The Master Of The Revels

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                                                   | C / / / | C / / / |
                                                   | G / / / | G / / / |
                                                   | C / / / | C / / / |
                                                   | C / / / | C / / / |
Allow me to present myself, my ladies              | C / / / |
And gentlemen of this exalted age                  |Bb / / / |G7 / C / |
Before my creatures take the stage                 |Dm /Em / |
For I am the Master of the Revels                  |B7 / F G |Em / / / |
In what appertains to mirth I am a sage            | F /G7 / | F / C / |

I work myself to death for each production         | C / / / |
And though the world's great wits are all on file  |Bb / / / |G7 / C / |
I have not been known to smile                     |Dm /Em / |
For I am the Master of the Revels                  |B7 / F G |Em / / / |
And mastery demands a certain style                | F /G7 / | F / C / |

In my office hang the blueprints                   | C / B / |
Of the first exploding handshake                   |Bb / A / |
And the charted trajectories of custard pies       |Ab / G / | F / C / |
For Harlequin ten different kinds of heartbreak    | C / / / |Bb / / / |
For Columbine the colour of her eyes               |Dm7/ / / |G7 / / / |

Some other windows darken in the evening           | C / / / |
And never before morning show a light              |Bb / / / | G / C / |
But for me there is no night                       |Dm /Em / |
For I am the Master of the Revels                  |B7 / F G |Em / / / |
The caller-up and caster-in of devils              |E7 / / / |Am / / / |
And I am here for your instruction and delight     |D7 / / / |G9 / / / |
                                                   | C / F / | G / / / |
                                                   | C / / / |
                                                   |Bb / / / |G7 / C / |
                                                   |Dm /Em / |
                                                   |B7 / F G |Em / / / |
                                                   | F /G7 / | F / C / |
                                                   | C / B / |Bb / A / |
                                                   |Ab / G / | F / C / |
                                                   |Dm /Em / |B7 / F G |
                                                   |Dm7/ / / |G7 / / / |
Some other windows darken in the evening           | C / / / |
And never before morning show a light              |Bb / / / | G / C / |
But for me there is no night                       |Dm /Em / |
For I am the Master of the Revels                  |B7 / F G |Em / / / |
The caller-up and caster-in of devils              |E7 / / / |Am / / / |
And I am here for your instruction and delight     |D7 / / / |G7 / / / |
                                                   | C / F / | C / / / |

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