Intro
Bm D E A
[Verse 1]
Bm D E A
Hello and welcome to the show,
Bm D E A
We left our hearts back at the door.
Bm D E A
Something sensational is about to happen here,
Bm D E A
So rare and beautiful no one's ever seen!
Bm D E A
The poster says it's the greatest show on earth,
Bm D E A
And no one reads the fine print anymore. (Or alternatively: "But no one...")
Bm D E A
We'll do all just to see you smile,
Bm D E A
Give me applause and I will call you mine.
[Chorus]
D A
I am blinded by the light,
G Bm
As bright as a sun.
D A
All I hear is earth-shattering sound,
G Bm
That had drifted far.
[Bridge]
D C#dim
And I feel, something real,
Em Dm(maj7)
B magical emotion that has taken all control!
D A G
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
A Bm E
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
Bm E
I give it all to you.
[Verse 2]
Bm D E A
So many people on the floor,
Bm D E A
It doesn't faze me anymore.
Bm D E A
Something unusual happens every time, (In some versions he says "all the time".)
Bm D E A
It doesn't move me, it doesn't make me cry.
Bm D E A
As entertainers we put the rest to shame,
Bm D E A
If you are triggered, I'm not the one to blame.
Bm D E A
For the tickets we offer no returns,
Bm D E A
I'll keep on singing while the planet burns.
[Chorus]
D A
Aren't you blinded by the light,
G Bm
As bright as a sun?
D A
Can't you hear the earth-shattering sound,
G Bm
That had drifted far?
[Bridge]
D C#dim
And I feel, something real,
Em Dm(maj7)
B magical emotion that has taken all control!
D A G
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
A Bm E
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
Bm E
I give it all to you.
[Verse 3]
Bm D E A
Thank you for coming to the show,
Bm D E A
We'll get our hearts back at the door.
Bm D E A
Something unthinkable has happened here tonight,
Bm D E A
And I'm still processing the thoughts I have inside.
Bm D E A
People will say it's the greatest show on Earth,
Bm D E A
I can't object, I just don't have the nerve.
Bm D E A
/: It's lights and mirrors and castles made of smoke,
Bm D E A
They're mere distraction from what truly matters most. :/ (x2)
[Chorus]
D A
Aren't you blinded by the light,
G Bm
As bright as a sun?
D A
Can't you hear the earth-shattering sound,
G Bm
That had drifted far?
[Bridge]
D C#dim
And I feel, something real,
Em Dm(maj7)
B magical emotion that has taken all control!
D A G
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
A Bm E
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
Bm E
I give it all to you.
Bm
I give it all to you.
ps.: I'm not quite sure about that Dm(maj7), Joe Bruno said in a stream where I asked
( [from 39:00 to 44:00] that it's either a Ddim or a Ebm [at 43:00],
but the unplugged version at 1:20 ( visibly doesn't fit for either.
Also, in the Quarantine Concert version he plays something very different for those lines
at 2:09:42 ( and 2:11:53 (
pps.: Whoa, I've even managed to get some input from the man himself! :)
He said that what I previously thought to be a Dbm(7b5) is more likely to be a C#dim,
but he wasn't completely sure either. :E
(at 1:36:38)