause (F)I'll never take them out.

(Gm)And there's no turning back.

It's for the better;

baby, I deserve more than empty words and (F)promises.

I (Dm)believed (C)ev'rything you (Bb)said,

and I (Dm)gave you the (C)best I (Bb)had.

Oh. So take a (Gm)bow,

'cause you've taken ev'rything (F)else.

You played the (Cm)part, and like a star,

you played it so (Gm)well.

(F)Take a (Gm)bow,

'cause this scene is coming to an (F)end.

I gave you (Cm)love;

all you gave me was (Gm)pretend,

so (F)now take a bow.

(Gm)The future's about to (F)change.

Before you know it, the curtain closes.

Take a (Gm)look around,

there's (F)no one in the crowd.

(Gm)I'm throwing away the pain.

And you should know that your performance,

it made me stronger now.

(F)So take a

(Cm)Well, it (F7)must have been sleight of hand,

'cause I (Ebmaj7)still can't understand how I could (Fm7)never see just (Gsus)what a fool (G)believes.

(Cm)Mm, but the (F7)lies, they start to (Bb)show.

Tell me, (Ebmaj7)how does it feel to know right now that I won't be around?

(D7sus)So, baby, before I put you out...

take a (Gm)bow,

'cause you've taken ev'rything (F)else.

You played the (Cm)part, and like a star,

you played it so (Gm)well.

(F)Take a (Gm)bow,

'cause this scene is coming to an (F)end.

I gave you (Cm)love;

all you gave me was (Gm)pretend,

so (F)now take a (Gm)bow,