Intro
C# - B - F#m - C# - B - C#
Verse:
C# B
The painted faces on the street, caricatures of long ago
F#m C#
Oh they were young and oh so sweet, down beyond the boulevard
B F#m
Knock on doors and empty halls, and still sometimes remember
C# C#
The masquerade's forever (the masquerade's forever)
Chorus:
C# B
When you see the price they paid
F#m C# B B(let ring) B(let ring)
I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
Verse:
C# B
The reeling figures pass on by, like ghosts in some forgotten play
F#m C#
Beneath the black and empty sky, music plays and figures dance
B F#m
With partners chosen by chance, and still some times remember
C# C#
The masquerade's forever (the masquerade's forever)
Bridge:
E D A C# B
They reached for tomorrow, but tomorrow's, more of the same
E D A C# B B/F#
So they reached for tomorrow, but tomorrow never came
Chorus:
C# B
When you hear the price they paid
F#m C# B
I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
C# B
When you hear the price they paid
F#m C# B B(let ring) B(let ring)
I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
Verse:
C# B
One by one and two by two, past eight by tens in shattered frames
F#m C#
The players try to leave the room, frantic puppets on a string
B F#m
And all the while the music sings, and still sometimes remember
C# C#
The masquerade's forever (the masquerade's forever)
Chorus: (repeat as desired)
C# B
When you hear the price they paid
F#m C# B
I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
C# B
When you hear the price they paid
F#m C# B
I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
C# B
When you hear the price they paid
F#m C# B
I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
C# B
When you hear the price they paid
F#m C# B B(let ring)
I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
B/F# Chord: e-----
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G--2--
D--2--
A--2--
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