Intro
A#m C# D# G#
[Verse 1]
A#m C# D# G#
Hello and welcome to the show,
A#m C# D# G#
We left our hearts back at the door.
A#m C# D# G#
Something sensational is about to happen here,
A#m C# D# G#
So rare and beautiful no one's ever seen!
A#m C# D# G#
The poster says it's the greatest show on earth,
A#m C# D# G#
And no one reads the fine print anymore. (Or alternatively: "But no one...")
A#m C# D# G#
We'll do all just to see you smile,
A#m C# D# G#
Give me applause and I will call you mine.
[Chorus]
C# G#
I am blinded by the light,
F# A#m
As bright as a sun.
C# G#
All I hear is earth-shattering sound,
F# A#m
That had drifted far.
[Bridge]
C# C#dim
And I feel, something real,
D#m Dm(maj7)
A# magical emotion that has taken all control!
C# G# F#
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
G# A#m D#
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
A#m D#
I give it all to you.
[Verse 2]
A#m C# D# G#
So many people on the floor,
A#m C# D# G#
It doesn't faze me anymore.
A#m C# D# G#
Something unusual happens every time, (In some versions he says "all the time".)
A#m C# D# G#
It doesn't move me, it doesn't make me cry.
A#m C# D# G#
As entertainers we put the rest to shame,
A#m C# D# G#
If you are triggered, I'm not the one to blame.
A#m C# D# G#
For the tickets we offer no returns,
A#m C# D# G#
I'll keep on singing while the planet burns.
[Chorus]
C# G#
Aren't you blinded by the light,
F# A#m
As bright as a sun?
C# G#
Can't you hear the earth-shattering sound,
F# A#m
That had drifted far?
[Bridge]
C# C#dim
And I feel, something real,
D#m Dm(maj7)
A# magical emotion that has taken all control!
C# G# F#
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
G# A#m D#
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
A#m D#
I give it all to you.
[Verse 3]
A#m C# D# G#
Thank you for coming to the show,
A#m C# D# G#
We'll get our hearts back at the door.
A#m C# D# G#
Something unthinkable has happened here tonight,
A#m C# D# G#
And I'm still processing the thoughts I have inside.
A#m C# D# G#
People will say it's the greatest show on Earth,
A#m C# D# G#
I can't object, I just don't have the nerve.
A#m C# D# G#
/: It's lights and mirrors and castles made of smoke,
A#m C# D# G#
They're mere distraction from what truly matters most. :/ (x2)
[Chorus]
C# G#
Aren't you blinded by the light,
F# A#m
As bright as a sun?
C# G#
Can't you hear the earth-shattering sound,
F# A#m
That had drifted far?
[Bridge]
C# C#dim
And I feel, something real,
D#m Dm(maj7)
A# magical emotion that has taken all control!
C# G# F#
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
G# A#m D#
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
A#m D#
I give it all to you.
A#m
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 Dm [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. :D#
(at 1:36:38)