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