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